Definitions. As used in rules 22.22 to 22.26:

22.27(1) “Employee” means a paid employee of the state of Iowa, including independent contractors, and does not include a member of a board, commission, or committee. 22.27(2) “Official” means an officer of the judicial branch performing judicial functions, including an associate juvenile judge, a magistrate or referee, an associate probate judge, and the state court administrator, and does not include a member of a board, commission, or committee. [Court Order December 29, 1992, effective January 1, 1993; July 26, 1996; November 9, 2001, effective February 15, 2002]