Section 501.20  Definitions

            "Authorized Expenses" means the actual expenditures of public funds by a local government attributable to implementation of the Act as determined necessary by the Director of the Department of Nuclear Safety (Department).

            "Director" means the Director of the Department of Nuclear Safety or his designee.

            "Drill" means the test or trial of a particular emergency preparedness system, function or operation, such as communications.

            "Employee" means an individual actually paid wages or allowances by a local government for work performed on a full-time, part-time or intermittent basis.

            "Exercise" means the testing of emergency response plans for nuclear facilities, including, but not limited to, the biennial testing and evaluation of off-site radiological emergency response plans and preparedness in support of nuclear generating stations, as required by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 10 CFR 50, Appendix E, current as of January 1, 1996.

            "Grantee" means a local governmental entity to which a grant is made.

            "Local Government" means a political subdivision below the State Government level, such as a county, municipality, township, village or district, with authority to expend public funds.