Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 6 - ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION › Subchapter A - GENERAL RULES › Section 6.1 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this part,
					 shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise.
(1) Act--The Government
				  Code, Chapter 571 (concerning Texas Ethics Commission).
(2) Administrative Procedure Act--The
				  Government Code, Chapter 2001 (concerning Administrative Procedure).
(3) Agency--The state agency governed by the
				  commission, as it functions and operates through the administrative staff hired
				  by the commission and its executive director.
(4) Commission--The Texas Ethics Commission,
				  as constituted and described in the Texas Constitution, Article 3,
				  §24a.
(5) Document--A report,
				  complaint, response, letter, or any other written material.
(6) Executive director--The person employed
				  by the commission to serve as the agency's chief administrative officer, or any
				  other employee of the commission acting as the designee of the executive
				  director.
(7) Family member or
				  relative--An individual who is related within the second degree of affinity or
				  consanguinity, as defined by the Government Code, Chapter 573, Subchapter B
				  (concerning Relationships by Consanguinity or by Affinity).
(8) Filer--A person required to file a report
				  with the commission or a local filing authority in accordance with this
				  title.
(9) Individual--A human
				  being who has been born and is alive.
(10) Local filing authority--A public servant
				  other than the Texas Ethics Commission with whom a filer must file a report in
				  accordance with this title, as identified in §
										RSA
				  20.5 of this title (relating to Reports Filed
				  with a County Filing Authority) and §
										RSA
				  20.7 of this title (relating to Reports Filed
				  with Other Local Filing Authority).
(11) Open Meetings Law--The Government Code,
				  Chapter 551 (concerning Open Meetings).
(12) Open Records Law--The Government Code,
				  Chapter 552 (concerning Open Records).
(13) Person--An individual, representative,
				  corporation, association, or other entity, including any nonprofit corporation,
				  or any agency or instrumentality of federal, state, or local
				  government.
(14) Postmark--A postal
				  cancellation by the United States Postal Service that contains the post office
				  name, state, and zip code and the month, day, and year the canceling post
				  office accepted custody of the material.
(15) Presiding officer--The person elected to
				  serve as the commission's chairman or chairwoman under §
										RSA
				  6.21 of this title (relating to Officers of
				  the Commission).
(16) Report--Any
				  document or other information required to be filed under this title.
(17) Staff--Employees of the commission,
				  hired by the commission or the executive director.
(18) Title 15--The Election Code, Title 15
				  (concerning Regulating Political Funds and Campaigns).
(19) First responder--An individual who is:
(A) a peace officer whose duties include
				  responding rapidly to an emergency;
(B) fire protection personnel, as that term
				  is defined by §
											RSA
				  419.021, Government Code;
(C) a volunteer firefighter who performs
				  firefighting duties on behalf of a political subdivision;
(D) an ambulance driver; or
(E) an individual certified as emergency
				  medical services personnel by the Department of State Health
				  Services.