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Opinions From The Office Of The Attorney General Of New Jersey
 
Opinion # Date Issued Description
91-0090 9/20/1991 Establishes county prosecutors as Local Government Officers.
91-0092 9/20/1991 Establishes municipal attorneys as Local Government Officers.
91-0093 9/20/1991 Sets forth various titles that require the filing of Financial Disclosure Statements.  Defines certain Local Government Officers.
91-0096 9/20/1991 Determines that municipal judges and court personnel are not Local Government Officers.
91-0103 9/10/1991 Establishes that the Local Finance Board may render advisory opinions in Executive session.
91-0114 9/30/1991 Establishes that Financial Disclosure Statement forms are public records.
91-0132 11/1/1991 Establishes that Board of Recreation commissioners are Local Government Officers.
91-0133 11/1/1991

Establishes that an attorney who is appointed to regularly advise a municipal planning board or a municipal zoning board of adjustment is a "local government officer".
91-0134 11/1/1991 Establishes that independent local government agency attorneys are Local Government Officers.
91-0135 11/1/1991 Representation
91-0136 5/19/1992 Determines that the governing body of a municipality or county may not adopt a local code of ethics.
91-0141 11/18/1991 Determines that County Boards of Taxation commissioners are not Local Government Officers.
92-0055 5/13/1992 Determines that the Atlantic City Convention Center Authority is not a local government agency.
92-0061 5/27/1992 Determines that members of local ethics boards are local government officers and must file financial disclosure statement Forms.
92-0069 6/4/1992 Determines that members of municipal rent leveling boards are generally Local Government Officers. Sets guidelines for municipal attorneys to make a local determination.
92-0070 6/4/1992 Determines that members of local assistance boards are not Local Government Officers, but Local Government Employees and are subject to the code of conduct but not to the filing requirements.
92-0071 6/4/1992 Determines that members of municipal environmental commissions are Local Government Employees subject to the code of conduct but not filing requirements.
92-0072 10/30/1992 Determines that Joint Insurance Funds are local government Agencies and that the Commissioners are local government officers and must file financial disclosure statement forms.
92-0074 6/5/1992 Determines who the appointing authority is in Faulkner Act municipalities. If the population is over 100,000 the mayor appoints; if less than 100,000 the municipal council appoints.
92-0109 7/20/1992 Determines that county and municipal emergency management coordinators are local government officers and must file financial disclosure statement forms.  Further determines that local
emergency management councils are local government employees subject to the code of conduct but not filing requirements.
93-0022 3/4/1993 Establishes that the requirement for filing annual financial disclosure forms applies only to "local government officers" and a local ethics board is without authority to extend the requirement for filing financial disclosure statements to "local government employees."
93-0023 3/4/1993 Establishes that a local ethics board may not require a "local government officer" to provide additional information on the annual financial disclosure statement form beyond what is required by the Local Government Ethics Law and a local ethics board may not prescribe a financial disclosure statement form.
94-0092 5/16/1994 Establishes that Interlocal Services Act permits municipalities to enter into an interlocal agreement with a county for enforcement and administration of the Local Government Ethics Law.
95-0168 9/25/1995 Determines that members of a County Local Advisory Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, a County Alliance Steering subcommittee and a Municipal Alliance Committee are not per se "local government officers," rather they are "local government employees" and are subject to those provisions of the Law applicable to "employees."
97-0135 8/25/1997 Determines that registered municipal accountants are not "local government officers" or "local government employees" and, therefore, are not subject to the requirements of the Local Government Ethics Law.
00-0041 6/19/2000 Determines that members of a County Agricultural Development Board are "local government officers" and are, therefore, subject to the requirements of the Local Government Ethics Law and required to file an annual financial disclosure statement.
     
                                                                                               Page Update :   July 19, 2005

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