§ 34. — Definitions applicable to sections 34 to 36.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC34]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 1--MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE
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)).
(Pub. L. 98-544, Sec. 2, Oct. 24, 1984, 98 Stat. 2750.)
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].''
