PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 533

(VII)  A SPECIFIC GIFT OR CLASS OF GIFTS EXEMPTED FROM
SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION BY THE ETHICS COMMISSION UPON A WRITTEN
FINDING THAT:

1.        ACCEPTANCE OF THE GIFT OR CLASS OF GIFTS WOULD
NOT BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE IMPARTIAL CONDUCT OF GOVERNMENT; AND

2.        THE GIFT IS PURELY PERSONAL AND PRIVATE IN
NATURE;

(VIII)    A GIFT FROM:

1.        AN INDIVIDUAL RELATED TO THE OFFICIAL OR
EMPLOYEE BY BLOOD OR MARRIAGE; OR

2.        ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE
HOUSEHOLD OF THE OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE; OR

(IX)    TO THE EXTENT PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (D) OF THIS
SECTION, HONORARIA.

(D)     HONORARIA.

(1)      SUBJECT TO SUBSECTION (C)(1) OF THIS SECTION, AN OFFICIAL OR
EMPLOYEE MAY ACCEPT AN HONORARIUM IF:

(I)      THE HONORARIUM IS LIMITED TO REASONABLE EXPENSES
FOR THE OFFICIAL'S MEALS, TRAVEL, AND LODGING, AND REASONABLE AND
VERIFIABLE EXPENSES FOR CARE OF A CHILD OR DEPENDENT ADULT, THAT ARE
ACTUALLY INCURRED;

(II)     THE HONORARIUM CONSISTS OF GIFTS DESCRIBED IN
SUBSECTION (C)(2)(II) THROUGH (IV) OF THIS SECTION; OR

(III)    THE OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE IS A FACULTY MEMBER OF A
STATE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION WHO DOES NOT HOLD ANOTHER
POSITION AS AN OFFICIAL THAT PRECLUDES RECEIVING THE HONORARIUM.

(2)      OTHER THAN AS ALLOWED BY PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS
SUBSECTION, AN HONORARIUM MAY NOT BE ACCEPTED, EVEN IF PERMITTED BY
SUBSECTION (C)(1) OF THIS SECTION, IF:

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

(II)     THE OFFERING OF THE HONORARIUM IS RELATED IN ANY
WAY TO THE OFFICIAL'S OR EMPLOYEE'S OFFICIAL POSITION.

(E)     EXEMPTIONS FROM PROHIBITIONS.

BY REGULATION, THE ETHICS COMMISSION MAY DEFINE FURTHER
EXEMPTIONS FROM THIS SECTION AS MAY BE NECESSARY.

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