WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 804

[(b)](C) (B)     Unless a gift of any of the following would

tend to impair the impartiality and the independence of judgment
of the official or employee receiving it or, if of significant

value, would give the appearance of doing so, or, if of

significant value, the recipient official or employee believes,

or has reason to believe, that it is designed to do so,

subsection (a) does not apply to:

(1)  Meals and beverages that are received by the
recipient official or employee in the presence of the donor or
sponsoring entity;

(2)  Ceremonial gifts or awards which have
insignificant monetary value;

(3)  Unsolicited gifts of nominal value or trivial
items of informational value;

(4)  Reasonable expenses for food, travel, lodging,
and scheduled entertainment of the official or employee for a
meeting which is given in return for participation in a panel or
speaking engagement at the meeting;

(5)  Gifts of tickets or free admission extended to an
elected constitutional officer to attend professional or
intercollegiate sporting events or charitable, cultural, or
political events, if the purpose of such gift or admission is a
courtesy or ceremony extended to the office;

(6)  A specific gift or class of gifts which the
Commission exempts from the operation of this section upon a
finding, in writing, that acceptance of the gift or class of
gifts would not be detrimental to the impartial conduct of the
business of government and that the gift is purely personal and
private in nature;

(7)  Gifts from a person related by blood or marriage,
or a member of his THE OFFICIAL'S OR EMPLOYEE'S household; or

(8) [Honoraria] AS TO PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND STATE
EMPLOYEES, HONORARIA.

(8)  EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS
SECTION, HONORARIUM.

(C) (1) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS
SUBSECTION, AN OFFICIAL MAY NOT ACCEPT AN HONORARIUM IF:

(I) THE PAYOR OF THE HONORARIUM HAS AN INTEREST
THAT MAY BE SUBSTANTIALLY AND MATERIALLY AFFECTED, IN A MANNER
DISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE PUBLIC GENERALLY, BY THE PERFORMANCE OR
NONPERFORMANCE OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S OFFICIAL DUTY; AND

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