Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-269
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Asking or receiving unauthorized reward for official act
Official statutory text
A. Every executive officer who asks or receives any emolument,
gratuity or reward, or any promise of any emolument, gratuity or
reward, excepting such as may be authorized by law, for doing any
official act, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
B. It shall be unlawful for any state employee, with
responsibility or oversight for processing a benefit or allowance,
to solicit any portion of the benefit or allowance as a gratuity,
kickback, or loan from a recipient who is otherwise entitled to the
benefit or allowance.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 182
C. Any state employee convicted of violating the provisions of
subsection B of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars
($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to
exceed one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
R.L. 1910, § 2152. Amended by Laws 2007, c. 82, § 1, eff. Nov. 1,
2007.
gratuity or reward, or any promise of any emolument, gratuity or
reward, excepting such as may be authorized by law, for doing any
official act, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
B. It shall be unlawful for any state employee, with
responsibility or oversight for processing a benefit or allowance,
to solicit any portion of the benefit or allowance as a gratuity,
kickback, or loan from a recipient who is otherwise entitled to the
benefit or allowance.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 182
C. Any state employee convicted of violating the provisions of
subsection B of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars
($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to
exceed one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
R.L. 1910, § 2152. Amended by Laws 2007, c. 82, § 1, eff. Nov. 1,
2007.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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