[Ord. No. 932 §10.1005, 11-3-1980]
A. A person
commits the offense of bribery of a public servant if he knowingly
offers, confers or agrees to confer upon any public servant any benefit,
direct or indirect, in return for:
1. The recipient's official vote, opinion, recommendation, judgment,
decision, action or exercise of discretion; or
2. The recipient's violation of a known legal duty as a public servant.
B. It
is no defense that the recipient was not qualified to act in the desired
way because he had not yet assumed office, or lacked jurisdiction,
or for any other reason.
[Ord. No. 932 §10.1010, 11-3-1980]
A. A public
servant commits the offense of acceding to corruption if he knowingly
solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit, direct or indirect,
in return for:
1. His official vote, opinion, recommendation, judgment, decision, action
or exercise of discretion as a public servant; or
2. His violation of a known legal duty as a public servant.
[Ord. No. 932 §10.1015, 11-3-1980]
A person commits the offense of obstructing government operations
if he purposely obstructs, impairs, hinders or perverts the performance
of a governmental function by the use or threat of violence, force,
or other physical interference or obstacle.
[Ord. No. 932 §10.1020, 11-3-1980]
A. A public
servant, in his public capacity or under color of his office or employment,
commits the offense of official misconduct if:
1. He knowingly discriminates against any employee or any applicant
for employment on account of race, creed, color, sex or national origin,
provided such employee or applicant possesses adequate training and
educational qualifications;
2. He knowingly demands or receives any fee or reward for the execution
of any official act or the performance of a duty imposed by law or
by the terms of his employment, that is not due, or that is more than
is due, or before it is due;
3. He knowingly collects taxes when none are due, or exacts or demands
more than is due;
4. He is a City or County Treasurer, City or County Clerk, or other
Municipal or County Officer, or Judge of a Municipal or County Court,
and knowingly orders the payment of any money, or draws any warrant,
or pays over any money for any purpose other than the specific purpose
for which the same was assessed, levied and collected, unless it is
or shall have become impossible to use such money for that specific
purpose;
5. He is an officer or employee of any court and knowingly charges,
collects or receives less fee for his services than is provided by
law;
6. He is an officer or employee of any court and knowingly or directly
or indirectly buys, purchases or trades for any fee taxed or to be
taxed as costs in any court of this State, or any County warrant,
at less than par value which may be by law due or to become due to
any person by or through any such Court.
[Ord. No. 932 §10.1025, 11-3-1980]
A. A public
servant commits the offense of misuse of official information if,
in contemplation of official action by himself or by a governmental
unit with which he is associated or in reliance on information to
which he has access in his official capacity and which has not been
made public, he knowingly:
1. Acquires a pecuniary interest in any property, transaction, or enterprise
which may be affected by such information or official action; or
2. Speculates or wagers on the basis of such information or official
action; or
3. Aids, advises or encourages another to do any of the foregoing with
purpose of conferring a pecuniary benefit on any person.
[Ord. No. 932 §10.1030, 11-3-1980]
A person commits the offense of failure to give a tax list if,
when requested by a Government Assessor, he knowingly fails to give
a true list of all his taxable property, or to take and subscribe
an oath or affirmation to such list as required by law.