(1) “Administrative proceeding” means any Tribal proceeding the outcome of which is required to be based on a record or documentation prescribed by law or in which a law or a regulation is particularized in its application to an individual.

(2) “Benefit” means gain or advantage or anything regarded by the beneficiary as gain or advantage, including benefit to any other person or entity in whose welfare the beneficiary is interested.

(3) “Official proceeding” means a proceeding heard or that may be heard before any legislative, judicial, administrative, or other governmental agency or official authorized to take evidence under oath, including any referee, Hearing Examiner, Commissioner, notary, or other person taking testimony or deposition in connection with the proceeding.

(4) “Pecuniary benefit” is benefit in the form of money, property, commercial interests, or anything else the primary significance of which is economic gain.

(5) “Petition” means a list of signatures submitted to any Tribal government official, program or office pursuant to any ordinance, resolution or constitutional provision providing for the submission of such signatures for the purpose of initiating or requesting governmental action.

(6) “Tribal public servant” means any officer or employee of the Tribal government including but not limited to a member of the Cowlitz Tribes Council, a Judge, anyone who has been elected or designated to become a Tribal public servant, or any person serving as a juror, administrator, executor, personal representative, guardian, or Court-appointed fiduciary.