Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Administration-Division of Personnel Management; Merit Recruitment
Chapter ER-MRS 24 - Code Of Ethics
Section ER-MRS 24.03 - Definitions

Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง ER-MRS 24.03

Current through August 26, 2024

The following are definitions for terms used in this chapter:

(1) "Anything of value" means any money or property, favor, service, payment, advance, forbearance, loan, or promise of future employment, but does not include compensation and expenses paid by the state, fees, honorariums and expenses which are permitted under this chapter, political contributions which are reported under ch. 11, Stats., or hospitality extended for a purpose unrelated to state business by a person other than an organization.

(2) "Hospitality" includes, but is not limited to, meals, beverages, and lodging which a host other than an organization offers a guest on premises owned or occupied by the host or his or her immediate family as the host's principal or seasonal residence.

(3) "Associated" when used with reference to an organization, includes any organization in which an employee or a member of the employee's immediate family is a director, officer or trustee or owns or controls, directly or indirectly, and severally or in the aggregate, at least 10% of the outstanding equity.

(4) "Employee" in this chapter means any person who receives remuneration for services rendered to the state under an employer-employe relationship in the classified service or in the unclassified service of the state of Wisconsin except state public officials and employees subject to subch. III of ch. 19, Stats., officials and employees of the judicial branch, and University of Wisconsin System unclassified personnel.

(5) "Immediate family" means:

(a) An employee's spouse; and

(b) An employee's relatives by marriage, consanguinity or adoption, and any other person who directly or indirectly receives more than one-half of their support from the employee, or from whom the employee directly or indirectly receives more than one-half of his or her support.

(6) "Organization" means any corporation, partnership, proprietorship, firm, enterprise, franchise, association, self-employed individual, trust or any other legal entity other than an individual or body politic which engages either in nonprofit or profit-making activities.

(7) "State property" includes, but is not limited to, facilities, vehicles, supplies, equipment, telecommunications equipment and services, information-technology equipment and services, stenographic assistance and reproduction services.

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