Title: Expands Codes Related to Official Misconduct
Vote to pass a bill that expands the codes related to official misconduct and establishes punishments in the state of Delaware.
Establishes that a public servant is guilty of a misconduct when intending to obtain personal benefit or cause harm to another person if they knowingly (Sec. 1):
Commit an unauthorized exercise of official functions;
Refrains from deforming duty;
Performs an official function in a way to benefit the public servant’s own property;
Acts in a way intended to practice discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, disability; and
Uses the public servant’s position of trust to engage in criminal conduct.
Requires any violation of the aforementioned conduct to be punishable by a Class A misdemeanor (Sec. 1).
Establishes a class F felony if the value of personal benefit received, or harm caused, is more than $1,500 (Sec. 1).
Title: Expands Codes Related to Official Misconduct