{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-public-officers-law-75","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Public Officers Law § 75","heading":"Bribery of members of the legislature","body":"§ 75. Bribery of members of the legislature.  A person who gives or\noffers, or causes to be given or offered, a bribe, or any money,\nproperty, or value of any kind, or any promise or agreement therefor, to\na member of the legislature, or to a person who has been elected a\nmember of the legislature, or attempts, directly or indirectly, by\nmenace, deceit, suppression of truth, or other corrupt means, to\ninfluence such a member or person to give or withhold his vote, or to\nabsent himself from the house of which he is, or is to become, a member,\nor from any committee thereof, is punishable by imprisonment for not\nmore than ten years, or by a fine of not more than five thousand\ndollars, or by both.","path":["Public Officers Law","Article 4. Powers and Duties of Public Officers"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/PBO/75","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"a11dddd88bde14a0030d61477999e50a0ab828ba5e26a438ef3360bf2e3be82c","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-public-officers-law-74-a","next":"us-ny/n.y.-public-officers-law-75-a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}