Section 5-506 - Use of Prestige of Office

(a) (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. (c) (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.