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§603
Title 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE
Part 2: SUBSTANTIVE OFFENSES
Chapter 25: BRIBERY AND CORRUPT PRACTICES
§605

§604. Improper compensation for past action

1.  A person is guilty of improper compensation for past action if:  
A. Being a public servant, that person solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any pecuniary benefit in return for having given a decision, opinion, recommendation, nomination or vote or for having otherwise exercised that person's discretion or for having violated that person's duty; or   [RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. F, §32 (COR).]
B. That person promises, offers or gives any pecuniary benefit, acceptance of which would be a violation of paragraph A.   [RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. F, §33 (COR).]
[RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. F, §§32, 33 (COR).]
2.  Improper compensation for past action is a Class D crime.  
[PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW). RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. F, §§32, 33 (COR).
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