46-271. Lobbying restrictions; gifts or contributions; hospitality; exceptions.
46-271
46-271. Lobbying restrictions; gifts or contributions; hospitality;exceptions.No lobbyist shall offer, pay, give or make any economic opportunity,gift, loan, gratuity, special discount, favor, hospitality, or servicehaving an aggregate value of $40 or more inanycalendar year to any state officer or employee or candidate for stateoffice with a major purpose of influencing such officer or employee in theperformance of official duties or prospective official duties. Hospitalityin the form of recreation, food and beverages are presumed not to be givento influencea state officer or employee or candidate for state office in theperformance of official duties, except when a particular course of officialaction is to be followed as a condition thereon.
Except when a particular course of official action is to be followed asa condition thereon, this section shall not apply to (1) any contributionreported in compliance with the campaign finance act as amended, or (2) acommercially reasonable loan or other commercialtransaction in the ordinary course of business.
History: L. 1974, ch. 353, § 57; L. 1974, ch. 354, § 2;L. 1991, ch. 150, § 51; July 1.