### Question
How does the law define small governmental jurisdiction?


### Answer
Under *5 U.S.C. § 601*, **small governmental jurisdiction** is defined as:

> governments of cities, counties, towns, townships, villages, school districts, or special districts, with a population of less than fifty thousand, unless an agency establishes, after opportunity for public comment, one or more definitions of such term which are appropriate to the activities of the agency and which are based on such factors as location in rural or sparsely populated areas or limited revenues due to the population of such jurisdiction, and publishes such definition(s) in the Federal Register

#### Citation:
  - *5 U.S.C. § 601*
  - Heading: **PART I-THE AGENCIES GENERALLY > CHAPTER 6-THE ANALYSIS OF REGULATORY FUNCTIONS**

