IC 4-33-10-2.5 — Prohibition on gifts to induce committee members on local public question
Chapter 10. Crimes and Penalties
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Sec. 2.5. (a) This section applies only to property given after June 30, 1996. (b) The definitions in IC 3-5-2.1 apply to this section to the extent they do not conflict with the definitions in this article. (c) As used in this section, "license" means: (1) an owner's license issued under this article; (2) a supplier's license issued under this article to a supplier of gaming supplies or equipment, including electronic gaming equipment; or (3) an operating agent contract entered into under this article. (d) As used in this section, "licensee" means a person who holds a license. The term includes an operating agent. (e) As used in this section, "officer" refers only to either of the following: (1) An individual listed as an officer of a corporation in the corporation's most recent annual report. (2) An individual who is a successor to an individual described in subdivision (1). (f) For purposes of this section, a person is considered to have an interest in a licensee if the person satisfies any of the following: (1) The person holds at least a one percent (1%) interest in the licensee. (2) The person is an officer of the licensee. (3) The person is an officer of a person that holds at least a one percent (1%) interest in the licensee. (4) The person is a political action committee of the licensee. (g) A licensee or a person with an interest in a licensee may not give any property (as defined in IC 35-31.5-2-253) to a member of a precinct committee to induce the member of the precinct committee to do any act or refrain from doing any act with respect to the approval of a local public question under IC 4-33-6-19, IC 4-33-6-19.3, or IC 4-33-6-19.5. (h) A person who knowingly or intentionally violates this section commits a Level 6 felony.
As added by P.L.24-1996, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.2-1997, SEC.14; P.L.92-2003, SEC.47; P.L.114-2012, SEC.9; P.L.158-2013, SEC.73; P.L.293-2019, SEC.21; P.L.186-2025, SEC.43; P.L.77-2026, SEC.10.
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