{"data":{"id":"us-nm/10-16b-3","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"10-16B-3","heading":"Limitation on gifts.","body":"A. A state officer or employee or a candidate for state office, or that person's family, shall not knowingly accept from a restricted donor, and a restricted donor shall not knowingly donate to a state officer or employee or a candidate for state office, or that person's family, a gift of a market value greater than two hundred fifty dollars ($250).\nB. A lobbyist registered with the secretary of state, the lobbyist's employer or a government contractor shall not donate gifts of an aggregate market value greater than one thousand dollars ($1,000) in a calendar year to any one state officer or employee or to any one candidate for state office.\nC. A state officer or employee shall not solicit gifts for a charity from a business or corporation regulated by the state agency for which the state officer or employee works and shall not otherwise solicit donations for a charity in such a manner that it appears that the purpose of the donor in making the gift is to influence the state officer or employee in the performance of an official duty.","path":["Chapter 10 - Public Officers and Employees","ARTICLE 16B Gift Act"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18510/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"0382c4ed19f8ebd5929bb64e990952ed438476a3ccbd1a2c4d656004dd0efbdf","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/10-16b-2","next":"us-nm/10-16b-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}