Common use of ZZZ Clause in Contracts

ZZZ. “Subdivision” means any (1) General-Purpose Government (including, but not limited to, a municipality, county, county subdivision, city, town, township, parish, village, borough, xxxx, or any other entities that provide municipal-type government), School District, or Special District within a Settling State, and (2) any other subdivision, subdivision official (acting in an official capacity on behalf of the subdivision) or sub-entity of or located within a Settling State (whether political, geographical or otherwise, whether functioning or non-functioning, regardless of population overlap, and including, but not limited to, nonfunctioning governmental units and public institutions) that has filed a lawsuit that includes a Released Claim against a Released Entity in a direct, parens patriae, or any other capacity. “General-Purpose Government,” “School District,” and “Special District” shall correspond to the “five basic types of local governments” recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau and match the 2017 list of Governmental Units.3 The three (3) General-Purpose Governments are county, municipal, and township governments; the two (2) special purpose governments are School Districts and Special Districts.4 The terms “Fire District,” “Health District,” “Hospital District,” and “Library District” shall correspond to categories of Special Districts recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau.5 References to a Settling State’s Subdivisions or to a Subdivision “in,” “of,” or “within” such Settling State include Subdivisions located within the Settling State even if they are not formally or legally a sub-entity of such Settling State; provided, however, that a “health district” that includes any of the following words or phrases in its name shall not be considered a Subdivision: mosquito, pest, insect, spray, vector, animal, air quality, air pollution, clean air, coastal water, tuberculosis, and sanitary.