C.R.S. § 29-3.5-101 Definitions
29-3.5-101. Definitions. As used in this article 3.5, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Eligible applicant" means an applicant under a local government assistance program which meets all statutory requirements for eligibility and which complies with all applicable regulations, ordinances, and resolutions.
(2) "Local government assistance program" means any program under which a state agency furnishes a grant or loan of state money, or state property in lieu of money, to units of local government for the purpose of financing or otherwise assisting in any local or regional project.
(3) "State agency" means any board, bureau, commission, department, institution, division, section, or officer of the state, except those in the legislative branch or judicial branch and except state educational institutions administered pursuant to title 23, except part 1 of article 8, parts 2 and 3 of article 21, and parts 2 to 4 of article 31 of title 23.
(4) "Unit of local government" means a county, city and county, city, town, service authority, school district, local improvement district, law enforcement authority, water, sanitation, fire protection, metropolitan, irrigation, drainage, or other special district, or any other kind of municipal, quasi-municipal, or public corporation organized pursuant to law.