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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 19A.04.01.02" title_num="19A" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="01" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Defined Terms.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“Designated second home” means:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>If an individual owns one second home, the individual’s second home; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>If an individual owns more than one second home, any one second home the individual identifies to the Commission as the individual’s designated second home.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Elected local official” has the meaning stated in General Provisions Article, §5-804, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Home address” means the address of an individual’s:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Principal home; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Designated second home, if any.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Local Employee.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Local employee” means an individual who is employed by a county of the State, the City of Baltimore, or an incorporated municipality of the State.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Local employee” does not include:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>An elected local official or a nonelected local official; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>An employee or official of an executive unit, as defined in COMAR 19A.01.01.02H.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Nonelected Local Official.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Nonelected local official” means an individual who is appointed to serve on a board, commission, or other entity of a county of the State, the City of Baltimore, or an incorporated municipality of the State.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Nonelected local official” does not include:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>A local employee;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>An elected local official; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>An employee or official of an executive unit, as defined in COMAR 19A.01.01.02H.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Principal home” means the sole residential property that an individual occupies as the individual’s primary residence, whether owned or rented by the individual.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>“Quasi-governmental entity” means an entity that is created by State statute, that performs a public function, and that is supported in whole or in part by the State but is managed privately.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>“Second home” means a residential property that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>An individual occupies for some portion of the filing year; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Is not a rental property or a time share.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>