128-4. Receiving compensation of subordinates for appointment or retention; removal.
Any official or employee of this State or any political subdivision thereof, in whose office or under whose supervision are employed one or more subordinate officials or employees who shall, directly or indirectly, receive or demand, for himself or another, any part of the compensation of any such subordinate, as the price of appointment or retention of such subordinate, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor: Provided, that this section shall not apply in cases in which an official or employee is given an allowance for the conduct of his office from which he is to compensate himself and his subordinates in such manner as he sees fit. Any person convicted of violating this section, in addition to the criminal penalties, shall be subject to removal from office. The procedure for removal shall be the same as that provided for removal of certain local officials from office by G.S. 128-16 to 128-20, inclusive. (1937, c. 32, ss. 1, 2; 1993, c. 539, s. 942; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 128 - Offices and Public Officers
Article 1 - General Provisions.
§ 128-1 - No person shall hold more than one office; exception.
§ 128-1.1 - Dual-office holding allowed.
§ 128-1.2 - Ex officio service by county and city representatives and officials.
§ 128-2 - Holding office contrary to the Constitution; penalty.
§ 128-3 - Bargains for office void.
§ 128-4 - Receiving compensation of subordinates for appointment or retention; removal.
§ 128-5 - Oath required before acting; penalty.
§ 128-6 - Persons admitted to office deemed to hold lawfully.
§ 128-7 - Officer to hold until successor qualified.
§ 128-7.1 - Failure to qualify creates vacancy.
§ 128-7.2 - Qualifications for appointment to fill vacancy in elective office.
§ 128-10 - Citizen to recover funds of county or town retained by delinquent official.
§ 128-11 - Trust funds to be kept separate.
§ 128-12 - Violations to be reported; misdemeanors.
§ 128-14 - Identification cards for field agents or deputies of State departments.
§ 128-15 - Employment preference for veterans and their spouses or surviving spouses.
§ 128-15.2 - Appointment of acting heads of certain agencies.