Criminal Code Violations - 15 of 25
Incorrect answer:
Incorrect answer:
NO. You haven't been sworn in, so you weren't a public servant when you agreed to introduce the memorial and accepted the free driveway resurfacing is INCORRECT.
NO. You haven't been sworn in, so you weren't a public servant when you agreed to introduce the memorial and accepted the free driveway resurfacing is INCORRECT.
Section 18-8-301 (4), C.R.S., defines "public servant" to include a person who presently occupies the position of a public servant or a person has been "elected, appointed, or designated to become a public servant although not yet occupying that position." So the criminal laws that prohibit bribery apply as soon as a person is elected or appointed to public office, even though the person has not yet been sworn in to office.
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