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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 2-21 “Official”.">
  <section prefix="§" num="2-21" heading="“Official”.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">“Official” means:<para num="(1)">an elected official;</para>
      <para num="(2)">the head of any department;</para>
      <para num="(3)">the head of any bureau or division within a department; and</para>
      <para num="(4)">any other individual in a unit of City government who, whether acting alone or as a member of a board acting jointly with other board members:<para num="(i)">has authority comparable to that of the head of a department or the head of a bureau or division;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">has decision-making authority in making City policy;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">has decision-making authority in the exercise of quasi-judicial, regulatory, licensing, inspecting, or auditing functions; or</para>
        <para num="(iv)">acts as a principal advisor to one who has authority of the type listed.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Inclusions.">“Official” also includes the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Executive Director, Executive Secretary, or Administrator of any agency or board included within the scope of § 2-2 {“Agency”} or &lt;cite data-path="|8|§2-3"&gt;§ 2-3 {“Board”} of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-509</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Agency	§2-2</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Board	§2-3</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Elected official	§2-8</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
