Section ETH 21.02 - Definitions As used in this chapter:
(1) "Administrator" means an individual appointed by the commission pursuant to s. 15.62(1) (b), Stats., or, upon delegation by the administrator, the assistant administrator or staff counsel.(2) "Assistant administrator" means an individual appointed by the administrator to serve as assistant administrator pursuant to s. 19.47(2), Stats.(3) "Commission" means the Wisconsin Ethics Commission.(4) "Complainant" means a person filing a complaint with the commission under s. 19.49(2) (b), Stats.(5) "Formal opinion" means a formal advisory opinion issued by the commission under s. 19.46(2) (a) or (c), Stats.(6) "Informal opinion" means an advisory opinion issued by the commission, or by the administrator, assistant administrator, or staff counsel, as authorized by the commission, pursuant to s. 19.46(2) (a) and (b), Stats.(7) "Local registrant" means an individual or organization registered with a filing officer other than the commission.(8) "Person" includes any of the following: (b) A candidate as defined by s. 11.0101(1), Stats.(c) A candidate committee as defined by s. 11.0101(2), Stats.(d) A conduit as defined by s. 11.0101(7), Stats.(e) An independent expenditure committee as defined by s. 11.0101(17), Stats.(f) A legislative campaign committee as defined by s. 11.0101(19), Stats.(g) A political action committee as defined by s. 11.0101(25), Stats.(h) A political party as defined by s. 11.0101(26), Stats.(i) A recall committee as defined by s. 11.0101(27), Stats.(j) A referendum committee as defined by s. 11.0101(28), Stats.(k) An agency official as defined by s. 13.62(3), Stats.(l) An elective state official as defined by s. 13.62(6), Stats.(m) A legislative employee as defined by s. 13.62(8m), Stats.(n) A lobbyist as defined by s. 13.62(11), Stats.(o) A lobbying principal as defined by s. 13.62(12), Stats.(p) A local public official as defined by s. 19.42(7x), Stats.(q) An official required to file as defined by s. 19.42(10), Stats.(r) A state public official as defined by s. 19.42(14), Stats.(s) Any other person as defined by s. 990.01(26), Stats.(9) "Probable cause" means the facts, circumstances, and reasonable inferences that together are sufficient to justify a reasonable, prudent person, acting with caution, to believe that the matter asserted is probably true.(10) "Reasonable suspicion" means specific and articulable facts which, taken together with rational inferences from those facts, reasonably warrant further investigation.(11) "Respondent" means a person alleged to have committed a violation of ch. 11, subch. III of ch. 13, or subch. III of ch. 19, Stats., by a complainant.(12) "Staff counsel" means an employee of the commission designated by the administrator to serve as legal counsel of the commission pursuant to s. 19.47(2), Stats.(13) "Sufficient allegations" means allegations of fact and reasonable inferences drawn from those allegations that, if proven, would satisfy each element of the applicable law.Wis. Admin. Code Ethics Commission ETH 21.02
Adopted by, CR 22-052: cr. Register July 2023 No. 811, eff. 8-1-23; correction in (1), (11) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register July 2023 No. 811, eff. 8/1/2023