Any person engaged in the business of undertaking to act as surety on bail bonds in Jackson County, or any servant, agent, or employee of any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of acting as surety on bail bonds in Jackson County who shall pay a fee or rebate or give or promise to give anything of value including any stock or beneficial interest in a surety or bail bond company to a sheriff, deputy sheriff, policeman, peace officer, warrant magistrate, or any other person who has the power to arrest or to hold another person in custody, or to any public official or public employee in order to induce any such sheriff, policeman, peace officer, warrant magistrate, or other public official or employee to favor any person, firm, or corporation in any activities related to the bail bond business, including, but not limited to, the approval or disapproval of bail bonds, and access to any jail where prisoners are housed, shall be guilty of bribery and shall be punished as prescribed by Sections 13A-8-3 to 13A-8-5, inclusive.