Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 153 - Arkansas Ethics Commission › Rule 153.00.04-001 - Rules on Conflicts

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
§ 400
Definitions
(a)
Administrative action
- As used in these
		  rules, the term "administrative action" means any decision on, or proposal,
		  consideration, or making of any rule, regulation, ratemaking proceeding, or
		  policy action by a governmental body. It does not include ministerial
		  action.
(b)
Business
- As used in these rules, the
		  term "business" means any corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, firm,
		  enterprise, franchise, association, organization, self-employed individual,
		  receivership, trust, or any legal entity through which business is
		  conducted.
(c)
County government
- As used in these
		  rules, the term "county government" means any office, department, commission,
		  council, board, bureau, committee, legislative body, agency, or other
		  establishment of a county.
(d)
Family
- As used in these rules, the
		  term "family" means an individual's spouse, children of that individual or his
		  or her spouse, or brothers, sisters, or parents of the individual or his or her
		  spouse.
(e)
Governmental body
- As used in these rules, the
		  term "governmental body" means any office, department, commission, council,
		  board, committee, legislative body, agency, or other establishment of the
		  executive, judicial, or legislative branch of the state, municipality, county,
		  school district, improvement district, or any political district or subdivision
		  thereof.
(f)
Income or compensation
- As used in these
		  rules, the term "income or compensation" means any money or anything of value
		  received or to be received as a claim for future services, whether in the form
		  of a retainer, fee, salary, expense, allowance, forbearance, forgiveness,
		  interest, dividend, royalty, rent, or any other form of recompense or any
		  combination thereof. It includes a payment made under obligation for services
		  or other value received. The term "compensation" does not include anything of
		  value presented to an employee of a public school district, the Arkansas School
		  for the Blind, the Arkansas School for the Deaf, the Arkansas School for
		  Mathematics and Sciences, a university, a college, a technical college, a
		  technical institute, a comprehensive life-long learning center, or a community
		  college in recognition of the employee's contribution to education.
(g)
Legislative
		  action
- As used in these rules, the term "legislative
		  action" means introduction, sponsorship, consideration, debate, amendment,
		  passage, defeat, approval, veto, or any other official action or nonaction on
		  any bill, ordinance, law, resolution, amendment, nomination, appointment,
		  report, or other matter pending or proposed before a committee or house of the
		  General Assembly, a quorum court, or a city council or board of directors of a
		  municipality.
(h)
Legislator
- As used in these rules, the term
		  "legislator" means any person who is a member of the General Assembly, a quorum
		  court of any county, or the city council or board of directors of any
		  municipality.
(i)
Lobbying
- As used in these rules, the term
		  "lobbying" means communicating directly or soliciting others to communicate
		  with any public servant with the purpose of influencing legislative action or
		  administrative action.
(j)
Municipal government
- As used in these rules,
		  the term "municipal government" means any office, department, commission,
		  council, board, bureau, committee, legislative body, agency, or other
		  establishment of a municipality.
(k)
Person
- As used in these rules, the term "person" means a business,
		  individual, corporation, union, association, firm, partnership, committee,
		  club, or other organization or group of persons.
(l)
Public
		  appointee
- As used in these rules, the term "public
		  appointee" means an individual who is appointed to a governmental body. It does
		  not include an individual appointed to an elective office.
(m)
Public
		  employee
- As used in these rules, the term "public
		  employee" means an individual who is employed by a governmental body or who is
		  appointed to serve a governmental body. It does not include public officials or
		  public appointees.
(n)
Public official
- As used in these rules, the
		  term "public official" means a legislator or any other person holding an
		  elective office of any governmental body, whether elected or appointed to the
		  office, and shall include such persons during the time period between the date
		  they were elected and the date they took office.
(o)
Public
		  servant
- As used in these rules, the term "public servant"
		  means all public officials, public employees, and public appointees.
(p)
Special privileges or
		  exemption
- As used in these rules, the term "special
		  privileges or exemption" means a particular benefit or advantage unfairly
		  extended to a person beyond the common advantages of others or the unjustified
		  release of a person from a duty or obligation required of others.
(q)
State
		  government
- As used in these rules, the term "state
		  government" means any office, department, commission, council, board, bureau,
		  committee, legislative body, agency, or other establishment of the State of
		  Arkansas.
(r)
Unwarranted privileges or exemptions
- As
		  used in these rules, the term "unwarranted privileges or exemptions" means a
		  particular benefit or advantage unfairly extended to a person beyond the common
		  advantages of others or the unjustified release of a person from a duty or
		  obligation required of others.