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DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATORY MATERIAL.
“ADVISORY AGENCY” means any board, commission, committee or post which does not
exercise any sovereign power or duty, but is appointed by a governmental agency or officer
or is created by law for the purpose of making studies or recommendations, or advising or
consulting with a governmental agency.
“BUSINESS” means a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, firm, enterprise,
franchise, association, trust or foundation, or any other individual or entity carrying on a
business or profession, whether or not for profit.
“CLOSE FINANCIAL ASSOCIATION” means an association in which the person filing
shares significant financial involvement with an individual and the filer would reasonably be
expected to be aware of the individual’s business activities and would have access to the
necessary records either directly or through the individual. “Close financial association” does
not mean an association based on (i) the receipt of retirement benefits or deferred
compensation from a business by which the person filing this statement is no longer
employed, or (ii) the receipt of compensation for work performed by the person filing as an
independent contractor of a business that represents an entity before any state
governmental agency when the person filing has no communications with the state
governmental agency.
“IMMEDIATE FAMILY” means (i) a spouse and (ii) any other person who resides in the
same household as the filer, and who is a dependent of the filer.
“OFFICER” means any person appointed or elected to any governmental or advisory
agency including local school boards, whether or not he receives compensation or other
emolument of office. Unless the context requires otherwise, “officer” includes members of
the judiciary.
“TRUST” If you or a member of your immediate family, separately or together, are the only
beneficiaries of a trust, treat the trust's assets as if you own them directly. For purposes of
this definition, "beneficiary" means a person with a vested present or future beneficial
interest in a trust but does not include a person with a contingent beneficial interest in a
trust.
If you or your immediate family has a proportional interest in a trust, treat that proportion of
the trust's assets as if you own them directly. For example, if you and your immediate family
have a one-third interest in a trust, complete your Statement as if you own one-third of each
of the trust's assets.
If you or a member of your immediate family created a trust and can revoke it without the
beneficiaries' consent, treat its assets as if you own them directly.
HOWEVER, if you or a member of your immediate family is the beneficiary of a trust that
can be revoked without the beneficiaries' consent, do not treat the trust's assets as if you
own them.