TITLE I
THE STATE AND ITS GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 21-G
ORGANIZATION OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH

Code of Ethics

Section 21-G:26-a

    21-G:26-a Nepotism. –
No executive branch official or classified employee shall directly hire, evaluate, set the compensation or salary for, supervise, or terminate the employment of any full-time or part-time employee, temporary employee, or member of a state board or commission if such employee or member is related to such official in one of the following ways:
I. Spouse;
II. Parent by birth or adoption; stepparent;
III. Son or daughter by birth or adoption;
IV. Stepson or stepdaughter;
V. Brother or sister by whole or half blood or by adoption;
VI. Mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, daughter-in-law, or son-in-law; or
VII. Grandparent or grandchild.

Source. 2009, 239:1, eff. July 16, 2009. 2016, 57:7, eff. July 4, 2016. 2019, 164:1, eff. Sept. 8, 2019.