New York § 101 Definitions

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§ 101 — Definitions

New York § 101

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  § 101. Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall\nhave the following meanings, unless the context requires otherwise:\n  1. "Public officer" shall mean every elected state and local officer\nand every other state and local officer, as defined in section two of\nthe public officers law, whose duties relate to pari-mutuel racing\nactivities or the taxation thereof, who is required to devote all or\nsubstantially all of his or her time to the duties of his or her office\nfor which he or she receives compensation or if employed on a part-time\nor other basis receives compensation in excess of twelve thousand\ndollars per annum, a member or officer of the state legislature, a\nmember, director or officer of the state gaming commission, or any\nregional off-track betting 

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§ 101. Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall\nhave the following meanings, unless the context requires otherwise:\n 1. "Public officer" shall mean every elected state and local officer\nand every other state and local officer, as defined in section two of\nthe public officers law, whose duties relate to pari-mutuel racing\nactivities or the taxation thereof, who is required to devote all or\nsubstantially all of his or her time to the duties of his or her office\nfor which he or she receives compensation or if employed on a part-time\nor other basis receives compensation in excess of twelve thousand\ndollars per annum, a member or officer of the state legislature, a\nmember, director or officer of the state gaming commission, or any\nregional off-track betting corporation, or a member of a local\nlegislative body.\n 2. "Public employee" shall mean every person employed by the state or\nany municipality or other political subdivision thereof or by a local\nlegislative body, other than a public officer defined in subdivision one\nof this section, who is required to devote all or substantially all of\nhis or her time to the duties of his or her employment for which he or\nshe receives compensation, or if employed on a part-time basis receives\ncompensation in excess of twelve thousand dollars per annum, or an\nemployee of the state legislature or an employee of the state gaming\ncommission.\n 3. "Party officer" shall mean the following members or officers of any\npolitical party:\n (a) a member of a national committee;\n (b) a chairman, vice-chairman, secretary, treasurer or counsel of a\nstate committee, or member of the executive committee of a state\ncommittee;\n (c) a county leader, chairman, vice-chairman, counsel, secretary or\ntreasurer of a county committee.\n 4. "Local legislative body" shall mean the legislative body of a\ncounty; the council, common council or board of aldermen and the board\nof estimate, the board of estimate and apportionment or board of\nestimate and contract, if there be one, of a city; the town board of a\ntown and the village board of a village.\n 5. "Gaming activity" shall mean the conduct of any form of legalized\ngaming, including, but not limited to, Class III gaming under the Indian\nGaming Regulatory Act, 25 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq., pari-mutuel wagering,\nboth on-track and off-track, bingo and charitable games of chance and\nthe state lottery for education.\n 6. "Commission" or "state gaming commission" shall mean the New York\nstate gaming commission created pursuant to section one hundred two of\nthis article.\n