2010 California Code
Government Code
Article 2. Gifts

89503.  (a) No elected state officer, elected officer of a local
government agency, or other individual specified in Section 87200
shall accept gifts from any single source in any calendar year with a
total value of more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
   (b) (1) No candidate for elective state office, for judicial
office, or for elective office in a local government agency shall
accept gifts from any single source in any calendar year with a total
value of more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250). A person shall
be deemed a candidate for purposes of this subdivision when the
person has filed a statement of organization as a committee for
election to a state or local office, a declaration of intent, or a
declaration of candidacy, whichever occurs first. A person shall not
be deemed a candidate for purposes of this subdivision after he or
she is sworn into the elective office, or, if the person lost the
election, after the person has terminated his or her campaign
statement filing obligations for that office pursuant to Section
84214 or after certification of the election results, whichever is
earlier.
   (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any person who is a candidate
as described in paragraph (1) for judicial office on or before
December 31, 1996.
   (c) No member of a state board or commission or designated
employee of a state or local government agency shall accept gifts
from any single source in any calendar year with a total value of
more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) if the member or employee
would be required to report the receipt of income or gifts from that
source on his or her statement of economic interests.
   (d) This section shall not apply to a person in his or her
capacity as judge. This section shall not apply to a person in his or
her capacity as a part-time member of the governing board of any
public institution of higher education unless that position is an
elective office.
   (e) This section shall not prohibit or limit the following:
   (1) Payments, advances, or reimbursements for travel and related
lodging and subsistence permitted by Section 89506.
   (2) Wedding gifts and gifts exchanged between individuals on
birthdays, holidays, and other similar occasions, provided that the
gifts exchanged are not substantially disproportionate in value.
   (f) Beginning on January 1, 1993, the commission shall adjust the
gift limitation in this section on January 1 of each odd-numbered
year to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index, rounded to the
nearest ten dollars ($10).
   (g) The limitations in this section are in addition to the
limitations on gifts in Section 86203.