[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR151.101]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 151_POLITICAL ACTIVITY OF STATE OR LOCAL OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES
--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 151.101  Definitions.




                           General Provisions

Sec.
151.101 Definitions.

                         Permissible Activities

151.111 Permissible activities.

                          Prohibited Activities

151.121 Use of official authority; coercion; candidacy; prohibitions.
151.122 Candidacy; exceptions.

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1302, 1501-1508, as amended.

    Source: 35 FR 16783, Oct. 30, 1970, unless otherwise noted.

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                           General Provisions


    In this part:
    (a) State means a State or territory or possession of the United 
States.
    (b) State or local agency means the executive branch of a State, 
municipality, or other political subdivision of a State, or an agency or 
department thereof.
    (c) Federal agency means an executive agency or other agency of the 
United States, but does not include a member bank of the Federal Reserve 
System;
    (d) State or local officer or employee means an individual employed 
by a State or local agency whose principal employment is in connection 
with an activity which is financed in whole or in part by loans or 
grants made by the United States or a Federal agency but does not 
include--
    (1) An individual who exercises no functions in connection with that 
activity.
    (2) An individual employed by an educational or research 
institution, establishment, agency, or system, which is supported in 
whole or in part by a State or political subdivision thereof, or by a 
recognized religious, philanthropic, or cultural organization.
    (e) Political party means a National political party, a State 
political party, and an affiliated organization.
    (f) Election includes a primary, special, and general election.
    (g) Nonpartisan election means an election at which none of the 
candidates is to be nominated or elected as representing a political 
party any of whose candidates for Presidential elector receives votes in 
the last preceding election at which Presidential electors were 
selected.
    (h) Partisan when used as an adjective refers to a political party.
    (i) Elective office means any office which is voted upon at an 
election as defined at Sec. 151.101(f), above, but does not include 
political party office.

[40 FR 42733, Sept. 16, 1975]

                         Permissible Activities