PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

S.B. 419

(vii) subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, tickets or free
admission extended to an elected constitutional officer, as a courtesy or ceremony to the
office, to attend a professional or intercollegiate sporting event, or a charitable, cultural,
or political event;

(viii) 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;

(ix) 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]

(x) A GIFT GIVEN TO AN OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE BY A
REGULATED LOBBYIST WHO IS INVOLVED IN A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP OF A
ROMANTIC NATURE WITH THE OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE, AND WHICH RELATIONSHIP
IS DISCLOSED BY THE OFFICIAL UNDER § 15-607(K) OF THIS SUBTITLE AND BY THE
REGULATED LOBBYIST UNDER § 15-704(G) OF THIS SUBTITLE; OR

(XI) to the extent provided in subsection (d) of this section, honoraria.

(3) Paragraph (2)(vii) of this subsection may not be construed to restrict the
ability of a member of the General Assembly to accept as a gift admission to any event as
part of a personal interaction with an individual who is a regulated lobbyist with whom
the member socializes, for purposes unrelated to the legislature, if:

(i) the purpose of the interaction is not related to previous or
subsequent-business before the legislature; and

(ii) during the interaction, no previous or subsequent business related
to the legislature is discussed.

15-607.

(e) (1) This subsection does not apply to a gift received from a member of the
immediate family, another child, or a parent of the individual.

(2) The statement shall include a schedule of each gift, specified in
paragraph (3) of this subsection, received during the applicable period:

(i) by the individual or by another entity at the direction of the
individual; and

(ii) directly or indirectly, from or on behalf of an entity that is:

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