[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR151.121]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 151--POLITICAL ACTIVITY OF STATE OR LOCAL OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 151.121  Use of official authority; coercion; candidacy; prohibitions.

    A State or local officer or employee may not--
    (a) Use his official authority or influence for the purpose of 
interfering with or affecting the result of an election or a nomination 
for office; or
    (b) Directly or indirectly coerce, attempt to coerce, command, or 
advise a State or local officer or employee to pay, lend, or contribute 
anything of value to a political party, committee, organization, agency, 
or person for a political purpose.
    (c) Be a candidate for elective public office in a partisan 
election.

[40 FR 42733, Sept. 16, 1975]