West Virginia Code Chapter 18. Education § 18-2A-9. Gifts and bribes to influence adoption of instructional resources a felony;  penalty

Any member of the state board, any county superintendent, any member of a county board or any other person who shall receive, solicit, or accept any gift, present, or thing of value to influence that individual in the vote for the adoption of instructional resources, print or electronic, or any combination thereof, or any person who shall either directly or indirectly give or offer to give any such gift, present, or thing of value to any person to influence that individual in voting for the adoption of instructional resources, print or electronic, or any combination thereof, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be confined in a correctional facility for not less than one year nor more than three years.