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~a the giving and receiving of such personal gifts is considered a customary protocol in the other country. (10) Gifts given or received as part of a business, civic, religious, fraternal, personal, or commercial relationship not related to the person's public service or position and made under circumstances that a reasonable person would conclude that the gift was not given for the purpose of lobbying. (f) A prohibited gift that would constitute an expense appropriate for reiinburseinent by the County if it had been incurred by the public servant personally shall be considered a gift accepted by or donated to the County, provided the public servant has been approved by the County to accept or receive such things of value on behalf of the County. The fact that the County's reimbursement rate for the type of expense is less than the value of a particular gift shall not render the gift prohibited. (g) A prohibited gift shall be declined, returned, paid for at fair market value, or donated immediately to charity or the County. (h) A covered person shall not accept an honorarium from a source other than the County for conducting any activity where any of the following apply: (1) The County reimburses the covered person for travel, subsistence, and registration expenses. (2) The County's work time or resources are used. (3) The activity would be considered official duty or would bear a reasonably close relationship to the covered person's official duties. An outside source may reimburse the County for actual expenses incurred by a covered person in conducting an activity within the duties of the covered person, or inay pay a fee to the County, in lieu of an honorarium, for the services of the covered person. An honorarium permissible under this subsection shall not be considered a gift for purposes of subsection (c) of this section. (i) Acceptance or solicitation of a gift in compliance with this section without corrupt intent shall not constitute a violation of the statutes related to bribery under G.S. 14-217, 14-218, or 120-86. Section 3. Other compensation. A public servant shall not solicit or receive personal financial gain, other than that received by the public servant from the County, or with the approval of the County, for acting in the public Servant's official capacity, or for advice or assistance given in the course of carrying out the public servant's duties. Section 4. Use of information for private gain. A public servant shall not use or disclose nonpublic information gained in the course of, or by reason of, the public servant's official responsibilities in a way that would affect a personal financial interest of the public servant, a ineinber of the public servant's extended family, or a person with whom or business with which the public servant is associated. A public servant shall not improperly use or improperly disclose any confidential information. 11