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Definitions. As used in this Act: "Employee" means (i) any person employed full‑time, part‑time, or pursuant to a contract and whose employment duties are subject to the direction and control of an employer with regard to the material details of how the work is to be performed or (ii) any appointed or elected commissioner, trustee, director, or board member of a board of a State agency, including any retirement system or investment board subject to the Illinois Pension Code or (iii) any other appointee. "Executive branch constitutional officer" means the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, and Treasurer. “Governmental entity" means a unit of local government (including a community college district) or a school district but not a State agency. "Legislative branch constitutional officer" means a member of the General Assembly and the Auditor General. "Legislative leader" means the President and Minority Leader of the Senate and the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. "Member" means a member of the General Assembly. "Officer" means an executive branch constitutional officer or a legislative branch constitutional officer.
"State agency" includes all officers, boards, commissions and agencies created by the Constitution, whether in the executive or legislative branch; all officers, departments, boards, commissions, agencies, institutions, authorities, public institutions of higher learning as defined in Section 2 of the Higher Education Cooperation Act (except community colleges), and bodies politic and corporate of the State; and administrative units or corporate outgrowths of the State government which are created by or pursuant to statute, other than units of local government (including community college districts) and their officers, school districts, and boards of election commissioners; and all administrative units and corporate outgrowths of the above and as may be created by executive order of the Governor. "State agency" includes the General Assembly, the Senate, the House of Representatives, the President and Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the Senate Operations Commission, and the legislative support services agencies. "State agency" includes the Office of the Auditor General. "State agency" does not include the judicial branch. "State employee" means any employee of a State agency. "Ultimate jurisdictional authority" means the following: (1) For members, legislative partisan staff, and legislative secretaries, the appropriate legislative leader: President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, or Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.
KRS § 83A.010
83A.010. Definitions for chapter.
La. R.S. 14:122.2
§ 14:122.2. Threatening a public official; penalties; definitions
§ 15-103. Designation of individuals as public officials
ALM GL ch. 268B, § 1 (p) "public office" means any position for which one is nominated at a state primary or chosen at a state election, excluding the positions of Senator and Representative in congress and the office of regional district school committee member elected district-wide;
ALM GL ch. 50, § 1 "State officer" shall apply to, and include, any person to be nominated at a state primary or chosen at a state election and shall include United States senator and representative in Congress.
§ 105.470 R.S.Mo. (8) "Public official", any member or member-elect of the general assembly, judge or judicial officer, or any other person holding an elective office of state government or any agency head, department director or division director of state government or any member of any state board or commission and any designated decision-making public servant designated by persons described in this subdivision.
Mont. Code Anno., § 5-7-102
(7)"Elected state official" means an individual holding a state office filled by a statewide vote of all the electors of Montana or a state district office, including but not limited to public service commissioners and district court judges. The term includes an individual appointed to fill the unexpired term of an elected state official and an individual who has been elected to a statewide office but who has not yet been sworn in.
R.R.S. Neb. § 49-1443 Public official, defined
Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 281.005 As used in this chapter:
RSA 15-B:2 X. "Public official" means a commissioned, unclassified, or nonclassified executive branch employee, but shall not include any commissioned, unclassified, or nonclassified employee elected by the legislature.
N.J. Stat. § 52:13D-13 (b) "State officer or employee" means any person, other than a special State officer or employee (1) holding an office or employment in a State agency, excluding an interstate agency, other than a member of the Legislature or (2) appointed as a New Jersey member to an interstate agency.
NY CLS Legis § 1-c Definitions
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-555
ORC Ann. 102.01
ORC Ann. 2921.01 Definitions
51 Okl. St. § 304 Definitions
ORS § 244.020 TITLE 22. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
CHAPTER 244. GOVERNMENT STANDARDS AND PRACTICES
(15) "Public official" means any person who, when an alleged violation of this chapter occurs, is serving the State of Oregon or any of its political subdivisions or any other public body as defined in ORS 174.109 of the state as an officer, employee, agent or otherwise, and irrespective of whether the person is compensated for such services.
ORS § 171.725 TITLE 17. STATE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT AND LAWS
(11) "Public official" means any member or member-elect of any public agency and any member of the staff or an employee of the public agency. ORS § 174.109 CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES; DEFINITIONS
R.I. Gen. Laws § 36-10.1-2 Definitions
Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-10-116 Title 2 Elections
Part 1 - Financial Disclosure
Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-4-502 Part definitions.
Tex. Gov't Code § 572.002 General Definitions
Utah Code Ann. § 36-11-102 Definitions
2 V.S.A. § 261 Definitions
Va. Code Ann. § 42.1-77 Definitions
Rev. Code Wash. (ARCW) § 42.17.020 TITLE 42. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND AGENCIES
CHAPTER 42.17. DISCLOSURE -- CAMPAIGN FINANCES -- LOBBYING
Rev. Code Wash. (ARCW) § 42.52.010 Definitions
W. Va. Code § 6B-1-3 Definitions.
W. Va. Code § 6B-3-1 West Virigina also includes a definition of "government officer or employee" in its lobbying law.
Wis. Stat. § 19.42
Wyo. Stat. § 9-13-102 Definitions.