officer or employe of the General Assembly or any committee
thereof; but not a person employed on a contractual basis or
without compensation for a particular project.
(7) "State action" means any action on the part of the
Commonwealth or a Commonwealth agency, including, but not
limited to: (i) any decision, determination, finding, ruling or
order, including the judgment or verdict of a court or a quasi-
judicial board, in which the Commonwealth or any of its
agencies, boards and commissions has an interest, except in such
matters, involving criminal prosecutions; (ii) any grant,
payment, award, license, contract, transaction, decision,
sanction or approval, or the denial thereof, or the failure to
act with respect thereto, in which the Commonwealth or any of
its agencies has an interest, except in such matters involving
criminal prosecutions; (iii) any disposition of any matter by
the General Assembly or any committee thereof.
(8) "Participate" in connection with a transaction involving
the Commonwealth means to take part in State action or a
proceeding personally as a Commonwealth official, through
approval, disapproval, decision, recommendation, the rendering
of advice, investigation, or the failure to act or perform a
duty.
(9) "Person" means: (i) an individual, other than a
Commonwealth agency or official; (ii) a partnership,
association, corporation, firm, institution, trust, foundation
or other legal entity (other than an agency), whether or not
operated for profit; (iii) a district, county, municipality or
other political subdivision of the State, or any subdivision
thereof, provided such is not an agency; (iv) a foreign country
or subdivision thereof, or (v) any other entity which is not a
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