Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-16-123
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Soliciting or receiving bribes - Punishment
Official statutory text
Any member of the State Board of Education and any member of the
State Textbook Committee who directly or indirectly solicits,
receives or agrees to receive any money, goods, bribe, present,
reward or any valuable thing whatsoever with the intent, and which
will have the effect, to influence a decision on any question,
matter, cause or proceeding in the selection or adoption of any
textbook or series of textbooks provided for in this article, upon
conviction, shall be guilty of a felony.
Any superintendent of schools, any member of a board of
education, and any member of a local textbook committee who directly
or indirectly solicits, receives or agrees to receive any money,
goods, bribe, present, reward or any valuable thing whatsoever with
the intent and which will have the effect to influence a decision on
any question, matter, cause or proceeding in the selection or
adoption of any textbook or series of textbooks, upon conviction,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of
not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 705
the county jail for a term of not to exceed six (6) months, or both
such fine and imprisonment.
State Textbook Committee who directly or indirectly solicits,
receives or agrees to receive any money, goods, bribe, present,
reward or any valuable thing whatsoever with the intent, and which
will have the effect, to influence a decision on any question,
matter, cause or proceeding in the selection or adoption of any
textbook or series of textbooks provided for in this article, upon
conviction, shall be guilty of a felony.
Any superintendent of schools, any member of a board of
education, and any member of a local textbook committee who directly
or indirectly solicits, receives or agrees to receive any money,
goods, bribe, present, reward or any valuable thing whatsoever with
the intent and which will have the effect to influence a decision on
any question, matter, cause or proceeding in the selection or
adoption of any textbook or series of textbooks, upon conviction,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of
not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 705
the county jail for a term of not to exceed six (6) months, or both
such fine and imprisonment.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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