§ 602.502. Definitions.

As used in this Part:

(1)

City shall include all departments and agencies of the consolidated government of the City of Jacksonville, its constitutional officers and independent agencies and districts.

(2)

Complainant shall mean a person who submits a written complaint to a Whistleblower Official containing allegations consistent with the requirements of Section 602.504. A complainant is not a whistleblower until designated an official whistleblower pursuant to Section 602.505(1), Ordinance Code.

(3)

Employee shall mean a person who performs services for, and under the control and direction of, or who contracts with, the City for wages or other remuneration.

(4)

Independent Agencies shall include, Jacksonville Aviation Authority, JEA, Jacksonville Housing Authority, Jacksonville Port Authority and Jacksonville Transportation Authority.

(5)

Local Government Authority, as referenced in F.S. § 112.3187(8)(b), as amended from time to time, shall be designated for this Part to be the Executive Officer of the City or the Independent Authority as applicable to the employee.

(6)

Whistleblower Official shall mean the Inspector General's Office. For the purposes of this part, and pursuant to F.S. § 112.3187(6), the Inspector General's Office shall be the designated appropriate local official.

(7)

All other words or terms used in this Part shall have the same meaning as such words and terms have under the State Whistleblower's Act, F.S. § 112.3187, as may be amended from time to time.

(Ord. 2013-287-E, § 1; Ord. 2015-234-E , § 1)