N.J.S.A. 52:13D-24.1 now prohibits legislators and members of their immediate family from accepting anything of value from a governmental affairs agent totaling more than $250.00 in a calendar year. The value of a week at the shore house would exceed this amount for the Assemblywoman and her husband. A pre-existing friendship between a legislator and a governmental affairs agent is not an exception to the ethics prohibition. Note: such relationships are relevant in a criminal prosecution.

N.J.S.A. 52:13D-24.1 now prohibits legislators and members of their immediate family from accepting anything of value from a governmental affairs agent totaling more than $250.00 in a calendar year. The value of a week at the shore house would exceed this amount for the Assemblywoman and her husband. A pre-existing friendship between a legislator and a governmental affairs agent is not an exception to the ethics prohibition. Note: such relationships are relevant in a criminal prosecution.