§ 35-44.1-1-2 — Bribery

Indiana § 35-44.1-1-2

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 44.1: OFFENSES AGAINST GENERAL PUBLIC
• Ch. 1: General Public Administration

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(a) A person who:
(1) confers, offers, or agrees to confer on a public servant, either
before or after the public servant becomes appointed, elected, or
qualified, any property, except property the public servant is
authorized by law to accept, with intent to control the
performance of an act related to the employment or function of
the public servant or because of any official act performed or to
be performed by the public servant, former public servant, or
person selected to be a public servant;
(2) being a public servant, solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept,
either before or after the person becomes appointed, elected, or
qualified, any property, except property the person is authorized
by law to accept, with intent to control the performance of an act
related to the person's employment or function as a public servant;
(3) confers, offers, or agrees to confer on a person any property,
except property the person is authorized by law to accept, with
intent to cause that person to control the performance of an act
related to the employment or function of a public servant;
(4) solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any property, except
property the person is authorized by law to accept, with intent to
control the performance of an act related to the employment or
function of a public servant;
(5) confers, offers, or agrees to confer any property on a person
participating or officiating in, or connected with, an athletic
contest, sporting event, or exhibition, with intent that the person
will fail to use the person's best efforts in connection with that
contest, event, or exhibition;
(6) being a person participating in, officiating in, or connected
with an athletic contest, sporting event, or exhibition, solicits,
accepts, or agrees to accept any property with intent that the
person will fail to use the person's best efforts in connection with
that contest, event, or exhibition;
(7) being a witness or informant in an official proceeding or
investigation, solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any property,
with intent to:
(A) withhold any testimony, information, document, or thing;
(B) avoid legal process summoning the person to testify or
supply evidence; or
(C) absent the person from the proceeding or investigation to
which the person has been legally summoned;
(8) confers, offers, or agrees to confer any property on a witness
or informant in an official proceeding or investigation, with intent
that the witness or informant:
(A) withhold any testimony, information, document, or thing;
(B) avoid legal process summoning the witness or informant to
testify or supply evidence; or
(C) absent himself or herself from any proceeding or
investigation to which the witness or informant has been legally
summoned; or
(9) confers or offers or agrees to confer any property on an
individual for:
(A) casting a ballot or refraining from casting a ballot; or
(B) voting for a political party, for a candidate, or for or against
a public question;
in an election described in IC 3-5-1-2 or at a convention of a
political party authorized under IC 3;
commits bribery, a Level 5 felony.
(b) It is not a defense that the person whom the accused person
sought to control was not qualified to act in the desired way.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.126-2012, SEC.54. Amended by P.L.158-2013, SEC.497.