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YES, because the value of the reception is less than $65 and you have not and will not accept any other gifts from this lobbyist for the rest of the year is INCORRECT.

You are correct that the gift ban established by Amendment 41 prohibits you from accepting a gift from a donor that has a value in excess of $65. However, another provision of Amendment 41 prohibits professional lobbyists from giving members of the General Assembly (among others) any gift or thing of value of any kind, regardless of the value. This prohibition expressly includes food and beverages. The only exceptions to this prohibition are for campaign contributions and gifts to the members of the professional lobbyist's immediate family. Based on this gift ban, members of the General Assembly are well advised not to accept gifts in any amount from professional lobbyists. Because neither of those exceptions applies in this case, it is inadvisable for you to accept such a gift.

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