For the purposes of this chapter:

1. I. "Employee" shall mean any person employed on a permanent basis in any branch of state government, and any person who has been or will be employed on a temporary basis for a period of not less than 6 months in any branch of state government.
2. II. "Official" shall mean, in the case of the executive branch, the chief administrative officer of an office, department, commission, board, or institution; in the case of the legislative branch, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house, the legislative budget assistant, or the director of legislative services; in the case of the judicial branch, the chief justice of the supreme or superior court.
3. III. "Transferee office" shall mean the administrative unit to which an employee is temporarily transferred pursuant to this chapter.
4. IV. "Transferor office" shall mean the administrative unit from which an employee is temporarily transferred pursuant to this chapter.

Source. 1969, 500:18, eff. July 3, 1969.