The Florida Senate

944.38  Acceptance of remuneration from contractor; dealing or barter with prisoners; interest in contract; penalty.--

(1)  No officer or employee of the department shall receive any compensation whatsoever, directly or indirectly, for any act or service which she or he may do or perform for or on behalf of any officer or employee or agent, or employee of a contractor; nor shall any officer or employee of the department or the state be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract or purchase made, or authorized to be made, by anyone for or on behalf of the department.

(2)  No officer or employee of the department or of the state, or any contractor, or employee of a contractor, shall, without permission of the department, make any gift or present to a prisoner, or receive the same from any prisoner, or have any barter or dealings with any prisoner.

(3)  For any violation of the provisions of this section the officer or employee of the state shall be discharged from her or his office or service; and every contractor, or employee, or agent of a contractor engaged therein, and a party thereto, shall be expelled from the institutional grounds, and not again permitted within the same as a contractor, agent, or employee.

History.--s. 36, ch. 57-121; s. 18, ch. 61-530; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 56, ch. 77-120; s. 66, ch. 79-3; s. 1649, ch. 97-102.