Rule 5.13. Gifts Worth No More than Ten Dollars ($10.00) to State Officer or Employee

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A lobbyist principal may give a plaque, trophy or similar item suitable for display no more than once per year to a state officer or employee in acknowledgement of the officer or employee's public service, provided, the value of the item is no more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), and the gift is reported on the Legislative Lobbyist Report. No state officer or employee may accept more than one (1) such gift during any calendar year from the same lobbyist principal. A legislative liaison, legislative lobbyist, executive lobbyist or lobbyist principal may provide a gift of any single item with a fair market value not exceeding Ten Dollars ($10.00) to any state officer or employee, provided that a legislative liaison, legislative lobbyist, executive lobbyist or lobbyist principal shall not make more than one such gift during any calendar year to any state officer or employee.

Promulgated by Ethics Commission January 10, 2014; effective upon Legislature’s sine die adjournment May 23, 2014; operative January 1, 2015. Amended as promulgated by the Ethics Commission, 2016.