(a) Any person who confers, offers, or agrees to confer anything of value upon any director, agent, or employee of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences with the intent that such director’s, agent’s, or employee’s vote, opinion, judgment, or exercise of discretion or other official action will thereby be influenced, shall be guilty of a Class B felony.

Attorney's Note

Under the Alabama Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class B felony2 to 20 yearsup to $30,000
Class C felony1 to 10 yearsup to $15,000
For details, see Ala. Code § 13A-5-6

Terms Used In Alabama Code 36-18-35

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) Any director, agent, or employee of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences who shall solicit, accept, or agree to accept anything of value upon any agreement or understanding that such director’s, agent’s, or employee’s vote, opinion, judgment, or exercise of discretion or other action as such director, agent, or employee will thereby be influenced, shall be guilty of a Class B felony.
(c) A director, agent, or employee of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences commits the crime of failing to disclose a conflict of interest if the director, agent, or employee exercises any discretionary function in connection with any contract, purchase, payment, or other pecuniary transaction pertaining to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences without advance public disclosure of a known potential conflicting interest in the transaction.

(1) A “potential conflicting interest” exists, but is not limited to:

A. When a director, agent, or employee of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences is a director, president, general manager, or similar executive officer, agent or employee of any non-governmental entity participating in such transaction.
B. When a director, agent, or employee of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences owns directly or indirectly a substantial portion of any non-governmental entity participating in that transaction.
C. When a director, agent or employee of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences endeavors to obtain directly or indirectly any pecuniary or other financial interest in, or as a result of, the pecuniary transaction.
(2) Public disclosure shall mean a public announcement and written notification to the Attorney General of the State of Alabama.
(3) Failing to disclose a conflict of interest shall be a Class C felony.
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