18-8-404. First degree official misconduct.
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(1)A public servant commits first degree official misconduct if, with intent to obtain a benefit for the public servant or another or maliciously to cause harm to another, he or she knowingly:
(a)Commits an act relating to his office but constituting an unauthorized exercise of his official function; or
(b)Refrains from performing a duty imposed upon him by law; or
(c)Violates any statute or lawfully adopted rule or regulation relating to his office.
(2)First degree official misconduct is a class 1 misdemeanor.