52:34-19 - Payment of compensation or gratuity to State employee prohibited - New Jersey Statutes

52:34-19.  Payment of compensation or gratuity to State employee prohibited    The payment of any fee, commission or compensation of any kind or the granting of any gift or gratuity of any kind, either directly or indirectly, whether or not in connection with any purchase, sale or contract, to any person  employed by the State in the Department of the Treasury, or to any other person  in the employ of the State having any duties or responsibilities in connection  with the purchase or acquisition of any property or services by the State or  any department, commission, authority, agency or instrumentality thereof, by or  on behalf of any seller or supplier who has made, negotiated, solicited or  offered to make any contract to sell or furnish real or personal property or  services to the State or to any department, officer, commission, authority,  agency or instrumentality thereof, is hereby prohibited.  Any person offering, paying, giving, soliciting or receiving any fee, commission, compensation, gift  or gratuity in violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

     L.1954, c. 48, s. 14.