Such term does not include a candidate campaign committee

(21) “Public employee” means every person employed by the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government, or any department, board, bureau, agency, commission, or authority thereof. (22) “Public officer” means: (A) The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Commissioner of Labor, Commissioner of Agriculture, Commissioner of Insurance, and State School Superintendent; (B) Every other elected state official not listed in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph; (C) The executive head of every state department or agency, whether elected or appointed; (D) Each member of the General Assembly; (E) The executive director of each state board, commission, council, or authority and the members thereof; (F) Every elected county official and every elected member of a local board of education; and (G) Every elected municipal official. (23) “Qualifying officer” means a person who qualifies a candidate for an election. (24) “Reporting period” means the period of time beginning the day after the last report due date, excluding any grace period, through the due date of the next report. (25) “Staff attorney” means a licensed member of the Georgia Bar Association that is employed by the State Ethics Commission. History. Code 1981, § 21-5-3, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 957, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 297, § 2; Ga. L. 1987, p. 458, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 922, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1075, § 2; Ga. L. 1993, p. 118, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1279, § 14; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1491, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 2005, p. 859, § 2/HB 48; Ga. L. 2006, p. 69, § 1/SB 467; Ga. L. 2010, p. 1173, § 2/SB 17; Ga. L. 2013, p. 173, § 2/HB 143; Ga. L. 2022, p. 3, § 3/SB 120; Ga. L. 2023, p. 608, § 1/HB 572, effective July 1, 2023. The 2022 amendment, effective March 2, 2022, added paragraph (16.2); rewrote subparagraph (22)(A), which read: “Every constitutional officer”; rewrote subparagraph (22)(B), which read: “Every elected state official”; and added paragraph (25). The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, substituted “State Ethics Commission” for “Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission” in paragraphs (5) and (25).