(c) Charitable organization shall mean:

1. (1) an entity as defined in Executive Law section 171-a(1) that is registered with the Office of the Attorney General, as required by Executive Law section 172, unless otherwise exempted from filing pursuant to Executive Law section 172-a; or
2. (2) an entity organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes and qualified as an exempt organization by the United States Department of Treasury under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; or
3. (3) a person who requests contributions for the relief of any individual, specified by name at the time of the solicitation, if all of the contributions collected, without any deductions whatsoever, are paid to or for the benefit of the named beneficiary, provided the individual has submitted a form entitled “charitable solicitation for the relief of an individual” with the Charities Bureau of the Office of Attorney General prior to the event.

(g) Covered person shall mean:

1. (1) State officer or employee as defined in subdivision (v) of this section;
2. (2) legislative employee as defined in subdivision (m) of this section; or
3. (3) legislative member as defined in subdivision (n) of this section.

(l) Interested source shall mean any person or entity who on his or her own behalf, or on behalf of an entity, satisfies any one of the following:

1. (1) is regulated by, negotiates with, appears before in other than a ministerial matter, seeks to contract with or has contracts with, or does other business with:

   1. (i) the legislative member, the legislative employee, or the State officer or employee, in his or her official capacity;
   2. (ii) the State agency with which the State officer or employee is employed or affiliated; or
   3. (iii) any other State agency when the State officer or employee’s agency is to receive the benefits of the contract; or
2. (2) with respect to a legislative member or a legislative employee, is required to be listed on a statement of registration pursuant to section 1-e(a)(1) of article 1-A of the Legislative Law, or is the spouse or unemancipated child of any person required to be listed on a statement of registration pursuant to section 1-e(a)(1) of article 1-A of the Legislative Law; or
3. (3) with respect to State officers and employees, is required to be listed on a statement of registration pursuant to section 1-e(a)(1) of article 1-A of the Legislative Law and lobbies or attempts to influence actions, decisions, or policies of the State agency with which the State officer or employee is employed or affiliated; or
4. (4) with respect to State officers and employees, is the spouse or unemancipated child of any individual satisfying the requirements of paragraph (3) of this section; or

5. (5) is involved in any action or proceeding, in which administrative and judicial remedies thereto have not been exhausted, and which is adverse to either:

   1. (i) the State officer or employee in his or her official capacity; or
   2. (ii) the State agency with which the State officer or employee is employed or affiliated; or
6. (6) has received or applied for funds from the State agency with which the covered person is employed or affiliated at any time during the previous 12 months up to and including the date of the proposed or actual receipt of the item or service of more than nominal value.

(u) State agency shall mean any civil department; State department; or division, board, commission, or bureau of any State department or civil department; any public benefit corporation, public authority, or commission at least one of whose members is appointed by the Governor. State agency shall also include the State University of New York or the City University of New York, including all their constituent units except:

1. (1) community colleges of the State University of New York; and
2. (2) the independent institutions operating statutory or contract colleges on behalf of the State.

(v) State officer(s) or employee(s) shall mean:

1. (1) statewide elected officials (governor, lieutenant governor, comptroller, and attorney general of the State of New York);
2. (2) heads of civil departments and State departments and their respective deputies and assistants other than members of the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York who receive no compensation or are compensated on a per diem basis;
3. (3) officers and employees of statewide elected officials;
4. (4) officers and employees of State departments, boards, bureaus, divisions, commissions, councils, or other State agencies other than officers of such boards, commissions or councils who receive no compensation or are compensated on a per diem basis;
5. (5) employees of public authorities (other than multi-state authorities), public benefit corporations, and commissions at least one of whose members of such public authorities, public benefit corporations, and commissions is appointed by the governor; and
6. (6) members or directors of public authorities (other than multi-state authorities), public benefit corporations, and commissions identified in paragraph (5) of this subdivision who receive compensation other than on a per diem basis.