SB213 Alabama 2011 Session

Updated Jul 26, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Del Marsh
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2011
Title: Ethics, public officers and employees, clarification that prohibited offer, gift, solicitation, or receipt of anything pursuant to Section 36-25-7, Code of Alabama 1975, must be for corruptly influencing official action, Sec. 36-25-7 am'd.; Act 2010-764, 2010 1st Sp. Sess. am'd.
Description: Section 36-25-7, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended in the 2010 First Special Session by Act No. 2010-764, prohibits a person from offering or giving anything to a public official or public employee, as well as members of their households or family, for the purpose of influencing official action. Similarly, this section prohibits a public official or public employee, as well as members of their households or family, from soliciting or receiving anything for the purpose of influencing official action.
To alleviate questions relating to vagueness and enforceability, this bill would clarify that the prohibited offer, gift, solicitation, or receipt of anything, as contemplated in Section 36-25-7, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended in the 2010 First Special Session by Act No. 2010-764, must be for the purpose of corruptly influencing official action.
Subjects: Ethics

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics, and Elections