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YES. If you accept the job, you will receive compensation for having introduced and voted for the legislation is INCORRECT.

To prove that you violated the prohibition against accepting compensation for past behavior, a district attorney would have to prove that your vote was in favor of an individual and that you later accepted a pecuniary benefit from that individual as compensation for acting in his or her favor. Since the persons offering you the position did not hold those positions when you voted for the bill, a district attorney probably could not prove the elements of the crime of accepting compensation for past official behavior.

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