§662E-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter:

"Board" means any agency, board, commission, authority, or committee of the State or its political subdivisions that is created by constitution, statute, rule, or executive order to have supervision, control, jurisdiction, or advisory power over specific matters.

"Computer-based system" includes any computer or other information technology system, and any electronic device that controls, operates, monitors, or assists in the operation or functioning of equipment, machinery, plant, or a device using an embedded or installed microprocessor or chip.

"Government computer system" means a computer-based system owned or operated by or on behalf of the State, its political subdivisions, or a board.

"Government employee" includes an officer or employee of the State, its political subdivisions, or a board, including a person acting on behalf of a board in an official capacity, temporarily or permanently, whether with or without compensation.

"Year 2000 error" is the failure of a computer-based system to accurately store, display, transmit, receive, process, calculate, compare, or sequence date and time data from, into, or between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, the years 1999 and 2000 and beyond, and leap year calculations. [L 1998, c 213, pt of §1; am L 1999, c 115, pt of §5]