Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-16-122
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Bribes - Punishment
Official statutory text
Any person who directly or indirectly promises or offers to
give, or causes to be promised, offered or given, any money, books,
bribe, present or reward or any valuable thing whatsoever to any
member of the State Board of Education, the State Textbook
Committee, or a local textbook committee, or any member of a board
of education, teacher or other person with the intent to influence a
decision on any question, matter, cause or proceeding in the
selection or adoption of any textbooks, or series of textbooks, upon
conviction, shall be guilty of a felony. Any teacher in the public
schools of Oklahoma, any superintendent of a school district or any
employee of a school district who shall in any way be interested in
the profits, proceeds or sale of any school textbook used in the
public schools under such person's charge, or with which such person
is connected in any official capacity, upon conviction, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not less
than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) and not more than Two Hundred Dollars
($200.00), and shall in addition thereto forfeit the office or
position.
give, or causes to be promised, offered or given, any money, books,
bribe, present or reward or any valuable thing whatsoever to any
member of the State Board of Education, the State Textbook
Committee, or a local textbook committee, or any member of a board
of education, teacher or other person with the intent to influence a
decision on any question, matter, cause or proceeding in the
selection or adoption of any textbooks, or series of textbooks, upon
conviction, shall be guilty of a felony. Any teacher in the public
schools of Oklahoma, any superintendent of a school district or any
employee of a school district who shall in any way be interested in
the profits, proceeds or sale of any school textbook used in the
public schools under such person's charge, or with which such person
is connected in any official capacity, upon conviction, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not less
than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) and not more than Two Hundred Dollars
($200.00), and shall in addition thereto forfeit the office or
position.
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