Section 5-706 - Meals or beverages(a) In addition to any other report required under this subtitle, a regulated lobbyist shall file a separate report disclosing the name of each State official of the Executive Branch or member of the immediate family of a State official of the Executive Branch who has benefited during the reporting period from a gift of a meal or beverages from the regulated lobbyist, whether or not in connection with lobbying activities, allowed under § 5-505(c)(2)(i) 1 of this title.(b) Gifts reported by name of recipient under § 5-705(b)(2)(ix) of this subtitle need not be allocated for the purposes of disclosure under subsection (a) of this section.(c) The disclosure required by this section shall be under oath or affirmation, on a form issued by the Ethics Commission, and shall include: (1) the name and business address of the regulated lobbyist;(2) the name of each recipient of a gift of a meal or beverages;(3) the date and value of each gift of a meal or beverages, and the identity of the entity or entities to which the gift is attributable; and(4) the total cumulative value of gifts of meals or beverages, calculated as to each recipient.(d) The regulated lobbyist may explain the circumstances under which the gift of a meal or beverages was given.(e) Gifts of meals or beverages reported by a regulated lobbyist under this section need not be counted or reported by the regulated lobbyist for purposes of disclosure under § 5-705(c) of this subtitle.(f) The report shall be filed electronically at the time and in the manner required for reports filed under § 5-705 of this subtitle.Amended by 2019 Md. Laws, Ch. 149,Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2019.Added by 2014 Md. Laws, Ch. 94,Sec. 2, eff. 10/1/2014.