The State Ethics Commission (Commission) has statutory authority to promulgate exemptions from four of the six statutes listed in 930 CMR 5.01. Specifically, the Commission has authority to promulgate exemptions from M.G.L. c. 268A, §§3, 23(b)(2), and 23(b)(3), and M.G.L. c. 268B, § 6. It does not have authority to promulgate exemptions from M.G.L. c. 268A, §§ 2 and 26. Nothing in 930 CMR 5.00 shall be construed as creating any exemption from the prohibition against corrupt gifts and bribery set forth in M.G.L. c. 268A, § 2, or the prohibition against gifts given or solicited with fraudulent intent set forth in M.G.L. c. 268A, § 26.
930 CMR, § 5.02