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§605
Title 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE
Part 2: SUBSTANTIVE OFFENSES
Chapter 25: BRIBERY AND CORRUPT PRACTICES
§607

§606. Improper compensation for services

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).]
[RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. F, §§35, 36 (COR).]
2.  Improper compensation for services is a Class E crime.  
[PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW). RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. F, §§35, 36 (COR).
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