The following definitions apply throughout this chapter:

1. (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:

   1. (A) The judicial department of state government.
   2. (B) The legislative department of state government.
   3. (C) A political subdivision (as defined in IC 4-2-6-1 ).
2. (2) "Business relationship" has the meaning set forth in IC 4-2-6-1 .
3. (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. (4) "Ethics commission" means the state ethics commission created by IC 4-2-6-2 .
5. (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. (6) "Person" has the meaning set forth in IC 4-2-6-1 .
7. (7) "Special state appointee" has the meaning set forth in IC 4-2-6-1 .
8. (8) "State officer" has the meaning set forth in IC 4-2-6-1 .

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