§ 73-a. Financial disclosure. 1. As used in this section:\n (a) The term "statewide elected official" shall mean the governor,\nlieutenant governor, comptroller, or attorney general.\n (b) The term "state agency" shall mean any state department, or\ndivision, board, commission, or bureau of any state department, any\npublic benefit corporation, public authority or commission at least one\nof whose members is appointed by the governor, or the state university\nof New York or the city university of New York, including all their\nconstituent units except community colleges of the state university of\nNew York and the independent institutions operating statutory or\ncontract colleges on behalf of the state.\n (c) The term "state officer or employee" shall mean:\n (i) heads of state departments and their deputies and assistants;\n (ii) officers and employees of statewide elected officials, officers\nand employees of state departments, boards, bureaus, divisions,\ncommissions, councils or other state agencies, who receive annual\ncompensation in excess of the filing rate established by paragraph (l)\nof this subdivision or who hold policy-making positions, as annually\ndetermined by the appointing authority and set forth in a written\ninstrument which shall be filed with the commission on ethics and\nlobbying in government established by section ninety-four of the\nexecutive law during the month of February, provided, however, that the\nappointing authority shall amend such written instrument after such date\nwithin thirty days after the undertaking of policy-making\nresponsibilities by a new employee or any other employee whose name did\nnot appear on the most recent written instrument; and\n (iii) members or directors of public authorities, other than\nmulti-state authorities, public benefit corporations and commissions at\nleast one of whose members is appointed by the governor, and employees\nof such authorities, corporations and commissions who receive annual\ncompensation in excess of the filing rate established by paragraph (l)\nof this subdivision or who hold policy-making positions, as determined\nannually by the appointing authority and set forth in a written\ninstrument which shall be filed with the commission on ethics and\nlobbying in government established by section ninety-four of the\nexecutive law during the month of February, provided, however, that the\nappointing authority shall amend such written instrument after such date\nwithin thirty days after the undertaking of policy-making\nresponsibilities by a new employee or any other employee whose name did\nnot appear on the most recent written instrument.\n (d) The term "legislative employee" shall mean any officer or employee\nof the legislature who receives annual compensation in excess of the\nfiling rate established by paragraph (l) below or who is determined to\nhold a policy-making position by the appointing authority as set forth\nin a written instrument which shall be filed with the legislative ethics\ncommission and the commission on ethics and lobbying in government.\n (d-1) A financial disclosure statement required pursuant to section\nseventy-three of this article and this section shall be deemed "filed"\nwith the commission on ethics and lobbying in government upon its\nfiling, in accordance with this section, with the legislative ethics\ncommission for all purposes including, but not limited to, section\nninety-four of the executive law, subdivision nine of section eighty of\nthe legislative law and subdivision four of this section.\n (e) The term "spouse" shall mean the husband or wife of the reporting\nindividual unless living separate and apart from the reporting\nindividual with the intention of terminating the marriage or providing\nfor permanent separation or unless separated pursuant to: (i) a judicial\norder, decree or judgment, or (ii) a legally binding separation\nagreement.\n (e-1) The term "domestic partner" shall mean a person w
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