Section 851 - DefinitionsWherever used or referred to in this act unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
(a) "Commonwealth" means the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.(b) "Agency of this Commonwealth" includes the government of this Commonwealth and any subdivision, agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the government of this Commonwealth.(c) "District" or "conservation district" means any county in the Commonwealth whose county governing body has, by resolution, declared said county to be a conservation district.(d) "County governing body" means the board of county commissioners or that body that has responsibility or authority relating to the conservation district.(e) "Directors" or "Board of directors" means the governing body of the conservation district appointed under the provision of this act.(f) "Commission" means the State Conservation Commission created by this act.(g) "United States" or "Agency of the United States" includes the United States Department of Agriculture and any other agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the government of the United States of America.(h) "Government" or "governmental" includes the government of this Commonwealth and the government of the United States.(i) "Land occupier" or "occupier of land" includes any person, firm or corporation who shall hold title to, or shall be in possession of, any lands lying within a conservation district, organized under the provisions of this act, whether as owner, lessee, renter, tenant or otherwise.(j) "Cooperating organization" is any organization approved by the commission to assist in carrying out the provisions of this act.(k) "Nominating organization" is any organization approved under section 4 for the purpose of nominating district directors.(l) "County" includes cities of the first class.(m) "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection.1945, May 15, P.L. 547, § 3. Amended 1963, Aug. 8, P.L. 598, § 1; 1967, Dec. 19, P.L. 860, § 1; 1972, Dec. 29, P.L. 1686, No. 361, § 3. Reenacted and amended 1984, Dec. 19, P.L. 1125, No. 221, § 2, imd. effective. Amended 2008, July 9, P.L. 986, No. 75, §2, effective in 60 days [ 9/8/2008].