Section 1-M. Prohibition of gifts

No individual or entity required to be
  listed on a statement of registration pursuant  to  this  article  shall
  offer  or  give  a  gift  to  any public official as defined within this
  article, unless under the circumstances it is not  reasonable  to  infer
  that  the  gift  was  intended  to  influence  such  public official. No
  individual  or  entity  required  to  be  listed  on  a   statement   of
  registration  pursuant to this article shall offer or give a gift to the
  spouse or unemancipated child of any public official as  defined  within
  this  article  under  circumstances where it is reasonable to infer that
  the gift was intended to influence such public official.  No  spouse  or
  unemancipated  child  of  an  individual  required  to  be  listed  on a
  statement of registration pursuant to this article shall offer or give a
  gift to a public official under circumstances where it is reasonable  to
  infer that the gift was intended to influence such public official. This
  section  shall  not  apply to gifts to officers, members or directors of
  boards, commissions, councils,  public  authorities  or  public  benefit
  corporations  who  receive  no  compensation or are compensated on a per
  diem basis, unless the person listed on the  statement  of  registration
  appears  or  has matters pending before the board, commission or council
  on which the recipient sits.