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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 6-27 Acceptance prohibited.">
  <section prefix="§" num="6-27" heading="Acceptance prohibited.">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this Part IV, a public servant may not knowingly accept any gift, directly or indirectly, from any person that the public servant knows or has reason to know:</text>
    <para num="(1)">does or seeks to do business of any kind, regardless of amount:<para num="(i)">with the public servant’s agency; or</para>
      <para num="(ii)">with another person in connection with or in furtherance of a contract that is being negotiated or has been entered into by the other person with the public servant’s agency;</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(2)">engages or seeks to engage in an activity that is regulated or controlled by the public servant’s agency;</para>
    <para num="(3)">is or, within the preceding 12 months, has been a lobbyist with respect to matters within the jurisdiction of the public servant;</para>
    <para num="(4)">has a financial interest that might be substantially and materially affected, in a manner distinguishable from the public generally, by the performance or nonperformance of the public servant’s official duties;</para>
    <para num="(5)">is an association, or any entity acting on behalf of an association, that is engaged only in representing counties or municipal corporations; or</para>
    <para num="(6)">is an owner, partner, officer, director, trustee, employee, or agent of any person described in items (1) through (4) of this section.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 10-267</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 15-373</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-503</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Agency	§2-2</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Employee	§2-9</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Financial interest	§2-16</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Gift	§2-17</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Lobbyist	§2-20</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Person	§2-22</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Public servant	§2-23</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" />
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
