§ 902. Definitions

Statutory text

In this chapter, the following definitions apply:

Unit of general local government.—

The term “unit of general local government” means a city, county, town, parish, village, or other general-purpose political subdivision of a State.

Urban area.—

The term “urban area” means—

a geographical area within the jurisdiction of an incorporated city, town, borough, village, or other unit of general local government, except a county or parish, having a population of at least 10,000 inhabitants;

that portion of the geographical area within the jurisdiction of a county, town, township, or similar governmental entity which contains no incorporated unit of general local government but has a population density of at least 1,500 inhabitants per square mile; and

that portion of a geographical area having a population density of at least 1,500 inhabitants per square mile and situated adjacent to the boundary of an incorporated unit of general local government which has a population of at least 10,000.

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.

2002
Pub. L. 107–217 · 116 Stat. 1062
Enacted · 40 U.S.C. § 902
(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1128.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1128.)

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Notes

historicalAndRevision

Historical and Revision Notes
RevisedSection	Source (U.S. Code)	Source (Statutes at Large)
902	40:535(a), (b).	June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title VIII, § 806(a), (b), as added Pub. L. 90–577, title V, § 501, Oct. 16, 1968, 82 Stat. 1105.

Credits

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1128.)