32:23-212 - Prohibition against employer organizations having officers, agents or employees who have been convicted of certain crimes and offenses
32:23-212. Prohibition against employer organizations having officers, agents or employees who have been convicted of certain crimes and offenses
No person shall solicit, collect or receive any dues, assessments, levies, fines or contributions, or other charges within the state for or on behalf of any organization of employers (whether incorporated or not) 20% or more of whose members have in their employment any employees who are members of a labor organization to which the prohibition of section 5 of this act is applicable, if any officer, agent or employee of such employer organization or of a welfare fund or trust administered partially or entirely by such employer organization or by trustees or other persons designated by such employer organization, has been convicted by a court of the United States, or any state or territory thereof, of a felony, any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or any crime or offense enumerated in subdivision (a) of section 3 of article IV of the airport commission compact, unless he has been subsequently pardoned therefor by the Governor or other appropriate authority of the state or jurisdiction in which such conviction was had or has received a certificate of good conduct or other relief from disabilities arising from the fact of conviction from a board of parole or similar authority. No person so convicted shall serve as an officer, agent or employee of such employer organization, welfare fund or trust unless such person has been so pardoned or has received such a certificate of good conduct. No person, including such employer organization, welfare fund or trust, shall knowingly permit such convicted person to assume or hold any office, agency or employment in violation of this section.
L.1970, c. 58, s. 6.