§ 1102 - Public officers or employees accepting bribes - Vermont Statutes

§ 1102. Public officers or employees accepting bribes

(a) An executive, legislative or judicial officer, or any employee, appointee or designee of such officer, or a person who is a candidate or applicant for an executive, legislative or judicial office, shall not, directly or indirectly, corruptly, ask, demand, exact, solicit, accept, receive or agree to receive a gift or gratuity, or a promise to make a gift or to do an act beneficial to himself or herself or another

(1) with the understanding that he or she will be influenced thereby in any finding, decision, report or opinion in any matter within his or her official capacity or employment; or

(2) for or because of any finding, decision, report or opinion in any matter within his or her official capacity or employment.

(b) A person who violates this section shall, if the gift, gratuity or benefit is less than $500.00 in value, be imprisoned not more than two years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both. A person who violates this section shall, if the gift, gratuity or benefit is $500.00 or more in value, be imprisoned not more than 10 years or fined not more than $10,000.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23; 1987, No. 48, § 2.)