As used in the State Ethics Commission Act:

A. “commission” means the state ethics commission;

B. “commissioner” means a member of the commission;

C. “complainant” means a person who files a verified complaint with the commission;

D. “complaint” means a complaint that has been signed by the complainant and the complainant attests under oath and subject to penalty of perjury that the information in the complaint, and any attachments provided with the complaint, are true and accurate;

E. “director” means the executive director of the commission;

F. “government contractor” means a person who has a contract with a public agency or who has submitted a competitive sealed proposal or competitive sealed bid for a contract with a public agency;

G. “legislative body” means the house of representatives or the senate;

H. “lobbyist” means a person who is required to register as a lobbyist pursuant to the provisions of the Lobbyist Regulation Act [N.M. Stat. Ann. Chapter 2, Article 11];

I. “political party” means a political party that has been qualified in accordance with the provisions of the Election Code [N.M. Stat. Ann. Chapter 1];

J. “public agency” means any department, commission, council, board, committee, agency or institution of the executive or legislative branch of government of the state or any instrumentality of the state, including the New Mexico mortgage finance authority, the New Mexico finance authority, the New Mexico exposition center authority, the New Mexico hospital equipment loan council and the New Mexico renewable energy transmission authority;

K. “public employee” means an employee of a public agency;

L. “public official” means a person elected to an office of the executive or legislative branch of the state or a person appointed to a public agency; and

M. “respondent” means a person against whom a complaint has been filed with or by the commission.