N.J. Admin. Code § 19:61-6.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 19:61-6.3 - Granting of approval

(a) For the purposes of 19:61-6.4 and 6.5, when a department head grants approval to attend an event, the department head shall determine whether a legitimate State purpose will be served by attendance and shall consider the provisions of the Conflicts of Interest Law, the Uniform Ethics Code and an agency supplemental code of ethics, if applicable, any Executive Orders, the guidelines and rules of the Commission, any departmental administrative policies and any other relevant considerations. Relevant considerations include, but are not limited to:

1. The identity of the sponsor;

2. The purpose of the event;

3. The identity of other expected participants;

4. Whether attendance and/or participation in the event will assist the State official in carrying out his or her official duties and support the mission of the agency; and

5. The monetary value and character of the costs and benefits provided by the sponsor, including whether the costs and benefits are comparable to those offered to or purchased by other attendees.

(b) Approval shall be requested in writing on the form provided in 19:61-6.8. Such forms shall be retained by the State agency for a period of five years from the date of approval of the form.

(c) When an agency has numerous divisions or similar subunits with very diverse missions, the department head may designate that such divisions rather than the department be treated as agencies for the purposes of this subchapter. The department head shall provide the Commission with information identifying the diversity of the missions of the divisions and justifying their treatment as separate agencies.

N.J. Admin. Code § 19:61-6.3

Amended by R.1997 d.88, effective 2/18/1997.
See: 28 N.J.R. 4755(b), 29 N.J.R. 593(a).
In (b), amended N.J.A.C. reference.
Amended by R.2006 d.292, effective 8/21/2006.
See: 38 N.J.R. 1804(a), 38 N.J.R. 3318(a).
In the introductory paragraph of (a), substituted "uniform ethics code and the agency" for "departmental"; in (a)4, substituted "and/or" for "/"; rewrote (a)5; in (b), substituted "the form" for "a form similar to that", and substituted "State agency" for "department".
Amended by R.2012 d.045, effective 2/21/2012.
See: 43 N.J.R. 1515(a), 44 N.J.R. 519(a).
In the introductory paragraph of (a), substituted "Uniform Ethics Code and an agency supplemental code of ethics, if applicable, any" for "uniform ethics code and the agency code of ethics, any applicable"; and in (c), substituted "designate" for "request that the Commission permit" and "treatment as separate" for "separate treatment as".