New York Consolidated Laws, Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law - PML § 101. Definitions

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:

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.