As used in Rule 4:
1. "Agency" means any entity of state government created by the Constitution or laws of the State of Oklahoma and supported in whole or in part by state funds or entrusted with the expending of state funds or administering of state property or otherwise exercising the sovereign power of the State of Oklahoma, including but not limited to all such offices, departments, institutions, boards, bureaus, commissions, agencies, authorities and instrumentalities of the State of Oklahoma. "Agency" shall not mean any city, county, rural electric cooperative or tribal housing authority created under the Oklahoma Housing Authorities Act nor any state entity that performs only advisory functions and that cannot independently exercise the sovereign power of the State of Oklahoma;2. "Charitable organization" is one described in Section 501(c)(3) of Title 26 of the United States Code as it currently exists or as it may be amended;3. "Commission" shall mean the Oklahoma Ethics Commission;4. "Family member" shall include spouse, children (including stepchildren), mother, father, sister or brother;5. "Gift" means property transferred to or service provided for another without compensation of equal value;6. "Vendor" means any seller or prospective seller of any property or service to the State of Oklahoma; and7. "Vendor's agent" means a representative of a vendor.Okla. Stat. tit. 74E, § 4.2
Promulgated by Ethics Commission January 10, 2014; effective upon Legislature's sine die adjournment 5/23/2014; operative 1/1/2015.