§ Ethics Rule 4.2Definitions

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; and
7. “Vendor’s agent” means a representative of a vendor.