17-30-22. Prohibitions against political activities -- Penalties.
(1) Any employee of a governmental unit or member of a governing body, or appointing
authority, or peace officer who shall appoint, promote, transfer, demote, suspend, discharge or
change the amount of compensation of any merit system officer or seek, aid or abet the
appointment, promotion, transfer, demotion, suspension, discharge or change in the amount of
compensation of any merit system officer, or promise or threaten to do so, for giving,
withholding, or neglecting to make any contributions or any service for any political purpose, or
who solicits, directly or indirectly, any such contribution or service, from a merit system officer,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. This section shall not be deemed to apply to political speeches
or use of mass communications media for political purposes by persons not merit system officers
even though merit system officers may be present or within the reach of such media unless the
purpose and intent thereof is to violate this section with direct respect to such officers.
(2) No merit system officer may engage in any political activity during the hours of
employment, nor shall any person solicit political contributions from merit system officers during
hours of employment for political purposes; but nothing in this section shall preclude voluntary
contributions by a merit system officer to the party or candidate of the officer's choice.
Enacted by Statewide Initiative A, Nov. 8, 1960
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