New Jersey Statutes 18A:3B-54. Additional authority of commission
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 18A:3B-54
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Higher education: means that education which is provided by any or all of the public institutions of higher education as herein defined and any or all equivalent private institutions. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
b. Under the code of standards established pursuant to subsection a. of this section, a governmental affairs agent, whether employed directly or retained under contract by the institution, shall be prohibited from using the position as an agent of the institution to:
(1) solicit political campaign contributions from the institution directly or through personnel on behalf of the institution;
(2) engage in or recommend on behalf of the institution any involvement in the partisan activities of specific political parties or candidates; or
(3) support or promote directly or indirectly on behalf of the institution any specific political party or individual for election or re-election.
Under the code of standards, the commission shall not prohibit a governmental affairs agent from engaging on behalf of a public research university or a State college concerning legitimate nonpartisan and bipartisan activities that are vital to the election process including, but not limited to, the scheduling and holding of on-campus political debates, voter-registration drives, and similar nonpartisan and bipartisan events and activities.
L.2009, c.308, s.9.