Section 24-30-1406 - Criminal liability(1) Any person, other than a bona fide employee working solely for a person providing professional services, who offers, agrees, or contracts to solicit or secure for any other person contracts for professional services with a state agency or state institution of higher education and who, in so doing, receives any fee, commission, gift, or other consideration contingent upon or resulting from the making of the contract commits a class 4 felony and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401.(2) Any person providing professional services who offers to pay or does pay any fee, commission, gift, or other consideration contingent upon or resulting from the making of a contract for professional services with a state agency or state institution of higher education commits a class 2 misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501.(3) Any state agency or state institution of higher education official or employee who solicits or secures or offers to solicit or secure a contract for professional services with a state agency or state institution of higher education and who is paid any fee, commission, gift, or other consideration contingent upon the making of such contract commits a class 2 misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501.Amended by 2023 Ch. 298,§ 63, eff. 10/1/2023.Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 414, eff. 3/1/2022.Amended by 2014 Ch. 378, § 41, eff. 6/6/2014.L. 79: Entire part added, p. 893, § 1, effective July 1.L. 2002:Entire section amended, p. 1532, § 246, effective October 1.L. 2014:Entire section amended,(HB 14-1387), ch. 378, p. 1841, § 41, effective June 6.L. 2021:(2) and (3) amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3226, § 414, effective 3/1/2022.L. 2023:(1) amended,(HB 23-1293), ch. 298, p. 1796, § 63, effective October 1.Section 77 of chapter 298 (HB 23-1293), Session Laws of Colorado 2023, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after October 1, 2023.
(1) For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 318, Session Laws of Colorado 2002. (2) For the legislative declaration in HB 14-1387, see section 1 of chapter 378, Session Laws of Colorado 2014.