§ 101. Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall
have the following meanings, unless the context requires otherwise:

1. "Public officer" shall mean every elected state and local officer
and every other state and local officer, as defined in section two of
the public officers law, whose duties relate to pari-mutuel racing
activities or the taxation thereof, who is required to devote all or
substantially all of his or her time to the duties of his or her office
for which he or she receives compensation or if employed on a part-time
or other basis receives compensation in excess of twelve thousand
dollars per annum, a member or officer of the state legislature, a
member, director or officer of the state gaming commission, or any
regional off-track betting corporation, or a member of a local
legislative body.

2. "Public employee" shall mean every person employed by the state or
any municipality or other political subdivision thereof or by a local
legislative body, other than a public officer defined in subdivision one
of this section, who is required to devote all or substantially all of
his or her time to the duties of his or her employment for which he or
she receives compensation, or if employed on a part-time basis receives
compensation in excess of twelve thousand dollars per annum, or an
employee of the state legislature or an employee of the state gaming
commission.

3. "Party officer" shall mean the following members or officers of any
political party:

(a) a member of a national committee;

(b) a chairman, vice-chairman, secretary, treasurer or counsel of a
state committee, or member of the executive committee of a state
committee;

(c) a county leader, chairman, vice-chairman, counsel, secretary or
treasurer of a county committee.

4. "Local legislative body" shall mean the legislative body of a
county; the council, common council or board of aldermen and the board
of estimate, the board of estimate and apportionment or board of
estimate and contract, if there be one, of a city; the town board of a
town and the village board of a village.

5. "Gaming activity" shall mean the conduct of any form of legalized
gaming, including, but not limited to, Class III gaming under the Indian
Gaming Regulatory Act, 25 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq., pari-mutuel wagering,
both on-track and off-track, bingo and charitable games of chance and
the state lottery for education.

6. "Commission" or "state gaming commission" shall mean the New York
state gaming commission created pursuant to section one hundred two of
this article.