N.J. Admin. Code § 19:61-5.8

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

Section 19:61-5.8 - Agency compliance audits

(a) The Commission's Compliance Officer shall conduct systematic ethics audits of State agencies at such intervals and in such a manner as directed by the Commission. These audits shall determine whether an agency, its employees and special State officers and employees are in compliance with the reporting, documentation, training and other ethics requirements contained in the New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law, Executive Orders, regulations, codes and rulings of the Commission.

(b) Each agency subject to an ethics audit shall provide, upon the request of the Commission's Compliance Officer, any documents and information necessary to complete the compliance audit.

(c) Upon completion of an agency ethics audit, the Compliance Officer, with the concurrence of the Commission's Executive Director, will determine if the agency is in substantial compliance with the State's ethics laws. If it is determined that the agency has deficiencies and/or is not in substantial compliance with the State's ethics laws, then the agency head and the agency Ethics Liaison Officer will be notified of this conclusion and provided a reasonable time frame from within which the agency must remedy the deficiencies identified in the compliance audit report.

N.J. Admin. Code § 19:61-5.8

New Rule, R.2012 d.045, effective 2/21/2012.
See: 43 N.J.R. 1515(a), 44 N.J.R. 519(a).