Rule 4.9. Business with State Officer or Employee’s Agency--Ban on Gifts--Exceptions
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 74. State Government
T. 74, Ch. 62, App., Rule 4.9
Rule 4.9. Business with State Officer or Employee’s Agency--Ban on Gifts--Exceptions
No state officer or state employee shall accept any gift for himself or herself or his or her family member from any vendor or vendor's agent at any time the vendor is doing business with the state officer or state employee's agency through a contract involving property or services, subject to the following exceptions:
1. A state officer or employee may accept meals having an aggregate market value of Twenty Dollars ($20.00) or less per occasion, provided that the aggregate market value of individual gifts received from any individual or other entity does not exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00) during any calendar year. Where the market value of a meal exceeds Twenty Dollars ($20.00) on a single occasion, the state officer or employee may not pay the excess value over Twenty Dollars ($20.00) in order to accept that portion of the gift worth Twenty Dollars ($20.00). The value of a meal shall include its price, plus any applicable tax but shall not include a gratuity.
2. A state officer or employee may accept a gift given under circumstances that make it clear that the gift is motivated by a family relationship or a personal relationship rather than the state officer or employee's status as a state officer or employee. Relevant factors in making such a determination include, but are not limited to, the history and nature of the relationship and whether the family member or friend personally pays for the gift.
<Revised Constitutional Ethics Rules promulgated by the Oklahoma Ethics Commission on January 10, 2014, and submitted to the Legislature and Governor in accordance with Okla. Const. Art. 29, § 3, on February 4, 2014. The Rules became effective on January 1, 2015.>
Ethics Commission Rules Rule 4.9, 74 O.S.A. Ch. 1, App. I, OK ST Ethics Commission, Rule 4.9
Current with amendments effective through 2019.
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