Improper compensation for services

17-A M.R.S. § 606, under BRIBERY AND CORRUPT PRACTICES.

17-A M.R.S. § 606

1. A person is guilty of improper compensation for services if:

A. Being a public servant, that person solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any pecuniary benefit in return for advice or other assistance in preparing or promoting a bill, contract, claim or other transaction or proposal as to which that person knows that that person has or is likely to have an official discretion to exercise; or [RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. F, §35 (COR).]

B. That person gives, offers or promises any pecuniary benefit, knowing that it is prohibited by paragraph A. [RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. F, §36 (COR).]

2. Improper compensation for services is a Class E crime.