§ 5-506
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§5–506.
(1)An official or employee may not intentionally use the prestige of office or public position:
(i)for that official’s or employee’s private gain or that of another; or
(ii)to influence, except as part of the official duties of the official or employee or as a usual and customary constituent service without additional compensation, the award of a State or local contract to a specific person.
(2)An official may not directly or indirectly initiate a solicitation for a person to retain the compensated services of a particular regulated lobbyist or lobbying firm.
(b)The performance of usual and customary constituent services, without additional compensation, is not prohibited under subsection
(a)of this section.
(1)A public official or employee may not use public resources or the title of the public official or employee to solicit a political contribution that is regulated in accordance with the Election Law Article.
(2)A State official may not use public resources to solicit a political contribution that is regulated in accordance with the Election Law Article.