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12/29/88 (REVISOR ) XX/MC 89-0652 <br />1 unless the nonelected official or employee spends more than 50 <br />2 hours in any month attempting to influence legislative or <br />3 administrative action by communicating or urging others to <br />4 communicate with public officials; <br />5 (2) a party, or representative of a party, appearing in a <br />6 proceeding before a state executive agency unless the agency is <br />7 taking administrative action; <br />8 (3) an individual while engaged in selling goods or <br />4 CPT iceg to be paid for by public money; <br />10 (4) a news medium or its employees or agents while engaged <br />11 in the publishing; broadcasting, or other dissemination of news <br />12 items, editorial comments, or paid advertisements that directly <br />t, 13 or indirectly urge official action; <br />14 (5) a paid expert witness whose testimony is requested by <br />15 the body before which the witness is appearing, but only while <br />16 the witness is preparing or delivering testimony; <br />17 (6) a stockholder of a family farm corporation as defint:d <br />18 in section 500.24, subdivision 2, who does not spend more than <br />19 $250 in a year, excluding the stockholder's own travel expenses, <br />20 in communicating with public officials; or <br />21 (7) a party, or the representative of a party, appearing to <br />22 present a claim to the legislature and communicating with <br />23 legislators only by filing a claim form and supporting documents <br />24 and by appearing at public hearings on the clam. <br />25 Subd. 11. (PUBLIC EMPLOYEE.) "Public employee" means a <br />144 26 person uther than a public official who is employed in a public <br />27 position.. <br />28 Subd. 12. (PUBLIC OFFICIAL.) "Public official" means a <br />29 person holdil ng an elective office in a governmental unit or <br />30 appointed to or em-ploynd in a public position in which the <br />31 individual exercises, or has the ability to exercise, <br />32 intermediate or final authority to approve, disapprove, or <br />33 other•iise direct or influence the action of a governmental unit. <br />34 Subd. 13. (PUBLIC POSITION.) "Public position" means <br />35 appointment or employment by a governmental unit to perform <br />36 services for or on behalf of the unit for compensation by it, <br />