Section 17-201 - Definitions(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.(b) "Financial officer" means the treasurer or other financial officer of a governmental entity who is responsible for the investment of public funds or the issuance and management of debt of the governmental entity.(c) "Governing authority" means: (1) for Baltimore City, the Baltimore City Board of Estimates;(2) for a commission county, the county commissioners;(3) for a charter county, as provided by local law, the county council or the county executive and the county council;(4) for a code county, the county commissioners;(5) for a community college, the board of trustees;(6) for a municipality, the body provided by the municipal charter;(7) for the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, the Commission;(8) for a public corporation, the board of directors; and(9) for an authority, the board of the authority.(d)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, "public money" means any money held by a governmental entity.(2) "Public money" does not include money held as part of a pension fund, a fund for other postemployment benefits, as defined in § 17-102(a) of this title, a trust fund account, or a facility closure reserve fund or for self-insurance purposes.Amended by 2016 Md. Laws, Ch. 569,Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2016.Amended by 2016 Md. Laws, Ch. 568,Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2016.Revised and recodified by 2013 Md. Laws, Ch. 119,Sec. 2, eff. 10/1/2013.