This section defines the key terms used in the chapter about the Alabama State Employee Combined Charitable Campaign.
As used in this chapter the following words have the following meanings: (1) ALABAMA STATE EMPLOYEE COMBINED CHARITABLE CAMPAIGN (ASECCC). The annual combined charitable fund-raising program established through this chapter to receive and distribute voluntary payroll deduction contributions of state employees. (2) CHARITABLE FUND-RAISING FEDERATION. A legally constituted grouping of at least 10 health and human care agencies that are bound together to raise and distribute charitable contributions. (3) AFFILIATED CHARITABLE AGENCY. A charitable agency which is affiliated with a charitable fund-raising federation for the purpose of directly sharing funds raised by the organization. (4) CHARITABLE AGENCY. A volunteer, not-for-profit organization under federal regulation 26 CFR 1.501(c)(3) which provides health or human care services to individuals. (5) CAMPAIGN MANAGER. The participating federation, selected by the local agency review committee, responsible for managing the local state employee combined charitable campaign in each local geographic region or campaign community. (6) CAMPAIGN COMMUNITY. A local geographic region covered by a campaign manager, the exact boundaries determined by a local agency review committee and approved by a state-level steering committee. (7) STATE EMPLOYEE CAMPAIGN STEERING COMMITTEE. A committee of seven state employees representing top level leadership and rank and file employees; with the three branches of state government represented, with the chair appointed by the Governor, and with staff assistance furnished by the campaign manager in the Montgomery area; responsible for reviewing appeals of local agency review committee decisions and for overseeing, at the state level, the conduct of the State Employee Combined Charitable Campaign. (8) LOCAL AGENCY REVIEW COMMITTEE (LARC). A group of state employees in each campaign community responsible for: selecting the local campaign manager; determining the geographic boundaries of the campaign community; determining the eligibility of participating agencies; allocating undesignated funds; and overseeing the actual solicitation of state employees in their respective communities.