N.J.A.C. 4A:3-1.4 Unclassified secretaries and confidential assistants: State service
N.J.A.C. 4A:3-1.4, Unclassified secretaries and confidential assistants: State service. In State service, each department head, principal executive officer, board and commission may appoint one unclassified secretary and one unclassified confid Full text with 1 recorded amendment.
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
One and one. In State service a department head, a principal executive officer, a board or a commission may appoint a single unclassified secretary and a single unclassified confidential assistant, and the request to the Chairperson has to arrive with documentation showing that nobody else is already serving in each of those titles there. Boards and commissions face an extra test before they count as an authority that can make these appointments at all: the body must actually administer a statutorily designated function, and it must hold the full power of an appointing authority over its own personnel. Approval runs through a recommendation by the Chairperson to the Civil Service Commission, and the appointment is recorded in the Commission minutes. The paper trail is the mechanism, because a one-per-authority limit only holds if somebody is counting.
Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:3-1.4. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.
(a) In State service, each department head, principal executive officer, board and commission may appoint one unclassified secretary and one unclassified confidential assistant. #
(b) Requests for such unclassified appointments shall be made to the Chairperson, accompanied by documentation showing that no more than one person is serving in each such unclassified title in the requesting authority. In the case of boards and commissions, the following criteria must be satisfied: #
1. The board or commission must have the actual power to administer a statutorily designated function; and #
2. The board or commission must have the full power of an appointing authority with regard to its personnel. #
(c) Upon recommendation by the Chairperson, such appointments may thereafter be approved by the Civil Service Commission and recorded in the Civil Service Commission minutes. #
Amendment history
Rule numbers, effective dates and New Jersey Register citations as published. 1 recorded change.
- AmendedR.2017 d.10048 N.J.R. 2653(a); 49 N.J.R. 1182(a)