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Colorado Statutes § 1-13-401 Bribery of petition signers

⤴ Up to Article 13: Election Offenses

Statute Text

Any person who offers or, with knowledge of the same, permits any person to offer for his or her benefit any bribe or promise of gain to an elector to induce him or her to sign any petition or other election paper or any person who accepts any bribe or promise of gain of any kind in the nature of a bribe as consideration for signing the same, whether such bribe or promise of gain in the nature of a bribe is offered or accepted before or after signing upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111 .

History

Amended by 2021 Ch. 462 , § 19 , eff. 3/1/2022 .

L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 432, § 1, effective 1/1/1981 .

Editor's Note

(1) This section is similar to former § 1-13-121 as it existed prior to 1980.
(2) 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.

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