2C:30-2.
Official misconduct
A
public servant is guilty of official misconduct when, with purpose
to obtain a benefit for himself or another or to injure or to
deprive another of a benefit:
a. He commits an act relating to his office but constituting an
unauthorized exercise of his official functions, knowing that such
act is unauthorized or he is committing such act in an unauthorized
manner; or
b. He knowingly refrains from performing a duty which is
imposed upon him by law or is clearly inherent in the nature of his
office.
Official misconduct is a crime of the second degree. If the
benefit obtained or sought to be obtained, or of which another is
deprived or sought to be deprived, is of a value of $200.00 or
less, the offense of official misconduct is a crime of the third
degree.
L.1978, c. 95, s. 2C:30-2, eff. Sept. 1, 1979. Amended by
L.1979, c. 178, s. 61, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.
