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Ethics Board Docket No. 2020-131 Page 8 of14 (3) defines "agency head" to mean the chief executive or administrative officer of an agency or any member of a board or commission who exercises supervision over the agency. (4) defines "assist" to mean to act in such a way as to help, advise, furnish information to, or aid a person with the intent to assist such person. (11) defines "governmental entity" to mean the state or any political subdivision which employs the public employee or employed the former public employee or to which the elected official is elected, as the case may be. (14) defines "participate" to mean to take part in or to have or share responsibility for action of a governmental entity or a proceeding, personally, as a public servant of the governmental entity, through approval, disapproval, decision, recommendation, the rendering of advice, investigation, or the failure to act or perform a duty. (15) defines "person" to mean an individual or legal entity other than a governmental entity, or an agency thereof. (17) defines"public employee"to mean anyone,whether compensated or not,who is (i) an administrative officer or official of a governmental entity who is not filling an elective office; (ii) appointed by any elected official when acting in an official capacity, and the appointment is to a post or position wherein the appointee is to serve the governmental entity or an agency thereof, either as a member of an agency, or as an employee thereof; (iii) engaged in the performance of a governmental function; (iv)under the supervision or authority of an elected official or another employee of the governmental entity. (18) defines "public servant"to mean a public employee or elected official. (23) defines "service"to mean the performance of work, duties, or responsibilities, or the leasing, rental, or sale of movable or immovable property. (26) defines "transaction involving the governmental entity" to mean any proceeding, application, submission, request for a ruling or other determination, contract, claim, case, or other such particular matter which the public servant or former public servant of the governmental entity in question knows or should know. 3. The following provisions proscribe the penalties the Ethics Adjudicatory Board may assess if the Ethics Adjudicatory Board determines a violation of the Code of Governmental Ethics has occurred: