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EXECUTIVE ORDERS

Article III.

Standards of Ethical Conduct for

State Officers and Employees

It shall be considered unethical for any State officer
or employee:

[1. To accept, seek, solicit, or take directly or
indirectly, any gift or benefit of more than insignificant
economic value, including money, any service, gratuity, fee,
property, loan, promise, or anything else of more than
insignificant economic value from or on behalf of any
individual or entity who is doing or is seeking to do
business of any kind with the State or whose activities are
regulated or controlled in any way by the State, and the
officer or employee has knowledge of such facts, under
circumstances from which the officer or employee could
reasonably have inferred that the gift or benefit was
intended to influence such officer or employee in the
performance of his official duties and under circumstances
from which it is reasonable to assume that the officer or
employee would be influenced in the performance of his
official duties.]

1. (A) IN ANY CALENDAR YEAR, TO SOLICIT, ACCEPT,
OR RECEIVE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY GIFT OR GIFTS,
WHETHER IN THE FORM OF MONEY, SERVICE, LOANS, GRATUITY,
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, TRAVEL, ENTERTAINMENT, HOSPITALITY,
THING OR PROMISE, HAVING A VALUE OF MORE THAN FIFTY DOLLARS
($50.00) FROM ANY SINGLE SOURCE, INCLUDING ANY INDIVIDUAL OR
ENTITY. EXCLUDED FROM THIS LIMIT ARE:

(I)    GIFTS FROM A PERSON RELATED BY BLOOD
OR MARRIAGE, OR AN INTENDED SPOUSE, OR A MEMBER OF THE
OFFICER'S OR EMPLOYEE'S HOUSEHOLD;

(II)   PERSONAL GIFTS FROM FRIENDS IF IT IS
CLEAR THAT THE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP, RATHER THAN A
FINANCIAL OR GOVERNMENT INTEREST, IS THE MOTIVATING FACTOR;

(III)  GIFTS OR AWARDS OF A CEREMONIAL
NATURE OR GIFTS OR AWARDS RECEIVED UPON RETIREMENT FROM
STATE EMPLOYMENT;

(IV)   FOOD OR REFRESHMENTS FOR CONSUMPTION
ON THE PREMISES;

(V)    UNSOLICITED GIFTS OR ITEMS OF NOMINAL
OR INFORMATIONAL VALUE;

(VI) REASONABLE EXPENSES FOR FOOD, TRAVEL,
LODGING, AND SCHEDULED ENTERTAINMENT OF THE OFFICER OR