West Virginia Code 61-5A-7 – Trading in public office
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It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit, accept or agree to accept, or agree that any political party or political party committee or other person shall accept, or offer, confer or agree to confer, any pecuniary benefit as consideration for approval or disapproval by a public servant or party official of a person for appointment, employment, advancement or retention as a public servant or for nomination as a candidate for public office.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 61-5A-7
- Approval: means recommendation, failure to disapprove, or any other manifestation of favor or acquiescence. See West Virginia Code 61-5A-2
- Benefit: means a gain or advantage, or anything regarded, or which might reasonably be regarded, by the beneficiary as a gain or advantage, including a gain or advantage to any other person. See West Virginia Code 61-5A-2
- Disapproval: means failure to approve, or any other manifestation of disfavor or nonacquiescence. See West Virginia Code 61-5A-2
- Party official: means (i) a person who holds an office or position in a political party or political party committee, whether by election, appointment or otherwise, by virtue of which he directs or conducts, or participates in directing or conducting party affairs at any level of responsibility (including, but not limited to, a treasurer of a political party committee), or (ii) a committee or any member thereof advancing the interests of any political party or candidate for election to any state, county or local public office (including, but not limited to, a financial agent as that term is now defined in chapter three of this code) or working for or against the approval of a public question by the voters at any election. See West Virginia Code 61-5A-2
- Public servant: means any officer (whether executive, judicial, legislative or ministerial, and whether elected or appointed) or employee of the state, or of the state or any county board of education, or of any county or municipality of the state, including without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, commissioners of a court, justices of the peace, law-enforcement officers, and any person participating as juror. See West Virginia Code 61-5A-2