| gen. |
government agency (Alex Lilo); public agency ("Public Agency" is defined to mean the Government of the United States; the government of a State or political subdivision thereof; any agency of the United States, a State, or a political subdivision of a State; or any interstate governmental agency. The public agency definition does not extend to private companies that are engaged in work activities normally performed by public employees. | As used in this chapter unless the context indicates otherwise: (1) "Public agency" means: (a) Any state board, commission, committee, department, educational institution, or other state agency which is created by or pursuant to statute, other than courts and the legislature; (b) Any county, city, school district, special purpose district, or other municipal corporation or political subdivision of the state of Washington; (c) Any subagency of a public agency which is created by or pursuant to statute, ordinance, or other legislative act, including but not limited to planning commissions, library or park boards, commissions, and agencies; (d) Any policy group whose membership includes representatives of publicly owned utilities formed by or pursuant to the laws of this state when meeting together as or on behalf of participants who have contracted for the output of generating plants being planned or built by an operating agency. Alexander Demidov); public authority (a) Any authority which has a legal mandate to govern, administrate a part or aspect of public life , such as all branches of the executive power of a state, province, municipality etc. b) In a wider sense also various chartered organisations holding their authority from the above without being run by public officials. WT Alexander Demidov); bureaucracy (state and local bureaucracies – государственные и местные органы власти Taras) |
| environ. |
authority body (An organized assemblage of authorized persons or officials empowered to implement and enforce laws, oversee jurisdictions, settle disputes, adjudicate or make some other legal determination; Организованное собрание лиц или официальных представителей, наделенных полномочиями исполнять или приводить в исполнение законы, осуществлять судебный надзор, решать споры, выносить судебные решения или другие юридические определения) |
