Section 77. Unlawful fees and payments

A member of the legislature or any
  officer or employee of the legislature who asks or receives or  consents
  or agrees to receive any emolument, gratuity or reward or any promise of
  emolument,  gratuity  or reward or any money, property or thing of value
  or of personal advantage, except such as may be authorized by  law,  for
  doing  or omitting to do any official act, or for performing or omitting
  to perform any act whatsoever directly  or  indirectly  related  to  any
  matter  in respect to which any duty or discretion is by or in pursuance
  of law imposed upon or vested in him, or may  be  exercised  by  him  by
  virtue  of  his  office,  or  appointment  or  employment  or his actual
  relation to the matter including, without limiting the generality of the
  foregoing,  approving  or  promoting  the  passage  of  legislation   or
  resolutions  or  the  confirmation  of  appointees,  or  the  conduct of
  investigations, and a person who shall directly or indirectly  offer  or
  make  such a transfer to any member of the legislature or any officer or
  employee of the legislature shall be guilty of a  felony  punishable  by
  imprisonment  for  not more than ten years or by a fine of not more than
  five thousand dollars, or both.