(a) Annual statement shall mean the annual statement of financial disclosure filed with the commission pursuant to local law, ordinance, or resolution or filed pursuant to General Municipal Law, section 811 or 812.

(b) Commission shall mean the Temporary State Commission on Local Government Ethics, established under General Municipal Law, section 813.

(c) Covered individual shall mean an individual who is required to file an annual statement with the commission pursuant to local law, ordinance, or resolution, or pursuant to section 811 or 812 of the General Municipal Law.

(d) Filing date shall mean the date by which a covered individual must file his annual statement with the commission, as fixed by section 812(1)(a) of the General Municipal Law (exclusive of subparagraphs [i] and [ii]). However, in the event that a covered individual files with the commission pursuant to local law, ordinance, or resolution and that local law, ordinance, or resolution provides for an earlier filing date than that specified in the preceding sentence, then the term filing date shall mean that earlier filing date.

(e) Modified filing date shall have the meaning ascribed to it in section 9975.3(b) of this regulation.