1. (a) An officer or other employee of the Division may not:

   1. (1) accept a reward or gift, or a promise of a reward or gift, from an incarcerated individual in a correctional facility in the Division or from a person on behalf of an incarcerated individual;
   2. (2) receive a devise or bequest, or a promise of a devise or bequest, from an incarcerated individual in a correctional facility in the Division or from a person on behalf of an incarcerated individual; or
   3. (3) enter into a contract with an incarcerated individual in a correctional facility in the Division or with a person on behalf of an incarcerated individual.
2. (b) A gift, reward, bequest, devise, promise, or contract accepted, received, or entered into in violation of this section is void.
3. (c) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $500.

Added by Acts 1999, c. 54, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2023, c. 721, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2023.

Formerly Art. 27, § 688.