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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-234.2: Public officers or employees financially benefiting from public position.
Where this section sits in the code
- Chapter 14. Criminal Law.
- subchapter VIII. offenses against public justice.
- Article 31. Misconduct in Public Office.
(a) No elected officer of a political subdivision of this State shall solicit or receive personal financial gain from the political subdivision of this State for which that elected officer serves by means of intimidation, undue influence, or misuse of the employees of that political subdivision of this State.
(b) This section shall not apply to financial gain received from a political subdivision of this State for acting in the elected official's official capacity or financial gain received with the approval of the governing board of the political subdivision of this State for which that elected officer serves.
(c) Violation of this section shall be a Class H felony. (2021-191, s. 3(a).)
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