local government

(2) Definitions In this subsection: (A) Defendant (i) In general The term “defendant” includes a State or local government. (ii) State The term “State” means each of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. (iii) Local government The term “local government” means— (I) any county, city, town, township, parish, village, or other general purpose political subdivision of a State; and (II) any combination of political subdivisions described in subclause (I) recognized by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. (B) Y2K upset The term “Y2K upset”— (i) means an exceptional temporary noncompliance with applicable federally enforceable measurement, monitoring, or reporting requirements directly related to a Y2K failure that are beyond the reasonable control of the defendant charged with compliance; and (ii) does not include— (I) noncompliance with applicable federally enforceable measurement, monitoring, or reporting requirements that constitutes or would create an imminent threat to public health, safety, or the environment; (II) noncompliance with applicable federally enforceable measurement, monitoring, or reporting requirements that provide for the safety and soundness of the banking or monetary system, or for the integrity of the national securities markets, including the protection of depositors and investors; (III) noncompliance with applicable federally enforceable measurement, monitoring, or reporting requirements to the extent caused by operational error or negligence; (IV) lack of reasonable preventative maintenance; (V) lack of preparedness for a Y2K failure; or (VI) noncompliance with the underlying federally enforceable requirements to which the applicable federally enforceable measurement, monitoring, or reporting requirement relates.

Source

15 USC § 6603(g)(2)


Scoping language

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