The Executive Branch Ethics Committee meets regularly to provide interpretations of the recently created Ethics Code for appointed and elected officials of state government who are not classified employees.

The Executive Branch Ethics Committee has jurisdiction to issue guidelines, interpretive rulings, and advisory opinions relative to standards for ethical conduct in the executive branch and to resolve, through procedures established under RSA 21-G:32, issues, questions, or complaints involving executive branch officials who are not classified employees. 

To date in 2007, the committee has issued ten opinions, the latest is dated July 11 and answers the question: “Is receipt of a discount offered to all state employees by a business entity a prohibited gift?” The answer is: “No, unless there is a conflict of interest.”

To read the text of Advisory Opinion 2007-010 and for other information about the Committee, visit http://doj.nh.gov/ethics. You can subscribe to an e-mail service that provides notification when a new opinion is issued.

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