§ Ethics Rule 4.16Acceptance of meals for professional, civic or community

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events; acceptance of meals at political events
Any elected state officer or any state officer or employee
approved by the chief administrative officer of the agency to
represent the agency at a professional, civic or community event may
accept a meal at the event provided by the sponsoring organization.
In such instances, the state officer or employee also may accept a
token or souvenir gift or memento commemorating the occasion provided
the item given is of a value commensurate with the occasion and is
neither monetary or a cash equivalent. A professional, civic or
community event shall not include political events. An employee for
an elected state officer may accept a meal at a political event he or
she attends with the elected state officer as long as he or she is
not on state time.

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