New Jersey § 40a:9-22

§ 40a:9-22.

A municipal ethics board shall have the following powers: a. To initiate, receive, hear and review complaints and hold hearings with regard

to possible violations of the municipal code of ethics or financial disclosure requirements

by local government officers or employees serving the municipality; b. To issue subpoenas for the production of documents and the attendance of witnesses

with respect to its investigation of any complaint or to the holding of a hearing; c. To forward to the county prosecutor or the Attorney General or other governmental

body any information concerning violations of the municipal code of ethics or financial

disclosure requirements by local government officers or employees serving the municipality

which may become the subject of criminal prosecution or which may warrant the institution

of other legal proceedings by the Attorney General; d. To render advisory opinions to local government officers or employees serving the

municipality as to whether a given set of facts and circumstances would constitute

a violation of any provision of the municipal code of ethics or financial disclosure

requirements; e. To enforce the provisions of the municipal code of ethics and financial disclosure

requirements with regard to local government officers or employees serving the municipality

and to impose penalties for the violation thereof as are authorized by this act;

and f. To adopt rules and regulations and to do other things as are necessary to implement

the purposes of this act.