S.P. 617 - L.D. 1782
An Act to Amend the Maine Criminal Code Regarding Improper Gifts
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §605, sub-§1, ¶A, as enacted by PL 1975, c. 499, §1, is amended to read:
A. Being a public servant he that person solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any pecuniary benefit from a person who he knows is or is likely to become subject to or interested in any matter or action pending before or contemplated by himself or the governmental body with which he is affiliated if the public servant knows or reasonably should know that the purpose of the donor in making the gift is to influence the public servant in the performance of the public servant's official duties or vote, or is intended as a reward for action on the part of the public servant; or
Effective September 18, 1999, unless otherwise indicated.
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