(a) A witness or a person believing he will be called as a witness in any official proceeding commits the crime of bribe receiving by a witness if he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any thing of value upon an agreement or understanding that:
- (1) His testimony will thereby be corruptly influenced;
- (2) He will attempt to avoid legal process summoning him to testify; or
- (3) He will attempt to absent himself from an official proceeding to which he has been legally summoned.
- (b) This section does not apply to the payment of additional compensation to an expert witness over and above the amount otherwise prescribed by law to be paid to a witness.
- (c) Bribe receiving by a witness is a Class C felony.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5010; Acts 1979, No. 79-741, p. 862, §1.)