Sec. 14-96.  Commercial bribery and breach of duty to act disinterestedly.

 

(a)   A person commits an offense if he solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any benefit as consideration for knowingly violating or agreeing to violate a duty of fidelity to which he is subject as:

 

(1)       Agent or employee; or

(2)       Trustee, guardian, or other fiduciary; or

(3)       Lawyer, physician, accountant, appraiser, or other professional advisor; or

(4)       Officer, director, partner, manager, or other participant in the direction of the affairs of an incorporated or unincorporated association; or

(5)       Duly elected or appointed representative or trustee of a labor organization or employee of a welfare trust fund; or

(6)       Arbitrator or other purportedly disinterested adjudicator or referee.

 

(b)   A person who holds himself out to the public as being engaged in the business of making disinterested selection, appraisal, or criticism of commodities, property, or services, commits an offense if he solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any benefit to alter, modify, or change his selection, appraisal, or criticism.

 

(c)   A person commits an offense if he confers or offers or agrees to confer any benefit the acceptance of which would be an offense under subsection (a) or (b) of this section.

State law reference--Similar provisions, R.R.S. 1943, 28-613.