N.J. Admin. Code § 17:20-8.1

Current through Register Vol. 57, No. 1, January 6, 2025

Section 17:20-8.1 - Lottery vendors' code of ethics

(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.

N.J. Admin. Code § 17:20-8.1

Correction: Added "not" in (b)2; substituted "officer" for "office" in (e).
See: 21 N.J.R. 347(a).
Amended by R.1989 d.381, effective 7/17/1989.
See: 21 N.J.R. 631(a), 21 N.J.R. 2055(c).
Definitions amended to conform to State vendor's Code of Ethics and Executive Order No. 189 (1988).
Amended by R.1998 d.237, effective 5/18/1998.
See: 30 N.J.R. 1030(a), 30 N.J.R. 1848(a).
Amended by R.2009 d.67, effective 3/2/2009.
See: 40 N.J.R 6418(a), 41 N.J.R. 1098(a).
Rewrote the section.