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NJ Rev Stat § 52:13D-21.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:13D-21.1 - Certain State officers, employees, completion of training program on ethical standards required; annual briefing.

52:13D-21.1 Certain State officers, employees, completion of training program on ethical standards required; annual briefing.  2. A State officer or employee or a special State officer or employee in a State agency in the Executive Branch shall complete a training program on ethical standards provided by the State Ethics Commission at such times and intervals as the commission shall require pursuant to subsection (e) of section 10 of P.L.1971, c.182 (C.52:13D-21). At a minimum, an officer or employee shall complete annually, and acknowledge his or her completion of, a briefing on the ethics standards applicable to such employee or officer pursuant to the laws, regulations, codes, orders, procedures, advisory opinions or rulings of this State. The format and content of the program and briefing shall be determined by the training officer of the State Ethics Commission and approved by the commission as provided in subsection (e) of section 10 of P.L.1971, c.182 (C.52:13D-21).  L.2005,c.382,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:13D-21.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:13D-21.2 - Restrictions on certain State employment for certain relatives of State employees, officers; definition.

52:13D-21.2 Restrictions on certain State employment for certain relatives of State employees, officers; definition.  13. a. (1) A relative of the Governor shall not be employed in an office or position in the unclassified service of the civil service of the State in the Executive Branch of State Government. (2) A relative of the commissioner or head of a principal department in the Executive Branch of State Government shall not be employed in an office or position in the unclassified service of the civil service of the State in the principal department over which the commissioner or head of the principal department exercises authority, supervision, or control. (3) A relative of an assistant or deputy commissioner or head of a principal department in the Executive Branch of State Government who is employed in an office or position in the unclassified service of the civil service of the State may be employed in the principal department in which the assistant or deputy commissioner or head serves, but shall not be assigned to a position over which the assistant or deputy commissioner or head exercises authority, supervision, or control. (4) A relative of a head or assistant head of a division of a principal department in the Executive Branch of State government who is employed in an office or position in the unclassified service of the civil service of the State may be employed in the principal department in which the head or assistant head of a division serves, but shall not be assigned to a position over which the head or assistant head exercises authority, supervision, or control. b. (1) A relative of an appointed member of a governing or advisory body of an independent authority, board, commission, agency or instrumentality of the State shall not be employed in an office or position in that independent authority, board, commission, agency or instrumentality.  (2) A relative of an appointed New Jersey member of a governing body of a bi-state or multi-state agency shall not be employed in an office or position in that bi-state or multi-state agency, to the extent permitted by law. c. A State officer or employee or a special State officer or employee of a State agency in the Executive Branch shall not supervise, or exercise authority with regard to personnel actions over, a relative of the officer or employee.  d. As used in this section, "relative" means an individual's spouse or the individual's or spouse's parent, child, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, grandparent, grandchild, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, stepparent, stepchild, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother or half sister, whether the relative is related to the individual or the individual's spouse by blood, marriage or adoption.  L.2005,c.382,s.13.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:13D-22.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:13D-22.1 - Definition

52:13D-22.1. Definition  1. As used in this act, "document" means any statement, report, form, or accounting which is required to be filed with the Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards within a prescribed period or on or before a prescribed date pursuant to law or the legislative code of ethics promulgated pursuant to the "New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law," P.L.1971, c.182 (C.52:13D-12 et seq.). The term "within a prescribed period or on or before a prescribed date" includes any extension of time granted by the committee for filing a document.  L.1991,c.333,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:13D-22.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:13D-22.2 - Timely postmark on mailed documents

52:13D-22.2. Timely postmark on mailed documents  2. Any document which is mailed shall be deemed to be timely filed if the postmark stamped on the cover, envelope or wrapper in which the document was mailed bears a date on or before the date of the last day prescribed for filing the document.  L.1991,c.333,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:13D-22.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:13D-22.3 - Weekend, holiday rule

52:13D-22.3. Weekend, holiday rule  3. When the date or the last day prescribed for filing a document falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the next succeeding business day shall be regarded as the date of the last day prescribed for filing the document.  L.1991,c.333,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:13D-24.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:13D-24.1 - Restriction on acceptance of gifts, etc. from lobbyist, governmental affairs agent by legislators, staff.

52:13D-24.1 Restriction on acceptance of gifts, etc. from lobbyist, governmental affairs agent by legislators, staff.  2. a. Except as expressly authorized in section 13 of P.L.1971, c.182 (C.52:13D-24) or when the lobbyist or governmental affairs agent is a member of the immediate family of a member of the Legislature or legislative staff, no member of the Legislature or legislative staff may accept, directly or indirectly, any compensation, reward, employment, gift, honorarium or other thing of value from each lobbyist or governmental affairs agent, as defined in the "Legislative and Governmental Process Activities Disclosure Act," P.L.1971, c.183 (C.52:13C-18 et seq.), totaling more than $250.00 in a calendar year. The $250.00 limit on acceptance of compensation, reward, gift, honorarium or other thing of value shall also apply to each member of the immediate family of a member of the Legislature, as defined in section 2 of P.L.1971, c.182 (C.52:13D-13) to be a spouse, child, parent, or sibling of the member residing in the same household as the member of the Legislature. b. The prohibition in subsection a. of this section on accepting any compensation, reward, gift, honorarium or other thing of value shall not apply if received in the course of employment, by an employer other than the State, of an individual covered in subsection a. of this section or a member of the immediate family. The prohibition in subsection a. of this section on accepting any compensation, reward, gift, honorarium or other thing of value shall not apply if acceptance is from a member of the immediate family when the family member received such in the course of his or her employment. c. Subsection a. of this section shall not apply if a member of the Legislature or legislative staff who accepted any compensation, reward, gift, honorarium or other thing of value provided by a lobbyist or governmental affairs agent makes a full reimbursement, within 90 days of acceptance, to the lobbyist or governmental affairs agent in an amount equal to the money accepted or the fair market value of that which was accepted if other than money. As used in this subsection, "fair market value" means the actual cost of the compensation, reward, gift, honorarium or other thing of value accepted.  d. A violation of this section shall not constitute a crime or offense under the laws of this State. L.2003,c.255,s.2; amended 2004, c.27, s.26; 2005, c.382, s.15.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:13D-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:13D-25 - Disclosure or use for personal gain of information not available to public

52:13D-25. Disclosure or use for personal gain of information not available to public  No State officer or employee, special State officer or employee, or member of the Legislature shall willfully disclose to any person, whether or not for pecuniary gain, any information not generally available to members of the public which he receives or acquires in the course of and by reason of his official duties. No State officer or employee, special State officer or employee, or member of the Legislature shall use for the purpose of pecuniary gain, whether directly or indirectly, any information not generally available to members of the public which he receives or acquires in the course of and by reason of his official duties. L.1971, c. 182, s. 14, eff. Jan. 11, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:13D-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:13D-26 - Inducing or attempting to induce legislative member or state officer or employee to violate act; penalty

52:13D-26. Inducing or attempting to induce legislative member or state officer or employee to violate act; penalty  No person shall induce or attempt to induce any State officer or employee, special State officer or employee, or member of the Legislature to violate any provision of this act or any code of ethics promulgated thereunder. Any person who willfully violates any provision of this section is a disorderly person, and shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $500.00 or imprisonment not to exceed 6 months, or both. L.1971, c. 182, s. 15, eff. Jan. 11, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:13D-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:13D-27 - Short title

52:13D-27. Short title  This act shall be known as, and may be cited as, the "New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law." L.1971, c. 182, s. 17, eff. Jan. 11, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:13D-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:13D-28 - Online tutorial on legislative ethics; certification; members of legislature, participation in annual ethics training, consultation with Ethics Counsel.

52:13D-28 Online tutorial on legislative ethics; certification; members of legislature, participation in annual ethics training, consultation with Ethics Counsel.  4. The Legislature shall provide an online tutorial on legislative ethics for its members and State officers or employees and special State officers or employees in the Legislative Branch of government. Each member of the Legislature and officer or employee in the Legislative Branch shall take the tutorial no later than April 1 of every even-numbered year. Each Executive Director shall submit a certification to the Ethics Counsel for himself or herself and for his or her respective staff members that they have completed the online tutorial. Each member of the Legislature shall submit to the Ethics Counsel a certification that he or she and his or her district office staff members have completed the online tutorial. The certification shall be public information. Failure to take the tutorial and file the certification shall be reported by the Ethics Counsel to the joint committee. In addition to the tutorial, all officers and employees in the Legislative Branch shall participate in annual ethics training as directed by their Executive Directors and all members of the Legislature shall participate in annual ethics training as directed by the President of the Senate for members of the Senate and by the Speaker of the General Assembly for members of the General Assembly. The Executive Directors, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the General Assembly shall also direct the process by which completion of the training is verified. Such verification shall be filed with the Ethics Counsel. The verification shall be public information. Failure to participate in the training and file the verification shall be reported by the Ethics Counsel to the joint committee. Each member of the Legislature shall consult with the Ethics Counsel each year regarding the requirements of the New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law and the Legislative Code of Ethics and any other applicable law, rule or standard of conduct relating to the area of ethics. The assistance of the Ethics Counsel to members of the Legislature is subject to the attorney-client privilege. This assistance is intended as a service to the members of the Legislature and may not be deemed to diminish a member's personal responsibility for adherence to applicable laws, code provisions, rules and other standards of conduct. No privileged information provided to the Ethics Counsel by members of the Legislature or officers or employees in the Legislative Branch shall be used or admitted into evidence in any proceeding against them; but this shall not prohibit proceedings against them from evidence independently derived. L.2003, c.255, s.4; amended 2007, c.203, s.2; 2008, c.16, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:13E-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:13E-1 - Definitions

52:13E-1. Definitions  As used in this act: (a) "Agency" means any of the following while engaged in an investigation or inquiry: (1) the Governor or any person or persons appointed by him acting pursuant to P.L.1941, c. 16, s. 1 (C. 52:15-7), (2) any temporary State commission or duly authorized committee thereof having the power to require testimony or the production of evidence by subpoena, or (3) any legislative committee or commission having the powers set forth in Revised Statutes 52:13-1. (b) "Hearing" means any hearing in the course of an investigatory proceeding (other than a preliminary conference or interview at which no testimony is taken under oath) conducted before an agency at which testimony or the production of other evidence may be compelled by subpoena or other compulsory process. (c) "Public hearing" means any hearing open to the public, or any hearing, or such part thereof, as to which testimony or other evidence is made available or disseminated to the public by the agency. (d) "Private hearing" means any hearing other than a public hearing. L.1968, c. 376, s. 1, eff. Dec. 27, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:13E-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:13E-2 - Personal service

52:13E-2. Personal service  No person may be required to appear at a hearing or to testify at a hearing unless there has been personally served upon him prior to the time when he is required to appear, a copy of this act, and a general statement of the subject of the investigation. A copy of the resolution, statute, order or other provision of law authorizing the investigation shall be furnished by the agency upon request therefor by the person summoned. L.1968, c. 376, s. 2, eff. Dec. 27, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:13E-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:13E-3 - Right to counsel; submission of proposed questions

52:13E-3. Right to counsel; submission of proposed questions  A witness summoned to a hearing shall have the right to be accompanied by counsel, who shall be permitted to advise the witness of his rights, subject to reasonable limitations to prevent obstruction of or interference with the orderly conduct of the hearing. Counsel for any witness who testifies at a public hearing may submit proposed questions to be asked of the witness relevant to the matters upon which the witness has been questioned and the agency shall ask the witness such of the questions as it may deem appropriate to its inquiry. L.1968, c. 376, s. 3, eff. Dec. 27, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:13E-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:13E-4 - Records of public hearings; copies

52:13E-4. Records of public hearings; copies  A complete and accurate record shall be kept of each public hearing and a witness shall be entitled to receive a copy of his testimony at such hearing at his own expense. Where testimony which a witness has given at a private hearing becomes relevant in a criminal proceeding in which the witness is a defendant, or in any subsequent hearing in which the witness is summoned to testify, the witness shall be entitled to a copy of such testimony, at his own expense, provided the same is available, and provided further that the furnishing of such copy will not prejudice the public safety or security. L.1968, c. 376, s. 4, eff. Dec. 27, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:13E-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:13E-5 - Sworn statement by witness; incorporation in the record

52:13E-5. Sworn statement by witness; incorporation in the record  A witness who testifies at any hearing shall have the right at the conclusion of his examination to file a brief sworn statement relevant to his testimony for incorporation in the record of the investigatory proceeding. L.1968, c. 376, s. 5, eff. Dec. 27, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:13E-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:13E-6 - Persons affected by proceedings; appearance or statement of facts

52:13E-6. Persons affected by proceedings; appearance or statement of facts  Any person whose name is mentioned or who is specifically identified and who believes that testimony or other evidence given at a public hearing or comment made by any member of the agency or its counsel at such a hearing tends to defame him or otherwise adversely affect his reputation shall have the right, either to appear personally before the agency and testify in his own behalf as to matters relevant to the testimony or other evidence complained of, or in the alternative at the option of the agency, to file a statement of facts under oath relating solely to matters relevant to the testimony or other evidence complained of, which statement shall be incorporated in the record of the investigatory proceeding. L.1968, c. 376, s. 6, eff. Dec. 27, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:13E-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:13E-7 - Rights or privileges granted by agencies

52:13E-7. Rights or privileges granted by agencies  Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent an agency from granting to witnesses appearing before it, or to persons who claim to be adversely affected by testimony or other evidence adduced before it, such further rights and privileges as it may determine. L.1968, c. 376, s. 7, eff. Dec. 27, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:13E-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:13E-8 - Dissemination of evidence adduced at private hearing

52:13E-8. Dissemination of evidence adduced at private hearing  Except in the course of subsequent hearing which is open to the public, no testimony or other evidence adduced at a private hearing or preliminary conference or interview conducted before a single-member agency in the course of its investigation shall be disseminated or made available to the public by said agency, its counsel or employees without the approval of the head of the agency. Except in the course of a subsequent hearing open to the public, no testimony or other evidence adduced at a private hearing or preliminary conference or interview before a committee or other multimember investigating agency shall be disseminated or made available to the public by any member of the agency, its counsel or employees, except with the approval of a majority of the members of such agency. Any person who violates the provisions of this subdivision shall be adjudged a disorderly person. L.1968, c. 376, s. 8, eff. Dec. 27, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:13E-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:13E-9 - Hearing conducted by temporary state commission

52:13E-9. Hearing conducted by temporary state commission  No temporary State commission having more than two members shall have the power to take testimony at a public or private hearing unless at least two of its members are present at such hearing. Nothing in this section, however, shall be deemed to prevent the State Commission of Investigation from conducting private hearings, on an investigation previously undertaken by a majority of the members of the commission, with one commissioner present, when so designated by resolution pursuant to the provisions of section 12 of P.L.1968, c. 266 (C. 52:9M-12). L.1968, c. 376, s. 9, eff. Dec. 27, 1968. Amended by L.1984, c. 110, s. 5, eff. Aug. 3, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:13E-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:13E-10 - Right of members to file statement of minority views

52:13E-10. Right of members to file statement of minority views  Nothing in this act shall be construed to affect, diminish or impair the right, under any other provision of law, rule or custom, of any member or group of members of a committee or other multimember investigating agency to file a statement or statements of minority views to accompany and be released with or subsequent to the report of the committee or agency. L.1968, c. 376, s. 10, eff. Dec. 27, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:13F-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:13F-1 - Short title

52:13F-1. Short title  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Economic and Environmental Impact Statement Act of 1976." L.1977, c. 247, s. 1, eff. Oct. 3, 1977.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:13F-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:13F-2 - Legislative recognition

52:13F-2. Legislative recognition  The Legislature hereby recognizes the need for a balance between New Jersey's economic and environmental needs. The Legislature further recognizes that information on the environmental and economic impact of legislation under consideration is essential to maintaining a balance between New Jersey's economic and environmental needs. L.1977, c. 247, s. 2, eff. Oct. 3, 1977.