Terms Used In Iowa Code 68B.24

• Candidate: means a candidate under chapter 68A but does not include any judge standing for retention in a judicial election. See Iowa Code 68B.2
• Legislative employee: means a permanent full-time employee of the general assembly but does not include members of the general assembly. See Iowa Code 68B.2
• Lobbyist: means an individual who, by acting directly, does any of the following:
   (1) Receives compensation to encourage the passage, defeat, approval, veto, or modification of legislation, a rule, or an executive order by the members of the general assembly, a state agency, or any statewide elected official. See Iowa Code 68B.2
• Member of the general assembly: means an individual duly elected to the senate or the house of representatives of the state of Iowa. See Iowa Code 68B.2
• Official: means all statewide elected officials, the executive or administrative head or heads of an agency of state government, the deputy executive or administrative head or heads of an agency of state government, members of boards or commissions as defined under section 7E. See Iowa Code 68B.2
• Person: means , without limitation, any individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, labor union, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 68B.2
• state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
• State employee: means a person who is not an official and is a paid employee of the state of Iowa and does not include an independent contractor, an employee of the judicial branch who is not an employee of the office of attorney general, an employee of the general assembly, an employee of a political subdivision of the state, or an employee of any agricultural commodity promotional board, if the board is subject to a producer referendum. See Iowa Code 68B.2