45A.295 Definitions for KRS 45A.295 to 45A.320.

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As used in KRS 45A.295 to 45A.320:

(1)"State public purchasing unit" shall mean the Finance and Administration Cabinet

and any other purchasing agency of this Commonwealth, including the Department

of Fish and Wildlife Resources;

(2)"Local public purchasing unit" shall mean any county, city, governmental entity

and other subdivision of the Commonwealth or public agency thereof, public

authority, public educational, health, or other institution, any other entity which

expends public funds for the acquisition or leasing of supplies, services, and

construction, and any nonprofit corporation operating a charitable hospital;

(3)"Public purchasing unit" shall mean either a local public purchasing unit or a state

public purchasing unit;

(4)"Foreign purchasing activity" shall mean any buying organization not located in

this Commonwealth which, if located in this Commonwealth, would qualify as a

public purchasing unit. An agency of the United States government is a foreign

purchasing activity; and

(5)"Cooperative purchasing" shall mean purchasing conducted by, or on behalf of,

more than one

(1)public purchasing unit, or by a public purchasing unit with a

foreign purchasing activity.