The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 1106)
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§ 1106. Kickbacks; purchasing supplies
(a) An officer or agent of, or person employed by the State or a county, municipality,
supervisory union school district, or public institution in this State, who, being
authorized to procure material, supplies, or other articles by purchase or contract,
or to employ service or labor, shall not corruptly, directly or indirectly, ask, demand,
exact, solicit, seek, accept, receive, or agree to receive for himself or herself
or for another, any benefit from the person who makes such contract, furnishes such
material, supplies, or other articles, or from a person who renders service or labor
under such contract, nor shall a person give or offer corruptly such benefit.
(b) A person who violates this section shall, if the benefit has a value of less than
$500.00, be imprisoned not more than two years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or
both. A person who violates this section shall, if the benefit is $500.00 or more
in value, be imprisoned not more than five years or fined not more than $10,000.00,
or both. (Amended 1987, No. 48, § 3.)