It shall be unlawful for the State Purchasing Director or any buyer or any officer of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, or any member of their immediate family, under The Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act to accept any gift, donation, or gratuity for himself or any member of his immediate family from any seller or prospective seller of any property covered by The Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act; and it shall further be unlawful for any seller or any prospective seller to give or donate anything of value to the State Purchasing Director or any buyer or officer of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services or any buyer under The Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act or any member of the immediate family of the State Purchasing Director or buyer or officer of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services. This provision shall not apply to exceptions to the definition of "anything of value" in the Rules of the Ethics Commission promulgated pursuant to Article XXIX of the Oklahoma Constitution.

The violation of any provision of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor and in the event the State Purchasing Director or any buyer or any officer of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services is convicted for the violation of this section he shall forfeit his position immediately in addition to the penalty provided in this section.

Added by Laws 1959, p. 354, § 13, eff. July 1, 1959. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 304, § 109, eff. July 1, 1983; Laws 2008, c. 96, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2008; Laws 2009, c. 322, § 8; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 748.