N.J. Admin. Code § 17:28-1.5

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

Section 17:28-1.5 - General provisions

(a) No charitable agency or charitable fund-raising organization shall engage in any direct solicitation activity at the work site of State and local unit employees, except as a participant in the Campaign and in accordance with this chapter.

(b) No charitable agency shall participate in a Campaign as both an affiliated and an unaffiliated agency.

(c) All activities of the Campaign shall be conducted in a manner that promotes a unified solicitation on the behalf of all participants. While it is permissible to individually identify, describe or explain the charitable fund-raising organizations or charitable agencies in the Campaign for informational purposes, no person affiliated with the Campaign shall engage in any Campaign activity that is construed to either advocate or criticize any specific charitable fund-raising organization or charitable agency.

(d) No State or local unit of government official or employee shall assume the duties and responsibilities of the Campaign Steering Committee, the Campaign Steering Committee Chair, or the Campaign Manager. In the event of the inability of the Committee to function, or a continuing vacancy in the position of Chair or Manager, the State Treasurer or local unit of government reserves the right to cancel the Campaign. The State Treasurer and each local unit of government shall designate an employee coordinator to assist the Campaign Steering Committee.

(e) The limitations on the solicitation of funds and distribution of printed communications are as follows:

1. No charitable agency, charitable fund-raising organization, or any other entity, shall be permitted to solicit funds from State or local unit of government employees through the use of a circular, notice, advertisement, solicitation, inquiry, or other communication of any type, purpose, or design distributed with, or at the same time as, an envelope or other container having within it a payroll check or other official communication; and

2. The distribution of any type of printed communication with any envelope or other container having within it a payroll check or other official communication shall be limited to: the distribution of announcements by the Governor, the head of a principal department in the Executive Branch of State Government for governmental purposes and not in conjunction with any charitable agency or charitable fund-raising organization, as approved by the State Treasurer, and to the distribution of printed materials related to the charitable fund-raising campaign, as approved by the Campaign Steering Committee or the head of a local unit of government.

N.J. Admin. Code § 17:28-1.5

Adopted by 49 N.J.R. 3436(b), effective 10/16/2017