No director or officer of the district shall be interested directly or indirectly, in any manner, in any contract awarded or to be awarded by the board or in the profits thereof, nor shall he or she receive any gratuity or bribe; and for any violation of this provision such officer commits a class 6 felony and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401, C.R.S., and such conviction shall work a forfeiture of his or her office.
Source: L. 23: p. 303, § 54. CSA: C. 57, § 180. CRS 53: § 47-12-54. C.R.S. 1963: § 4712-54. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 884, § 66, effective July 1, 1979. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 850, § 135, effective July 1. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 1553, § 335, effective October 1.
Editor's note: The effective date for amendments made to this section by chapter 216, L. 77, was changed from July 1, 1978, to April 1, 1979, by chapter 1, First Extraordinary Session, L. 78, and was subsequently changed to July 1, 1979, by chapter 157, § 23, L. 79. See People v. McKenna, 199 Colo. 452, 611 P.2d 574 (1980).
Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 318, Session Laws of Colorado 2002.