Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-8-304

Current through Acts effective through 6/7/2024 of the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 18-8-304 - Soliciting unlawful compensation

A public servant commits a class 1 misdemeanor if the public servant requests a pecuniary benefit for the performance of an official action knowing that the public servant was required to perform that action without compensation or at a level of compensation lower than that requested.

C.R.S. § 18-8-304

Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 294, eff. 3/1/2022.

L. 71: R&RE, p. 460, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-8-304. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3200, p. 3200, § 294, effective 3/1/2022.

Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.

2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).