As used in this chapter:
1. "Administrative action" means any policy or action taken by an agency or failure to act pursuant to law.
2. "Agency" means all governmental entities, departments, boards, commissions, councils or institutions, and any officer, employee or member thereof acting or purporting to act in the exercise of official duties, but it does not include:
a. Any court or judge or appurtenant judicial staff.
b. The members, committees, or permanent or temporary staffs of the Iowa general assembly.
c. The governor of Iowa or the governor's personal staff.
d. Any instrumentality formed pursuant to an interstate compact and answerable to more than one state.
3. "Employee" means any employee of an agency.
4. "Officer" means any officer of an agency.
5. "Person" means an individual, aggregate of individuals, corporation, partnership, or unincorporated association.
[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 601G.1]
C93, § 2C.1
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