{"data":{"id":"us-vt/13-v.s.a.-1102","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"13 V.S.A. § 1102","heading":"Public officers or employees accepting bribes","body":"(a) An executive, legislative, or judicial officer, or any employee, appointee, or designee of such officer, or a person who is a candidate or applicant for an executive, legislative, or judicial office, shall not, directly or indirectly, corruptly, ask, demand, exact, solicit, accept, receive, or agree to receive a gift or gratuity, or a promise to make a gift or to do an act beneficial to himself or herself or another:\n(1) with the understanding that he or she will be influenced thereby in any finding, decision, report, or opinion in any matter within his or her official capacity or employment; or\n(2) for or because of any finding, decision, report, or opinion in any matter within his or her official capacity or employment.\n(b) A person who violates this section shall, if the gift, gratuity, or benefit is less than $500.00 in value, be imprisoned not more than two years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both. A person who violates this section shall, if the gift, gratuity, or benefit is $500.00 or more in value, be imprisoned not more than 10 years or fined not more than $10,000.00, or both.","path":["Title 13: Crimes and Criminal Procedure","Chapter 021: Bribery"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/13/021/01102","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:09:57Z","sha256":"8c5e4e8d7d9cfc0969da4867d61e2122167ac78b0ed389591f7f044725879751","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/13-v.s.a.-1101","next":"us-vt/13-v.s.a.-1103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}