Prohibited Activities

(1) No lobbyist, employer of a lobbyist, Official, or such Official’s immediate family, as those terms are defined in these rules and by T.C.A. § 3-6-301, shall engage in any conduct prohibited by T.C.A. § 3-6-304. (2) No lobbyist or employer of a lobbyist shall provide, directly or indirectly, to a candidate for public office, an Official, or the immediate family of such candidate or Official, a gift as prohibited in T.C.A. § 3-6-305, nor shall the candidate, Official, or immediate family thereof accept such a gift, except as allowed by T.C.A. § 3-6-305 or these Rules. (3) The ban on campaign contributions set forth in T.C.A. § 3-6-304(j) does not prohibit contributions by a lobbyist to an incumbent legislator or governor that are made in support of his or her election to a federal office. (4) Campaign contributions from a lobbyist to an incumbent legislator who is running for a local public office are prohibited.