Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 1 — Monopolies and Combinations in Restraint of Trade
§ 34. Definitions applicable to sections 34 to 36
Statutory text
For purposes of sections 34 to 36 of this title—
the term “local government” means—
a city, county, parish, town, township, village, or any other general function governmental unit established by State law, or
a school district, sanitary district, or any other special function governmental unit established by State law in one or more States,
the term “person” has the meaning given it in subsection (a) of the first section of the Clayton Act [15 U.S.C. 12(a)], but does not include any local government as defined in paragraph (1) of this section, and
the term “State” has the meaning given it in section 4G(2) of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 15g(2)).
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Local Government Antitrust Act of 1984
Pub. L. 98–544 § 2 · 98 Stat. 2750
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 34
(Pub. L. 98–544, § 2, Oct. 24, 1984, 98 Stat. 2750.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 98–544, § 2, Oct. 24, 1984, 98 Stat. 2750.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 2. For purposes of this Act— (1) the term “local government” means— (A) a city, county, parish, town, township, village, or any other general function governmental unit established by State law, or (B) a school district, sanitary district, or any other special function governmental unit established by State law in one or more States, (2) the term “person” has the meaning given it in subsection (a) of the first section of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12(A)), but does not include any local government as defined in paragraph (1) of this section, and (3) the term “State” has the meaning given it in section 4G(2) of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 15g(2)).
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Pub. L. 98–544, § 6, , 98 Stat. 2751, provided that: “This Act [enacting this section, sections 35 and 36 of this title, and provisions set out as a note under section 1 of this title] shall take effect thirty days before the date of the enactment of this Act [].”