Gift Ban - 8 of 25
CORRECT ANSWER:
NO, the constitutional prohibition against gifts in any amount from a professional lobbyist is absolute and clear is CORRECT.
Amendment 41 prohibits a professional lobbyist from giving a member of the General Assembly (among other public officials and employees) any gift or thing of value of any kind, regardless of value. In IEC PS 09-01 concerning gifts from lobbyists, the Independent Ethics Commission has recognized this as an absolute prohibition. This prohibition expressly includes food and beverages. The only exceptions to this prohibition are for political campaign contributions and gifts to members of the professional lobbyist's immediate family. Because neither of those exceptions applies in this case, it is inadvisable for you to accept such a gift.
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