§ 4-2-7-1 — Definitions

Indiana § 4-2-7-1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 2: STATE OFFICERS GENERALLY
• Ch. 7: The Inspector General

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The following definitions apply throughout this
chapter:
(1) "Agency" means an authority, a board, a branch, a
commission, a committee, a department, a division, or other
instrumentality of the executive, including the administrative,
department of state government. The term includes a body
corporate and politic established as an instrumentality of the state.
The term does not include the following:
(A) The judicial department of state government.
(B) The legislative department of state government.
(C) A political subdivision (as defined in IC 4-2-6-1).
(2) "Business relationship" has the meaning set forth in IC 4-2-6-1.
(3) "Employee" means an individual who is employed by an
agency on a full-time, a part-time, a temporary, an intermittent, or
an hourly basis. The term includes an individual who contracts
with an agency for personal services.
(4) "Ethics commission" means the state ethics commission
created by IC 4-2-6-2.
(5) "Lobbyist" means an individual who seeks to influence
decision making of an agency and who is registered as an
executive branch lobbyist under rules adopted by the Indiana
department of administration.
(6) "Person" has the meaning set forth in IC 4-2-6-1.
(7) "Special state appointee" has the meaning set forth in IC 4-2-6-1.
(8) "State officer" has the meaning set forth in IC 4-2-6-1.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.222-2005, SEC.14.