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N.J.A.C. 4A:10-1.1 General provisions

N.J.A.C. 4A:10-1.1, General provisions. No person or appointing authority shall violate the provisions of Title 11A, New Jersey Statutes, or Title 4A, N.J.A.C. (b) No person or appointing authorit Full text with 3 recorded amendments, 6 citing decisions.

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Current through New Jersey Register, Vol. 58 No. 14, July 20, 2026. Reviewed as of July 26, 2026.

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In plain language

Six prohibitions, binding everyone: the rule says no person or appointing authority, with no carve-out for local service. Violating Title 11A or these rules is a violation in itself. So is failing to comply with an order of the Commission or of the Chairperson. Obstructing a person's lawful opportunity to take part in the selection and appointment process, or their own lawful pursuit of a remedy or appeal, is prohibited on its own terms, which makes interference with an appeal a separate wrong from whatever the appeal was about. Making a false statement or performing a fraudulent act in connection with an examination, certification, appointment or other personnel transaction is prohibited. So is paying, offering, soliciting or accepting anything of value to affect a personnel transaction, and the rule spells out one version of that: paying someone to retire or resign so another employee can gain a promotion or an advancement appointment, or accepting such an inducement. Last, appointing authorities must supply information the Commission requests, on time.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:10-1.1. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

(a) No person or appointing authority shall violate the provisions of Title 11A, New Jersey Statutes, or Title 4A, N.J.A.C. #

(b) No person or appointing authority shall fail to comply with an order of the Civil Service Commission or the Chairperson of the Commission or designee. #

(c) No person or appointing authority shall obstruct a person's lawful opportunity to participate in the selection and appointment process or a person's lawful pursuit of any remedy or appeal under Title 11A, New Jersey Statutes, and Title 4A, N.J.A.C. #

(d) No person shall make any false statement or perform any fraudulent act in connection with any examination, certification, appointment, or other personnel transaction under the provisions of Title 11A, New Jersey Statutes, and Title 4A, N.J.A.C. #

(e) No person shall pay, offer, solicit, or accept any compensation, service, or other consideration to affect any appointment or other personnel transaction under the provisions of Title 11A, New Jersey Statutes, and Title 4A, N.J.A.C. #

1. No person shall pay or offer any compensation, service, or other consideration to induce the retirement or resignation of an employee in order to gain a promotion or the opportunity for a promotion, or an advancement appointment or the opportunity for an advancement appointment. #

2. No person shall solicit or accept any compensation, service, or other consideration as an inducement to retire or resign in order to allow an employee to gain a promotion or the opportunity for a promotion, or an advancement appointment or the opportunity for an advancement appointment. #

(f) Appointing authorities shall timely supply all information, documents, and other materials requested by the Civil Service Commission or an appropriate representative of the Commission for the purpose of efficiently and accurately administering the merit system. #

Amendment history

Rule numbers, effective dates and New Jersey Register citations as published. 3 recorded changes.

  1. AmendedR.2014 d.099
    45 N.J.R. 500(a); 46 N.J.R. 1331(c)
  2. AmendedR.2000 d.505
    32 N.J.R. 3362(a); 32 N.J.R. 4437(a)
  3. AmendedR.1989 d.570
    21 N.J.R. 2429(a); 21 N.J.R. 3451(a)

How this rule has been applied

6 decisions have cited N.J.A.C. 4A:10-1.1. The list below is citations to those decisions, not the decisions. We have not written summaries for this section. A citation with no summary is deliberate: we do not paraphrase a decision we have not read. Nothing here is legal advice.

Civil Service Commission final determinations (6)

Commission decisions citing 4A:10-1.1

18 decisions of the Civil Service Commission since January 16, 2019 cite this section (denied 7, different results for different parties 5, granted in part 5, as the minutes record the outcome). The newest:

All 18 decisions

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