New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 17 - TREASURY - GENERAL › Chapter 20 - RULES OF THE LOTTERY COMMISSION › Subchapter 8 - LOTTERY VENDORS' CODE OF ETHICS › Section 17:20-8.1 - Lottery vendors' code of ethics

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) No Lottery
				vendor shall employ any person or maintain any business relationship with any
				person who is a Lottery Commissioner, officer or employee or his or her
				immediate family or with any person, firm or entity with which he or she is
				employed or associated or in which he or she has an interest within the meaning
				of the New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law (N.J.S.A. 52:13D-13g ). As used in
				this section, Lottery vendor means any person, firm or corporation, or Lottery
				retailer engaging or seeking to engage in business with the Division of the
				State Lottery.
(b) The maintenance
				of a business relationship shall be deemed to include, but not be limited to,
				any interest, financial or otherwise, direct or indirect, any business
				transaction or professional activity involving a Commissioner, officer or
				employee, including the sale of any interest in the vendor.
(c) No Lottery vendor shall cause or
				influence, or attempt to cause or influence, any Lottery Commissioner, officer
				or employee to act in his or her official capacity in any manner which might
				tend to impair the objectivity or independence of judgment of said Lottery
				Commissioner, officer or employee.
(d) No Lottery vendor shall cause or
				influence, or attempt to cause or influence, any Lottery Commissioner, officer
				or employee to use, or attempt to use, his or her official position to secure
				unwarranted privileges or advantages for the Lottery vendor or for any other
				person.
(e) No Lottery vendor shall
				pay, offer to pay, or agree to pay, either directly or indirectly, to any
				Lottery Commissioner, officer or employee or to any member of the immediate
				family, as defined by the New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law (N.J.S.A.
				52:13D-13i ), of any such person, or any partnership, firm, or corporation with
				which such person is employed or associated, or in which such person has an
				interest within the meaning of New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law (N.J.S.A.
				52:13D-13g ), any fee, commission, compensation, gift, favor, service or other
				thing of value under circumstances from which it might be reasonably inferred
				that such gift, service or other thing of value was given or offered for the
				purpose of influencing the recipient in the discharge of his or her official
				duties. The solicitation of any fee, commission, compensation, gift, gratuity
				or other thing of value by any Commissioner, officer or employee from any State
				vendor shall be reported in writing forthwith by the vendor to the Attorney
				General and the State Ethics Commission.
(f) No Lottery vendor shall, without the
				written approval of the Director, disclose, directly or indirectly, any
				information not generally or legally available to the public concerning the
				affairs of the Division.
(g) This
				code is intended to augment and not replace existing administrative orders and
				pertinent codes of ethics.