§161-28  Bribery.  (a)  Any person oremployee of any person, who gives, pays, or offers, directly or indirectly, toany inspector, or to any other officer or employee of the State authorized toperform any of the duties prescribed by this chapter or by the rules adopted bythe board, any money or other thing of value, with intent to influence theinspector or other officer or employee of this State in the discharge of anyduty shall be guilty of a class C felony.  The minimum fine shall be $5,000.

(b)  Any inspector or other officer or employeeof this State authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed by thischapter 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 thestate inspector's, officer's, or employee's official actions, shall bedischarged from office and shall be guilty of a class C felony.  The minimumfine shall be $1,000.

(c)  Notwithstanding subsection (a), anyinspector or other officer or employee of this State authorized to perform anyof the duties prescribed by this chapter who receives or accepts from anyperson who is engaged in intrastate commerce and is subject to this chapter anygift, money, or other thing of value given with or without intent to influencethe inspector's, officer's, or employee's official actions, shall be dischargedfrom 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]