N.Y. Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law § 101: Definitions

§ 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.