§161-28 Bribery. (a) Any person or employee of any person, who gives, pays, or offers, directly or indirectly, to any inspector, or to any other officer or employee of the State authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed by this chapter or by the rules adopted by the board, any money or other thing of value, with intent to influence the inspector or other officer or employee of this State in the discharge of any duty shall be guilty of a class C felony. The minimum fine shall be $5,000.
(b) Any inspector or other officer or employee of this State authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed by this chapter who accepts any money, gift, or other thing of value from any person, officer, agent, or employee of any person, given with intent to influence the state inspector's, officer's, or employee's official actions, shall be discharged from office and shall be guilty of a class C felony. The minimum fine shall be $1,000.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a), any inspector or other officer or employee of this State authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed by this chapter who receives or accepts from any person who is engaged in intrastate commerce and is subject to this chapter any gift, money, or other thing of value given with or without intent to influence the inspector's, officer's, or employee's official actions, shall be discharged from office and shall be guilty of a class C felony. The minimum fine shall be $1,000. [L 1969, c 212, §20; gen ch 1985; am L 1993, c 92, §5]
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