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Chapter 9A.68 RCW: BRIBERY AND CORRUPT INFLUENCE
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Chapter 9A.68 RCW
BRIBERY AND CORRUPT INFLUENCE
9A.68.010 Bribery.
9A.68.020 Requesting unlawful compensation.
9A.68.030 Receiving or granting unlawful compensation.
9A.68.040 Trading in public office.
9A.68.050 Trading in special influence.
9A.68.060 Commercial bribery.
Banks and trust companies, misconduct by employees: RCW 30A.12.110.
Baseball, bribery and illegal practices: Chapter 67.04 RCW.
Bribery or corrupt solicitation: State Constitution Art. 2 § 30.
Bribery or corruption offender as witness: RCW 9.18.080.
Elections, bribery or coercion: Chapter 29A.84 RCW.
Employees, corrupt influencing, grafting by: RCW 49.44.060.
Insurance, fraud and unfair practices: Chapter 48.30 RCW.
Labor representative bribery: RCW 49.44.020, 49.44.030.
Public officers, misconduct: Chapter 42.20 RCW.
School officials, grafting: RCW 28A.635.050.
Wages, rebating by employers: RCW 49.52.050, 49.52.090.
RCW 9A.68.010
(1) A person is guilty of bribery if:
(a) With the intent to secure a particular result in a particular matter involving the exercise of the public servant's vote, opinion, judgment, exercise of discretion, or other action in his or her official capacity, he or she offers, confers, or agrees to confer any pecuniary benefit upon such public servant; or
(b) Being a public servant, he or she requests, accepts, or agrees to accept any pecuniary benefit pursuant to an agreement or understanding that his or her vote, opinion, judgment, exercise of discretion, or other action as a public servant will be used to secure or attempt to secure a particular result in a particular matter.
(2) It is no defense to a prosecution under this section that the public servant sought to be influenced was not qualified to act in the desired way, whether because he or she had not yet assumed office, lacked jurisdiction, or for any other reason.
(3) Bribery is a class B felony.
[ 2011 c 336 § 386; 1975 1st ex.s. c 260 § 9A.68.010.]
RCW 9A.68.020
Requesting unlawful compensation.
(1) A public servant is guilty of requesting unlawful compensation if he or she requests a pecuniary benefit for the performance of an official action knowing that he or she is required to perform that action without compensation or at a level of compensation lower than that requested.
(2) Requesting unlawful compensation is a class C felony.
[ 2011 c 336 § 387; 1975 1st ex.s. c 260 § 9A.68.020.]
RCW 9A.68.030
Receiving or granting unlawful compensation.
(1) A person is guilty of receiving or granting unlawful compensation if:
(a) Being a public servant, he or she requests, accepts, or agrees to accept compensation for advice or other assistance in preparing a bill, contract, claim, or transaction regarding which he or she knows he or she is likely to have an official discretion to exercise; or
(b) He or she knowingly offers, pays, or agrees to pay compensation to a public servant for advice or other assistance in preparing or promoting a bill, contract, claim, or other transaction regarding which the public servant is likely to have an official discretion to exercise.
(2) Receiving or granting unlawful compensation is a class C felony.
[ 2011 c 336 § 388; 1975 1st ex.s. c 260 § 9A.68.030.]
RCW 9A.68.040
(1) A person is guilty of trading in public office if:
(a) He or she offers, confers, or agrees to confer any pecuniary benefit upon a public servant pursuant to an agreement or understanding that such actor will or may be appointed to a public office; or
(b) Being a public servant, he or she requests, accepts, or agrees to accept any pecuniary benefit from another person pursuant to an agreement or understanding that such person will or may be appointed to a public office.
(2) Trading in public office is a class C felony.
[ 2011 c 336 § 389; 1975 1st ex.s. c 260 § 9A.68.040.]
RCW 9A.68.050
Trading in special influence.
(1) A person is guilty of trading in special influence if:
(a) He or she offers, confers, or agrees to confer any pecuniary benefit upon another person pursuant to an agreement or understanding that such other person will offer or confer a benefit upon a public servant or procure another to do so with intent thereby to secure or attempt to secure a particular result in a particular matter; or
(b) He or she requests, accepts, or agrees to accept any pecuniary benefit pursuant to an agreement or understanding that he or she will offer or confer a benefit upon a public servant or procure another to do so with intent thereby to secure or attempt to secure a particular result in a particular matter.
(2) Trading in special influence is a class C felony.
[ 2011 c 336 § 390; 1975 1st ex.s. c 260 § 9A.68.050.]