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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 6-28 Qualified exemptions.">
  <section prefix="§" num="6-28" heading="Qualified exemptions.">
    <text>Subject to &lt;cite data-path="|8|§6-29"&gt;§ 6-29 {“Exemption limitations”} of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;, the prohibitions in &lt;cite data-path="|8|§6-27"&gt;§ 6-27 {“Acceptance prohibited”} of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt; do not apply to the unsolicited receipt of:</text>
    <para num="(1)">food or beverages received and consumed by the recipient in the presence of the donor or sponsoring entity;</para>
    <para num="(2)">gifts or awards that have insignificant monetary value, as defined by rule or regulation of the Board;</para>
    <para num="(3)">in return for a speaking engagement or participation on a panel at a meeting, reasonable expenses, actually incurred and verifiable, for food, travel, lodging, child or dependant care, and scheduled entertainment of the public servant, but only if:<para num="(i)">the expenses are associated with the meeting; and</para>
      <para num="(ii)">to the extent the expenses are anticipated to exceed $500, the public servant has notified the Ethics Board before attending the meeting;</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(4)">tickets or free admission given to an elected official to attend a specific charitable, cultural, or political event, if given by the person sponsoring or conducting the event as a courtesy or ceremony to the office;</para>
    <para num="(5)">a specific gift or class of gifts that the Ethics Board exempts on a written finding that acceptance of the gift or class of gifts would not be detrimental to the impartial conduct of City business; or</para>
    <para num="(6)">gifts from a spouse, parent, child, or sibling.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 11-484</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 15-372</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Child	§2-6</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Elected official	§2-8</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Ethics Board	§2-10</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Gift	§2-17</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Person	§2-22</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Public servant	§2-23</annotation>
    <annotation type="Editor's Notes">Board Regulation R 06.28.5 establishes exemptions under this § 6-28(5) (i) for certain pharmaceutical samples given to City health-care facilities, (ii) for certain free admissions to events sponsored or conducted by educational institutions, and (iii) for certain free admissions offered by or on behalf of an instrumentality or unit of State government.</annotation>
    <annotation type="Editor's Notes">Board Regulation R 06.28A defines “insignificant value”, for purposes of this section, as: “(1) a gift or award with a value of not more than $20; or (2) a gift or award in a series of gifts and awards with a cumulative value of not more than $60, if given by or on behalf of the same person during the reporting period.”</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
