76-6-514 - Bribery or threat to influence contest. - Utah Statutes

76-6-514. Bribery or threat to influence contest.
A person is guilty of a felony of the third degree if:
(1) With a purpose to influence any participant or prospective participant not to give hisbest efforts in a publicly exhibited contest, he confers or offers or agrees to confer any benefitupon or threatens any injury to a participant or prospective participant; or
(2) With a purpose to influence an official in a publicly exhibited contest to perform hisduties improperly, he confers or offers or agrees to confer any benefit upon or threatens anyinjury to such official; or
(3) With a purpose to influence the outcome of a publicly exhibited contest, he tamperswith any person, animal, or thing contrary to the rules and usages purporting to govern thecontest; or
(4) He knowingly solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any benefit, the giving of whichwould be criminal under Subsection (1) or (2).

Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session