§486-29 - Hindering or obstructing an officer or inspector; bribery; penalties.
§486-29 Hindering or obstructing an officer
or inspector; bribery; penalties. Any person who shall hinder or obstruct
in any way an inspector or any other officer or employee of this State in the
performance of the inspector's, officer's, or employee's official duties
prescribed by this chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor.
Any person who shall give, pay, or offer,
directly or indirectly, to any inspector or any other officer or employee of
this State authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed by this chapter
or any rule or order adopted or issued pursuant to this chapter, 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 herein provided for,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Any inspector or other officer or employee of
the State authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed by this chapter or
any rule adopted under it who shall accept any money, gift, or other thing of
value from any person, given with intent to influence the inspector's,
officer's, or employee's official action, shall be summarily discharged from
the inspector's, officer's, or employee's employment and shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor. [L 1988, c 156, pt of §3; am L 1991, c 153, §15]