Section 35-44.1-1-2 - Bribery(a) A person who: (1) confers, offers, or agrees to confer on a public servant, either before or after the public servant becomes appointed, elected, or qualified, any property, except property the public servant is authorized by law to accept, with intent to control the performance of an act related to the employment or function of the public servant or because of any official act performed or to be performed by the public servant, former public servant, or person selected to be a public servant;(2) being a public servant, solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept, either before or after the person becomes appointed, elected, or qualified, any property, except property the person is authorized by law to accept, with intent to control the performance of an act related to the person's employment or function as a public servant;(3) confers, offers, or agrees to confer on a person any property, except property the person is authorized by law to accept, with intent to cause that person to control the performance of an act related to the employment or function of a public servant;(4) solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any property, except property the person is authorized by law to accept, with intent to control the performance of an act related to the employment or function of a public servant;(5) confers, offers, or agrees to confer any property on a person participating or officiating in, or connected with, an athletic contest, sporting event, or exhibition, with intent that the person will fail to use the person's best efforts in connection with that contest, event, or exhibition;(6) being a person participating in, officiating in, or connected with an athletic contest, sporting event, or exhibition, solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any property with intent that the person will fail to use the person's best efforts in connection with that contest, event, or exhibition;(7) being a witness or informant in an official proceeding or investigation, solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any property, with intent to:(A) withhold any testimony, information, document, or thing;(B) avoid legal process summoning the person to testify or supply evidence; or(C) absent the person from the proceeding or investigation to which the person has been legally summoned;(8) confers, offers, or agrees to confer any property on a witness or informant in an official proceeding or investigation, with intent that the witness or informant: (A) withhold any testimony, information, document, or thing;(B) avoid legal process summoning the witness or informant to testify or supply evidence; or(C) absent himself or herself from any proceeding or investigation to which the witness or informant has been legally summoned; or(9) confers or offers or agrees to confer any property on an individual for: (A) casting a ballot or refraining from casting a ballot; or(B) voting for a political party, for a candidate, or for or against a public question; in an election described in IC 3-5-1-2 or at a convention of a political party authorized under IC 3;
commits bribery, a Level 5 felony.
(b) It is not a defense that the person whom the accused person sought to control was not qualified to act in the desired way.Amended by P.L. 158-2013, SEC. 497, eff. 7/1/2014.Added by P.L. 126-2012, SEC. 54, eff. 7/1/2012.