Subchapter 3 - Prohibition of Gifts by Lobbyists

Section 3-224

Section 3-224

  §  3-224  Definitions.  Whenever  used  in  this  subchapter, the term
"public servant" shall mean a public servant as defined  in  subdivision
nineteen of section two thousand six hundred one of the charter.

Section 3-225

Section 3-225

  §  3-225  Prohibition  of  gifts. No person required to be listed on a
statement of registration pursuant to section 3-213(c)(1) of  subchapter
2 of this chapter shall offer or give a gift to any public servant.

Section 3-226

Section 3-226

  § 3-226 Enforcement. Complaints alleging violations of this subchapter
shall  be  made,  received,  investigated  and  adjudicated  in a manner
consistent  with  investigations  and  adjudications  of  conflicts   of
interest  pursuant  to  chapters  sixty-eight  and  thirty-four  of  the
charter.

Section 3-227

Section 3-227

  §  3-227  Penalties. Any person required to be listed on the statement
of registration pursuant  to  section  3-213(c)(1)  that  knowingly  and
willfully  violates any provision of this subchapter shall be subject to
a civil penalty, which for the first offense shall be not less than  two
thousand  five  hundred dollars and not more than five thousand dollars,
for the second offense not less than five thousand dollars and not  more
than fifteen thousand dollars, and for the third and subsequent offenses
not less than fifteen thousand dollars and not more than thirty thousand
dollars.  In  addition  to  such  civil  penalties,  for  the second and
subsequent offenses a person required to be listed on the  statement  of
registration   pursuant   to  section  3-213(c)(1)  that  knowingly  and
willfully violates the provisions  of  this  subchapter  shall  also  be
guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

Section 3-228

Section 3-228

  §  3-228  Rulemaking. The conflicts of interest board, in consultation
with the clerk, shall adopt  such  rules  as  necessary  to  ensure  the
implementation  of  this subchapter, including rules defining prohibited
gifts and exceptions including de minimis gifts, such as pens and  mugs,
gifts  that  public  servants  may accept as gifts to the city and gifts
from family members and close  personal  friends  on  family  or  social
occasions,   and   to  the  extent  practicable,  such  rules  shall  be
promulgated in a manner consistent with the rules and advisory  opinions
of  such  board  governing  the  receipt  of  valuable  gifts  by public
servants.