N.M. Admin. Code § 1.10.31.7 - DEFINITIONS
A.
"Business
interest" means any direct or indirect financial interest or financial
obligation of $10,000 or more such as an owner, member, partner, lessor,
investor, or shareholder in a business or where the filer is at risk of losing
$10,000 or more.
B.
"Consulting" means giving expert advice in professional,
technical, financial, legal, and business matters.
C.
"Employer" means a person or
organization that hires and pays another person in exchange for work.
D.
"External complaint" means a
complaint filed by a person and not instituted by either the secretary of state
or the state ethics commission.
E.
"Filer" means the person obligated to file a financial disclosure
statement.
F.
"Financial
disclosure statement (FDS)" means the pdf form prescribed by the
secretary of state that is generated upon a filer filing a report in the
electronic system provided by the secretary of state.
G.
"Income" means money that a
person receives in exchange for working, producing a product or service, or
investing capital. For purposes of financial disclosure statements, per diem is
considered income when it is deemed taxable by the Internal Revenue
Service.
H.
"Income
source" means the broad categories as described pursuant Paragraph (2)
of Subsection D of Section
10-16A-3 NMSA 1978.
I.
"Internal compliance
violation" means a violation of the Financial Disclosure Act identified
by the secretary of state or the state ethics commission based on incomplete,
misleading, false, or incorrect financial disclosure statement.
J.
"Major areas of
specialization" means the areas of law or consulting for which a person
concentrates to earn an income.
K.
"State agency head" means the principal officer of any executive
or legislative agency receiving an annual appropriation in either Section 4 of
the General Appropriations Act or an annual appropriations bill appropriating
funds to legislative agencies.
L.
"Title" means the name given to a position of employment by an
employer.
M.
"Professional
license" means an official process, administered by a state-level
authority, that is required by law for an individual to practice or work in a
regulated profession.
N.
"Voluntary compliance" means a filer's correction of all
violations alleged in a complaint or a notification from the secretary of state
or the state ethics commission of an internal compliance violation.
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