                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 53.1-95.3)

As used in this article, the following words and terms shall have the following
meanings unless the context indicates another meaning or intent:
		&#8220;County&#8221; means any county in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
		&#8220;Governing body&#8221; means in the case of a county the board of
supervisors and in the case of a city or town the board, commission, council or
other body by whatever name it may be known, in which the general legislative
powers of the city or town are vested.
		&#8220;Political subdivision&#8221; means a county, city, or town of the
Commonwealth of Virginia.
		&#8220;Unit&#8221; means any department, institution or commission of the
Commonwealth of Virginia and any public corporate instrumentality thereof, and
any district, and includes counties and municipalities.

HISTORY: 1990, c. 837; 1992, c. 421.