For the purposes of this article the following terms have the following meanings: 1. 'Commission' means the state commission on prosecutorial conduct. 2. 'Prosecutor' means a district attorney or any assistant district attorney of any county of the state in an action to exact any criminal penalty, fine, sanction or forfeiture. 3. 'Hearing' means a proceeding under subdivision four of section four hundred ninety-nine-f of this article. 4. 'Member of the bar' means a person admitted to the practice of law in this state for at least five years. 5. 'Retired judge' shall mean a former judge or justice of the unified court system who was qualified as an attorney during such service and served as such a judge or justice for at least five years.
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