N.J.S.A. 11A:2-23 Political activity limited
A person holding a position in the career service or senior executive service shall not directly or indirectly use or seek to use the position to cont… Implemented by 2 rules in N.J.A.C. Title 4A.
In plain language
Two prohibitions on anyone in the career or senior executive service, and they have different reach. The first is using the position, directly or indirectly, to control or affect another person's political action; nothing in it is limited to working hours, so it binds off duty as much as on. The second is engaging in political activity during working hours, and that one is time-limited by its own terms. Neither touches the unclassified service, whose holders serve at the pleasure of an appointing authority in the first place. This is the section N.J.A.C. 4A:10 is partly adopted under.
Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of this section. The statute itself is below, unabridged.
Current through the close of the 221st Legislature (L. 2025, c. 346). What that means
Enacted by L. 1986, c. 112, effective September 25, 1986. Never amended since.
A New Jersey statute changes only when the Legislature amends it, so a section untouched since its last amendment is settled rather than out of date.
Reviewed as of July 28, 2026. Official text: njleg.state.nj.us.
A person holding a position in the career service or senior executive service shall not directly or indirectly use or seek to use the position to control or affect the political action of another person or engage in political activity during working hours.
The rules that implement this section
A statute sets the framework and the Civil Service Commission’s rules fill in the detail. Where a question turns on procedure, the rule usually governs; where it turns on who is covered or what the Commission may do, the statute does.
- N.J.A.C. 4A:10, the whole chapter
- N.J.A.C. 4A:10-1.2 Political activity
Legislative history
Session laws, newest first
- L. 1986, c. 112Enacted
effective September 25, 1986