Public purchasing unit definition

Public purchasing unit means either a local public purchasing unit or a state public purchasing unit.
Public purchasing unit means either (a) any county, city, urban-county, consolidated government, governmental entity and other subdivision of the Commonwealth of Kentucky or public agency thereof, public authority, public educational, health, or other insti- tution, any other entity which expends public funds for the acquisition or leasing of supplies, services and construc- tion, and any nonprofit corporation operating a charitable hospital, or (b) any purchasing unit of any governmental body.
Public purchasing unit means the state, any county, city, town, governmental entity, and other subdivision of the state or public agency or any other public authority, public educational, health or other institution, or any other entity of the state which expends public funds for the acquisition or leasing of procured items, and any nonprofit corporation operating a charitable hospital in the state.