New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 11 - CONTRIBUTION LIMITS › Section 19:25-11.4 - Joint candidates committee contribution limits

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a)
				  A joint candidates committee established by candidates who have not established any
				  candidate committees in an election may accept a contribution from a contributor in
				  an amount equal to but not in excess of the sum of the number of candidates
				  participating in the joint candidates committee multiplied by the contribution limit
				  applicable to a contribution made by the contributing entity to a candidate
				  committee of a single candidate.
Example: A joint candidates committee in which three candidates
					 are participating, none of whom have established candidate committees, may receive
					 from an individual a contribution not to exceed $ 15,600 in an election, that is
					 three multiplied by the $ 5,200 contribution limit applicable to a contribution from
					 an individual to a candidate committee.
(b) A joint candidates committee established by
				  candidates who have not established any candidate committees in an election may make
				  a contribution to a political committee not to exceed $ 14,400 per candidate in the
				  election, and may make a contribution to a continuing political committee not to
				  exceed $ 14,400 per candidate in a calendar year.
(c) In the event any of the candidates
				  participating in a joint candidates committee also has established a candidate
				  committee in an election, the amount of a contribution that the joint candidates
				  committee may accept from a contributor without violating the contribution limit
				  will be determined by application of the equal attribution requirement set forth in
				  19:25-11.5, Equal attribution
				  requirements.
(d) A joint candidates
				  committee may receive a contribution in an election from another joint candidates
				  committee in an amount equal to $ 16,400 multiplied by the number of candidates
				  participating in the contributing joint candidates committee, and that sum may be
				  further multiplied by the number of the candidates participating in the recipient
				  joint candidates committee, provided that the contributing joint candidates
				  committee, and any candidate committee established by any of the participating
				  candidates, have not made any other contributions to the recipient joint candidates
				  committee, or to any candidate committee established by any of the candidates
				  participating in the recipient joint candidates committee.
Example: Joint candidates committee ABC has three candidates
					 participating in it (candidates A, B, and C) and wishes to make a contribution to a
					 joint candidates committee DEFG with four candidates participating in it (candidates
					 D, E, F, and G). Neither the joint candidates committee ABC, nor any individual
					 candidate committee established by candidates A, B or C, has made any contributions
					 in the election to the joint candidates committee DEFG, or to any individual
					 candidate committee established or maintained by candidates D, E, F, or G. Joint
					 candidates committee ABC may contribute the sum of $ 196,800 in the election to
					 joint candidates committee DEFG, that is $ 16,400 multiplied by three (that is, the
					 three candidates participating in ABC), for a total of $ 49,200, further multiplied
					 by four (that is, the four candidates participating in DEFG) for a total maximum
					 permissible contribution in the election of $ 196,800.
(e) In the event that a joint candidates committee
				  makes a contribution to another joint candidates committee as described at (c)
				  above, but there have been one or more contributions by the contributing joint
				  candidates committee, or by a candidate committee established by one of the joint
				  candidates committee's candidates, to one or more candidate committees of a
				  candidate or candidates participating in the recipient joint candidates committee,
				  or to the recipient joint candidates committee, the amount of a contribution that
				  the recipient joint candidates committee may receive cannot, after application of
				  the equal attribution requirement set forth at
				  N.J.A.C.
				  19:25-11.5, exceed $ 16,400 per candidate in the
				  election.