Legislation

Search OpenLegislation Statutes

The Laws of New York
Consolidated Laws of New York
CHAPTER 40
Penal
PART 3
Specific Offenses
TITLE K
Offenses Involving Fraud
ARTICLE 180
Bribery Not Involving Public Servants, and Related Offenses
previous
SECTION 180.40
Sports bribing
up
ARTICLE 180
Bribery Not Involving Public Servants, and Related Offenses
next
SECTION 180.50
Tampering with a sports contest in the second degree
This entry was published on 2014-09-22
The selection dates indicate all change milestones for the entire volume, not just the location being viewed. Specifying a milestone date will retrieve the most recent version of the location before that date.
SECTION 180.45
Sports bribe receiving
Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 3, TITLE K, ARTICLE 180
§ 180.45 Sports bribe receiving.

A person is guilty of sports bribe receiving when:

1. Being a sports participant, he solicits, accepts or agrees to
accept any benefit from another person upon an agreement or
understanding that he will thereby be influenced not to give his best
efforts in a sports contest; or

2. Being a sports official, he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept
any benefit from another person upon an agreement or understanding that
he will perform his duties improperly.

Sports bribe receiving is a class E felony.