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  • (1) "Applicant" means an individual who provides information to a public or private employer for the purpose of obtaining employment.
  • (2)
    • (a) "Criminal conviction" means a verdict or finding of guilt after a criminal trial or a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a criminal charge.
    • (b) "Criminal conviction" does not include an expunged criminal conviction.
  • (3)
    • (a) "Private employer" means a person who has one or more employees employed in the same business, or in or about the same establishment, under any contract of hire, express or implied, oral or written.
    • (b) "Private employer" does not include a public employer.
  • (4) "Public employer" means an employer that is:
    • (a) the state or any administrative subunit of the state, including a department, division, board, council, committee, institution, office, bureau, or other similar administrative unit of state government;
    • (b) a state institution of higher education; or
    • (c) a municipal corporation, county, municipality, school district, local district, special service district, or other political subdivision of the state.




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