Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 92 — Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use
§ 8401a. “Local government” defined
Statutory text
For the purposes of section 8401 of this title, the term “local government” shall include—
any county, parish, city, town, township, village or other general purpose political subdivision of a State with the power to levy taxes and expend Federal, State, and local funds and exercise governmental powers; and
which (in whole or in part) is located in, or has authority over the energy impacted area: Provided further, That such term shall include a public or private nonprofit corporation, or a school, water, sewer, highway, or other public special purpose district, authority, or body, with the concurrence of the Governor: Provided further, That such term shall be applicable to all applications for assistance received since the effective date of section 8401 of this title.
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.
Pub. L. 96–514 title II § 201 · 94 Stat. 2957
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 8401a
(Pub. L. 96–514, title II, § 201, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2975.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 96–514, title II, § 201, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2975.)
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
For effective date of section 8401 of this title, referred to in par. (2), see section 901 of Pub. L. 95–620, set out as an Effective Date note under section 8301 of this title.
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1981, and not as part of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 which comprises this chapter.