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- Commission: means the State Public Integrity Commission. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 5831
- Compensation: means any money, thing of value or any other economic benefit of any kind or nature whatsoever conferred on or received by any person in return for services rendered or to be rendered by such person or another. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 5831
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Declared state of emergency: means a disaster or emergency event:
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Division of Revenue: means the Division of Revenue of the Department of Finance of the State. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 502
- Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
- Emergency period: means a period that begins within 5 days of the first day of a declared state of emergency and that extends for a period of 60 calendar days after the end of such declared state of emergency, unless a longer period is authorized as provided herein. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 3101
- Emergency-related work: means repairing, renovating, installing, building, rendering services or other business activities relating to infrastructure that may be or has been damaged, impaired or destroyed during the emergency period. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 3101
- Employer: means any person on whose behalf a lobbyist acts. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 5831
- General Assembly: includes any member, committee or subcommittee of either House of the General Assembly. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 5831
- Infrastructure: means property and equipment owned or used by communications networks, electric generation, transmission and distribution systems, gas distribution systems, water pipelines, and public roads and bridges and related support facilities directly in connection with the provision of services to multiple customers or citizens, including, without limitation, real and personal property such as buildings, offices, lines, poles, pipes, structures and equipment. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 3101
- Lobbyist: means any individual who acts to promote, advocate, influence or oppose any matter pending before the General Assembly by direct communication with the General Assembly or any matter pending before a state agency by direct communication with that state agency, and who in connection therewith either:
- Matter: means any application, petition, request, business dealing, transaction or decision of any sort. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 5831
- Out-of-state business: means a business entity licensed in another state, commonwealth or district that has no registrations, tax filings, nexus or presence in this State and conducted no business in this State prior to a declared state of emergency and whose services are requested by a registered business or by a state or local government for purposes of performing emergency-related work. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 3101
- Out-of-state employee: means an employee who does not work in this State, except for "emergency-related work" during an "emergency period". See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 3101
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: means and includes an individual, a trust, estate, partnership, association, company or corporation. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 502
- Person: means any individual, partnership, corporation, trust, joint venture and any other association of individuals or entities. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 5831
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, The United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 502
- State agency: means any office, department, board, commission, committee, school district, board of education and all public bodies existing by virtue of an act of the General Assembly or of the Constitution of the State, excepting only political subdivisions of the State, their agencies and other public agencies not specifically included in this definition that exist by virtue of state law and whose jurisdiction:
- State licensing or registration requirements: means all state or local business licensing or registration requirements, including, without limitation, registration or licensing by the Public Service Commission, the Secretary of State, the Division of Revenue, and any other state or local agency that requires businesses be licensed to operate within this State or imposes other regulatory requirements. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 3101
- State or local taxes: means state and local taxes or fees including, without limitation, unemployment insurance, state or local licensing fees, sales and use tax and ad valorem tax on equipment brought into this State solely to be used or consumed during the emergency period. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 3101
- Tax: shall be deemed also to refer to license fees imposed under Part III of this title. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 502
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
- United States: includes its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302