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01/03/05

Sec. 34. Definitions applicable to sections 34 to 36


For purposes of sections 34 to 36 of this title -
(1) the term "local government" means -
(A) a city, county, parish, town, township, village, or any
other general function governmental unit established by State
law, or
(B) a school district, sanitary district, or any other
special function governmental unit established by State law in
one or more States,
(2) the term "person" has the meaning given it in subsection
(a) of the first section of the Clayton Act [15 U.S.C. 12(a)],
but does not include any local government as defined in paragraph
(1) of this section, and
(3) the term "State" has the meaning given it in section 4G(2)
of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 15g(2)).

EFFECTIVE DATE
Section 6 of Pub. L. 98-544 provided that: "This Act [enacting
this section, sections 35 and 36 of this title, and provisions set
out as a note under section 1 of this title] shall take effect
thirty days before the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 24,
1984]."

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