{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-18a-3b-54","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 18A:3B-54","heading":"Additional authority of commission.","body":"9. a. In addition to the authority granted to the Commission on Higher Education pursuant to section 14 of P.L.1994, c.48 (C.18A:3B-14), the commission shall develop and enforce a code of standards to define and regulate the types of activities in which a governmental affairs agent is permitted to engage on behalf of a public research university or a State college.\nb.\tUnder 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:\n(1)\tsolicit political campaign contributions from the institution directly or through personnel on behalf of the institution;\n(2)\tengage in or recommend on behalf of the institution any involvement in the partisan activities of specific political parties or candidates; or\n(3)\tsupport or promote directly or indirectly on behalf of the institution any specific political party or individual for election or re-election.\nUnder 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.\nL.2009, c.308, s.9.","path":["TITLE 18A EDUCATION"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"71cb5e5250f3c59d3b701db2533ff697ac35913dd55aa3037f90b9b25eb70078","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-18a-3b-53.10","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-18a-3b-55"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}