Section 130600 Of Chapter 6. Code Of Conduct For The Board Of The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 12. >> Chapter 6.
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. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the
following meanings:
(a) "Board" means the board of directors of the Los Angeles County
Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
(c) "Entitlement for use" includes all contracts except
competitively bid, labor, or personal employment contracts,
regardless of whether an individual accepts, solicits, or directs the
contribution for himself or herself or on behalf of any other
candidate or committee.
(d) "Gift" has the same meaning as defined in Section 82028 of the
Government Code.
(e) "Indirect investment or interest" means any investment or
interest owned by the spouse or dependent children of an individual,
by an agent on behalf of the individual, or by a business entity or
trust in which the individual, the individual's agents, spouse, or
dependent children own directly, indirectly or beneficially a 10
percent interest or greater.
(f) "Participant" means any person, other than a party, as defined
in subdivision (g), who is not a party but who actively supports or
opposes a particular decision in a proceeding involving a license
permit or other entitlement for use, including contract actions, and
who has a financial interest in the decision. A person actively
supports or opposes a particular decision in a proceeding if he or
she lobbies in person the board members or MTA employees, testifies
in person before the MTA, or otherwise acts to influence officers of
the agency.
(g) "Party" means any person who files an application for, or is
the subject of, a proceeding involving a license, permit, or other
entitlement for use to competitively bid on contracts, including
contract amendments and change orders.
(h) "MTA" means the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation
Authority.