(a) Agency shall have the same meaning as State agency in Public Officers Law sections 73, 73-a and 74 and article 1-a of the Legislative Law.
(b) Appellant shall mean the recipient of a denial by the executive director for deletion or exemption of certain information from a financial disclosure statement or for exemption from filing a financial disclosure statement who wishes to appeal or has appealed that denial to the members of the commission.
(c) Client filer shall mean:
(1) any client retaining or designating a lobbyist that is required to file a semi-annual report pursuant to Legislative Law section 1-j; or
(2) any lobbyist registered pursuant to Legislative Law section 1-e whose lobbying activity is performed on its own behalf and not pursuant to retention by a client. (Such a lobbyist is considered its own client for reporting purposes.)
(d) Complainant shall mean an individual who submits a tip or complaint to the commission regarding a violation of Public Officers Law sections 73, 73-a or 74, Civil Service Law section 107 or article 1-A of the Legislative Law.
(e) Executive director shall mean executive director of the Joint Commission on Public Ethics as appointed pursuant to Executive Law section 94(9)(a).
(f) Financial disclosure statement shall mean annual statement of financial disclosure which is required to be filed pursuant to Public Officers Law section 73-a.
(g) Hearing officer shall mean the presiding officer in adjudicatory hearings conducted pursuant to this Part and in accord with SAPA.
(h) Hearing shall mean any adjudicatory proceeding held by the commission to determine whether a violation of Public Officers Law sections 73, 73-a or 74 or Civil Service Law section 107 or article 1-A of the Legislative Law has occurred.
(i) The Joint Commission on Public Ethics, Commission or JCOPE shall mean the members of the New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics established pursuant to Executive Law section 94, which is authorized to delegate the authority to act as provided in the Executive Law to its executive director.
(j) Respondent shall mean statewide elected officials, any State officer or employee, members of the legislature or legislative employees, candidates for legislative and statewide offices, and political party chairs covered by Public Officers Law sections 73, 73-a or 74 or Civil Service Law section 107, or any lobbyist or client, as such terms are defined in article 1-A of the Legislative Law, who receives a written notice from the commission pursuant to section 941.3 of this Part.
(k) Subject shall mean any individual or entity identified in a tip, complaint, referral or in a matter initiated by the commission as allegedly having violated or being in violation of Public Officers Law sections 73, 73-a or 74, Civil Service Law section 107 or article 1-A of the Legislative Law.