Section 130600.

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.

(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 900, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1998.)