63G-32 - Legal Personhood

Title 63G > 63G-32

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63G-32-101 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter: 63G-32-101(1) “Body of water” means any natural or man-made accumulation of water, regardless of whether the accumulation of water is static or subject to a force that causes a hydrological current. 63G-32-101(2) “Governmental entity” means:a court;the Legislature;the legislative body of a political subdivision; oranother entity of the state or a political subdivision, if the entity has adjudicatory or rulemaking authority. 63G-32-101(3) “Human being” means a member of the species classified as Homo sapiens; 63G-32-101(4) “Land” means the solid terrestrial surface or subsurface of the earth. 63G-32-101(5) “Legal personhood” means:the legal rights and obligations of an individual under the laws of this state; orthe legal rights and obligations of a person other than an individual under the laws of this state. 63G-32-101(6) “Political subdivision” means the same as that term is defined in Section 63G-7-102. 63G-32-101(7) “Real property” means any building, fixture, improvement, appurtenance, structure, or other development that is affixed permanently to land. 63G-32-101(8) “State” means the same as that term is defined in Section 63G-7-102.

63G-32-102 - Legal personhood restricted.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a governmental entity may not grant legal personhood to, nor recognize legal personhood in: 63G-32-102(1) artificial intelligence; 63G-32-102(2) an inanimate object; 63G-32-102(3) a body of water; 63G-32-102(4) land; 63G-32-102(5) real property; 63G-32-102(6) atmospheric gases; 63G-32-102(7) an astronomical object; 63G-32-102(8) weather; 63G-32-102(9) a plant; 63G-32-102(10) a nonhuman animal; or 63G-32-102(11) any other member of a taxonomic domain that is not a human being.