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New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 19 - PERSONAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS › Section 19:25-19.3 - Reporting of earned income

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(a) The Personal
				  Financial Disclosure Statement shall include the name and address of the
				  corporation, professional association, partnership or sole proprietorship which
				  is the source of each of the following categories of earned income totalling
				  more than $ 1,000 for the preceding calendar year: salaries, bonuses,
				  royalties, fees, commissions, and profit sharing.
(b) Each source within any category which
				  exceeds $ 1,000 must be identified by name, except that identification of name
				  and address shall not be required as to any source which totals $ 100.00 or
				  less for the year; an indication whether the total receipts from all sources
				  within the categories exceeds $ 1,000 shall be included in the statement.
Example: Candidate A receives commissions each year in the
					 amount of $ 990.00 from BCD Corporation, and also receives commissions each
					 year in the amount of $ 50.00 from EFG Corporation. The Personal Financial
					 Disclosure Statement filed by Candidate A must include the name and address of
					 BCD Corporation but not of EFG Corporation, as a source; the statement will
					 also indicate receipts in excess of $ 1,000 in commissions.
(c) Income received from a public body, other
				  than from the State of New Jersey, must be included under the category of
				  Earned Income.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 19 - PERSONAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS › Section 19:25-19.4 - Reporting of unearned income

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(a) The
				  statement shall include the name and address of the corporation, professional
				  association, partnership or sole proprietorship which is the source of each of
				  the following categories of unearned income totalling more than $ 1,000 for the
				  preceding calendar year: rents, dividends and other income received from named
				  investments, trusts and estates; except that no address need be provided with
				  respect to a source of dividends if the source of dividends is a listed
				  security.
(b) Each source within
				  any category which exceeds $ 1,000 must be identified by name, except that
				  identification of name and address shall not be required as to any source which
				  totals $ 100.00 or less for the year; an indication whether the total receipts
				  from all sources within the category exceeds $ 1,000 shall be included in the
				  statement.
Example: Candidate A receives dividends each year in the
					 amount of $ 990.00 from BCD Corporation, and also receives dividends each year
					 in the amount of $ 50.00 from EFG Corporation. The Personal Financial
					 Disclosure Statement filed by Candidate A must include the name and address of
					 BCD Corporation but not of EFG Corporation as a source; the statement will also
					 indicate receipts in excess of $ 1,000 in dividends.
(c) Where such rents, dividends or other
				  income are received by joint owners, one of whom is the candidate, the interest
				  of the candidate shall be reportable if the proportionate share of such rents,
				  dividends or other income exceeds $ 1,000.
(d) In calculating whether rental income
				  exceeds $ 1,000, the rental used shall be gross rental, without deduction of
				  any of the expenses of operating or maintaining the rented property.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 19 - PERSONAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS › Section 19:25-19.5 - Advisory opinions

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The Commission may issue advisory opinions as to the
					 applicability of the Personal Financial Disclosure Act and this subchapter to a
					 given set of facts and circumstances.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 19 - PERSONAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS › Section 19:25-19.6 - Offenses

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(a) The term
				  "reporting transaction" means each source of earned or unearned income, fee,
				  honorarium, reimbursement, gift, or any interest in land or building in any
				  city in which casino gambling is authorized, which is subject to the reporting
				  requirements of the Personal Financial Disclosure Statement Act or this
				  subchapter.
(b) Each reporting
				  transaction that is not reported in the manner or not filed on the date
				  established for reporting or filing by the Personal Financial Disclosure
				  Statement Act or this subchapter shall constitute an offense and shall be
				  subject to a penalty of not more than $ 1,000 for the first offense, and not
				  more than $ 2,000 for the second and each subsequent offense.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 19 - PERSONAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS › Section 19:25-19.6A - Opportunity for hearing

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In any penalty proceeding undertaken by the Commission
					 pursuant to
					 19:44B-8, each respondent shall be
					 afforded the opportunity for a hearing pursuant to the provisions of the
					 Administrative Procedure Act,
					 52:14B-1 et seq. and 52:14F-1 et
					 seq., and N.J.A.C. 1:1.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 19 - PERSONAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS › Section 19:25-19.6B - Default for failure to answer complaint

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In any penalty proceeding undertaken by the Commission
					 pursuant to
					 52:13C-23.1 or other statutory
					 authority, the Commission may enter a Final Decision, including penalty,
					 against any respondent who fails to file with the Commission a written
					 responsive pleading or answer within 20 days after service on such respondent
					 in conformity with the rules of the New Jersey Office of Administrative Law of
					 a copy of a complaint alleging a specific violation of the law within the
					 Commission's jurisdiction to enforce.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 19 - PERSONAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS › Section 19:25-19.7 - Time and place for filing

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(a) Each candidate
				  for nomination in a primary election to the office of Governor, Senate, or
				  General Assembly, shall file and certify the correctness of the Personal
				  Financial Disclosure Statement on or before the 10th day following the last day
				  for filing a petition to appear on the ballot in the primary
				  election.
(b) Each candidate
				  nominated directly by petition for the general election to the office of
				  Governor, Senate, or General Assembly shall file and certify the correctness of
				  the Personal Financial Disclosure Statement on or before the 10th day following
				  the day of the holding of the primary election for the general
				  election.
(c) When a vacancy occurs
				  in the nomination of a candidate by primary election or by direct petition for
				  the office of Governor, Senate or General Assembly, the individual who is named
				  to fill the vacancy shall file and certify the correctness of the Personal
				  Financial Disclosure Statement on or before the 10th day following the filing
				  with the Attorney General, Secretary of State or County Clerk of the petition
				  of a successor nominee or the certificate to fill a vacancy.
(d) Each candidate for the office of
				  Lieutenant Governor shall file and certify the correctness of the Personal
				  Financial Disclosure Statement on or before the 30th day following the day such
				  candidate is selected by the candidate for the office of Governor of the same
				  political party. If appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of Lieutenant
				  Governor, such individual appointed to fill the vacancy shall file and certify
				  the correctness of the Personal Financial Disclosure Statement on or before the
				  30th day following such appointment.
(e) The Personal Financial Disclosure
				  Statement shall be received by the Commission no later than 5:00 P.M. on the
				  date the report is due for filing pursuant to (a), (b), (c), or (d) above in
				  order to be deemed timely filed.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 20 - REPRESENTED ENTITIES AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AGENTS › Section 19:25-20.1 - Authority

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The provisions of this subchapter are promulgated pursuant
					 to the Legislative and Governmental Process Activities Disclosure Act ( P.L.
					 1971, c.183), as amended,
					 52:13C-18 et seq., and following
					 ("the Act").
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 20 - REPRESENTED ENTITIES AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AGENTS › Section 19:25-20.3A - Presumption of lobbying activity

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It shall be a rebuttable presumption that a communication,
					 except as provided in
					 19:25-20.3(b), by
					 a governmental affairs agent is a communication for the purpose of influencing
					 legislation, influencing regulation, or influencing a governmental process if
					 the communication is made to the Governor, the Governor's staff, or the
					 Governor's Chief of Staff, or to the Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner,
					 Assistant Commissioner, Division Director, Chief of Staff, Executive Director,
					 policy advisor, or a person in an analogous position in a principal department
					 in the Executive Branch of State Government, or in any authority, board,
					 commission or other agency or instrumentality in or of such a principal
					 department, or to a person empowered by law to issue, adopt, or promulgate
					 administrative rules.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 20 - REPRESENTED ENTITIES AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AGENTS › Section 19:25-20.3B - $ 250.00 annual limit on gifts

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(a) Except as
				  expressly authorized by
				  52:13D-24 and
				  52:13D-24.1, or when the
				  represented entity or governmental affairs agent is a member of the immediate
				  family of the officer or staff member of the Executive Branch or member of the
				  Legislature or legislative staff, no represented entity or governmental affairs
				  agent shall offer or give or agree to offer or give, directly or indirectly,
				  any compensation, reward, employment, gift, honorarium or other thing of value
				  to an officer or staff member of the Executive Branch or member of the
				  Legislature or legislative staff, totaling more than $ 250.00 in a calendar
				  year.
(b) The $ 250.00 limit in (a)
				  above shall not apply to any compensation, reward, gift, honorarium or other
				  thing of value if:
1. It is received in the
				  course of employment, from an employer other than the State, of an individual
				  covered in (a) above or a member of the immediate family; or
2. It is received from a member of the
				  immediate family when the family member received such in the course of his or
				  her employment.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 20 - REPRESENTED ENTITIES AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AGENTS › Section 19:25-20.5 - Governmental affairs agent quarterly report

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(a) Each
				  governmental affairs agent shall electronically file with the Commission a
				  quarterly report containing the information required by
				  52:13C-22.
(b) If there has been no activity in the
				  calendar year quarter to influence legislation, influence regulation, or to
				  influence governmental processes, the report shall so state.
(c) Such report shall be electronically filed
				  on a form prescribed by the Commission no later than the 10th day following the
				  end of the calendar year quarter during which activities influencing
				  legislation, influencing regulation, or influencing governmental processes
				  occurred.
(d) Calendar year
				  quarters end on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31.
(e) A governmental affairs agent shall not be
				  required to report the specific details of a trade secret on a quarterly report
				  filed pursuant to this section, but shall be required to report that activity
				  concerning a trade secret occurred during the quarter.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 20 - REPRESENTED ENTITIES AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AGENTS › Section 19:25-20.6 - Name tags

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(a) Each
				  governmental affairs agent who is an individual shall wear a name tag issued by
				  the Commission bearing the full name and photograph of the individual, which
				  name tag shall be prominently displayed and visible at all times when such
				  individual is in the State House, the State House Annex, or any other State
				  building or other location when and where an authorized meeting of a
				  legislative committee is being held for the purpose of influencing legislation
				  or influencing regulation. A governmental affairs agent shall also wear the
				  name tag issued by the Commission at any location when and where a meeting is
				  being held at which there may be an attempt to influence a governmental
				  process.
(b) On or about November
				  15, the Commission shall issue a name tag to a governmental affairs agent who
				  is an individual, which name tag shall be effective for a 12-month period
				  commencing on the following January 1.
(c) Name tags will be issued by the
				  Commission only to a governmental affairs agent who has paid the annual fee and
				  submitted two photographs as provided in
				  19:25-20.2 0, and has filed all
				  required notices of representation and quarterly reports for the prior 12-month
				  period.
(d) The Commission may
				  terminate the active status of a governmental affairs agent who fails to renew
				  his or her name tag on or prior to the expiration date provided in (b)
				  above.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 20 - REPRESENTED ENTITIES AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AGENTS › Section 19:25-20.7 - Notice of termination

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(a) Each
				  governmental affairs agent shall electronically file with the Commission a
				  notice of termination within 30 days after his or her activities influencing
				  legislation, influencing regulation, or influencing governmental processes
				  cease.
(b) Any person who has
				  engaged a governmental affairs agent shall electronically file a notice of
				  termination after that agent ceases to represent such person.
(c) The notice of termination shall be
				  electronically filed on a form prescribed by the Commission. The completed form
				  shall include:
1. The effective date of
				  termination;
2. The name of the
				  represented entity or person from whom service was terminated, and if filed by
				  a group of governmental affairs agents, as described in
				  19:25-20.4(b),
				  whether the termination applies to the entire group or to specific governmental
				  affairs agent(s); and
3. The name
				  and signature of the governmental affairs agent; and
4. The date of the notice.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 20 - REPRESENTED ENTITIES AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AGENTS › Section 19:25-20.8 - Voluntary statements

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(a) Governmental
				  affairs agents filing pursuant to
				  52:13C-35 a voluntary notice of
				  representation, a voluntary quarterly report, or a voluntary notice of
				  termination shall file electronically, utilizing the forms prescribed by the
				  Commission.
(b) Such statements
				  shall be marked by the governmental affairs agent as "voluntary
				  filing."
(c) Voluntary filings
				  pursuant to this section are exempt from the fees provided in
				  19:25-20.1 9.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 20 - REPRESENTED ENTITIES AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AGENTS › Section 19:25-20.9 - Annual report

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(a) Any represented entity or governmental
				  affairs agent who or which receives receipts of more than $ 2,500 or makes
				  expenditures of more than $ 2,500 in any calendar year for the purpose of
				  communication with or providing benefits to any member of the Legislature,
				  legislative staff, the Governor, the Governor's staff, or an officer or staff
				  member of the Executive Branch, for the purpose of influencing legislation,
				  regulations or governmental processes, or for the purpose of communication with
				  the general public, shall electronically file with the Commission, not later
				  than February 15th of each year, an annual report of receipts and expenditures
				  for the previous calendar year on forms supplied by the Commission.
(b) A governmental affairs agent retained by
				  or representing more than one represented entity shall, for purposes of
				  determining aggregate threshold expenditure figures pursuant to this section,
				  include receipts and expenditures made on behalf of all of the represented
				  entities by whom the governmental affairs agent is employed.
(c) A represented entity or governmental
				  affairs agent shall electronically file an annual report as defined in (a) and
				  (b) above.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 20 - REPRESENTED ENTITIES AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AGENTS › Section 19:25-20.9A - Annual report of communication with the general public

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(a) Any person
				  other than a governmental affairs agent or represented entity who receives
				  contributions or makes expenditures for the purpose of communication with the
				  general public shall be required to electronically file and certify the
				  correctness of an annual report of such contributions or expenditures in the
				  same manner as governmental affairs agents, if the contributions or
				  expenditures made, incurred, or authorized by the person for the purpose of
				  communication with the general public exceed in the aggregate $ 2,500 in any
				  year.
(b) Any person who receives
				  contributions or makes expenditures for the purpose of communication with the
				  general public pursuant to (a) above shall make or obtain and maintain for a
				  period of three calendar years following the year of the communication with the
				  general public all records and documents relating to the communication with the
				  general public. The records and documents shall include, but not be limited to,
				  checks, bank statements, contracts and receipts to support the information
				  filed in the annual report filed pursuant to (a) above, except that a record or
				  document of any single expenditure in an amount of $ 5.00 or less may be
				  excluded from this requirement.
(c)
				  A person communicating with the general public shall electronically file an
				  annual report as defined in (a) above.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 20 - REPRESENTED ENTITIES AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AGENTS › Section 19:25-20.10A - Contingent fees, prohibited

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A governmental affairs agent shall not enter into any
					 agreement, arrangement, or understanding under which the governmental affairs
					 agent's compensation, or any portion thereof, is made contingent upon the
					 success of any attempt to influence legislation, influence regulation, or
					 influence a governmental process.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 20 - REPRESENTED ENTITIES AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AGENTS › Section 19:25-20.12 - Valuation of contributions and expenditures

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Where a contribution of goods or services is made to a
					 represented entity or governmental affairs agent to influence legislation, to
					 influence regulation, to influence governmental processes, or to conduct
					 communication with the general public, the value of such receipt shall be its
					 reasonable commercial value to the represented entity or governmental affairs
					 agent receiving it. Where an expenditure of goods or services, including
					 travel, is made by a represented entity or governmental affairs agent to any
					 member of the Legislature, legislative staff, the Governor, the Governor's
					 staff, or an officer or staff member of the Executive Branch ("benefit
					 recipient"), the value of the expenditure shall be its reasonable commercial
					 value to the benefit recipient.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 20 - REPRESENTED ENTITIES AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AGENTS › Section 19:25-20.13 - Notice of lobbying benefit

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(a) A
				  represented entity or governmental affairs agent shall provide a written
				  benefit notice, certified as correct by the represented entity or governmental
				  affairs agent, to any member of the Legislature, legislative staff member,
				  Governor, Governor's staff member, or an officer or staff of the Executive
				  Branch ("benefit recipient") who has received from that represented entity or
				  governmental affairs agent a benefit required to be reported on the represented
				  entity's or governmental affairs agent's Annual Report pursuant to
				  19:25-20.1 4, and the benefit
				  notice shall include the same information as required on the Annual
				  Report.
(b) The certified benefit
				  notice shall be transmitted by the represented entity or governmental affairs
				  agent to the benefit recipient no later than February 1st of the year following
				  the calendar year in which the benefit was received. Proof of service of the
				  benefit notice shall be obtained and maintained for a period of at least three
				  years.
(c) In the event that a
				  represented entity or governmental affairs agent has provided a benefit
				  recipient with more than one benefit during a preceding calendar year, the
				  represented entity or governmental affairs agent may include all such benefits
				  in a single written notice provided to the benefit recipient.
(d) In the event that a represented entity or
				  governmental affairs agent receives reimbursement from any benefit recipient
				  for the reasonable commercial value of any benefit required to be reported on
				  its Annual Report pursuant to
				  19:25-20.1 4, the represented
				  entity or governmental affairs agent shall report the receipt and amount of
				  such reimbursement in the Annual Report in which the benefit is required to be
				  reported. The making of such a reimbursement does not remove or alter the
				  requirement that the represented entity or governmental affairs agent report
				  the expenditure and the benefit recipient on its Annual Report pursuant to
				  19:25-20.1 4.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 20 - REPRESENTED ENTITIES AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AGENTS › Section 19:25-20.14 - Contents of annual report

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(a) The annual
				  report shall contain the following:
1. Name,
				  business address, telephone number of the reporting represented entity or
				  governmental affairs agent;
2.
				  Name, address and occupation or business of governmental affairs agent(s)
				  engaged by the reporting represented entity, or name, address and occupation or
				  business of represented entity(ies) engaging the reporting governmental affairs
				  agent, whichever is applicable;
3.
				  The particular items of legislation, regulation, or governmental processes and
				  any general category or type of legislation, regulation, or governmental
				  processes regarding which the governmental affairs agent or represented entity
				  influenced legislation, influenced regulation, or influenced governmental
				  processes during the calendar year, except that a governmental affairs agent
				  who has provided this information in his or her notice of representation and
				  quarterly reports may satisfy this requirement by so indicating on the annual
				  report;
4. Receipts received by the
				  governmental affairs agent or represented entity as set forth in
				  19:25-20.1 0; and
5. Expenditures made by the represented
				  entity or governmental affairs agent, as set forth in
				  19:25-20.1 1.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 20 - REPRESENTED ENTITIES AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AGENTS › Section 19:25-20.15 - Audit by Commission; recordkeeping

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(a) All annual
				  reports of represented entities or governmental affairs agents required to be
				  filed pursuant to the Act and this subchapter shall be subject to review and
				  audit by the Commission.
(b) Each
				  represented entity and governmental affairs agent subject to reporting under
				  the Act shall make or obtain and maintain for a period of three calendar years
				  following the year of his, her, or its activity all records and documents
				  relating to his, her, or its activity in influencing legislation, influencing
				  regulation, influencing governmental processes, or communicating with the
				  general public, including, but not limited to, checks, bank statements,
				  contracts and receipts, so as to provide evidence to support statements in
				  reports filed with the Commission and to permit an adequate basis for auditing
				  by the Commission, except that a record or document of any single expenditure
				  in an amount of $ 5.00 or less may be excluded from this requirement.
(c) The Commission shall conduct random
				  audits of records kept and preserved pursuant to this section.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 20 - REPRESENTED ENTITIES AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AGENTS › Section 19:25-20.16 - Responsibilities for filing annual reports; certification

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(a) The
				  represented entity and the governmental affairs agent shall have the
				  responsibility of electronically filing annual reports.
(b) Each organization which itself has a
				  filing obligation as a represented entity pursuant to this subchapter is not
				  relieved of that obligation by virtue of the fact that a governmental affairs
				  agent engaged, designated, or employed by it has a filing obligation; except
				  that a represented entity required to file an annual report pursuant to the Act
				  may designate a governmental affairs agent in its employ or otherwise engaged
				  or used by it to electronically file the annual report on its behalf, provided
				  such designation is made electronically by the represented entity on a form
				  prescribed by the Commission and is filed with the Commission on or before the
				  date on which the annual report of the represented entity is due for filing,
				  and further provided that any violation of the Act shall subject both the
				  represented entity and the designated governmental affairs agent to the
				  penalties provided by the Act and this subchapter.
(c) Each governmental affairs agent which has
				  a filing obligation pursuant to this subchapter is not relieved of that
				  obligation by virtue of the fact that the organization engaging, retaining or
				  employing it has or may have a filing obligation as a represented entity or
				  that the governmental affairs agent has been designated by which organization
				  to file an annual report for it; except that any represented entity
				  organization required to file a report pursuant to the Act which employs or
				  otherwise engages or uses a governmental affairs agent or agents whose only
				  reportable lobbying activity is on behalf of such organization, may file a
				  single annual report required under
				  19:25-20.1 4 on behalf of its own
				  lobbying activity and the activities of such governmental affairs agent or
				  agents, provided that any violation of the Act shall subject the represented
				  entity alone to the penalties provided by the Act and this
				  subchapter.
(d) Each report
				  electronically filed with the Commission by a represented entity or
				  governmental affairs agent shall be certified as to the correctness of the
				  report by the governmental affairs agent or, in the case of a represented
				  entity, by a governmental affairs agent employed by the represented entity or a
				  responsible financial or governmental affairs officer of the represented
				  entity.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 20 - REPRESENTED ENTITIES AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AGENTS › Section 19:25-20.17 - Advisory opinions

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The Commission may render advisory opinions as to the
					 applicability of the Act and this subchapter to a given specific set of facts
					 and circumstances.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 20 - REPRESENTED ENTITIES AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AGENTS › Section 19:25-20.18 - Complaint proceedings; investigations; penalties

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(a) The term
				  "violation" shall mean the failure to report timely or in the manner prescribed
				  by the Act and this subchapter, or the failure to make and maintain a record as
				  prescribed by the Act and this subchapter, of any event or transaction required
				  to be reported or recorded by the Act or this subchapter.
(b) Upon receiving evidence of any violation
				  of the Act or this subchapter, the Commission shall have the power to make
				  investigations and bring complaint proceedings, to issue subpoenas for the
				  production of witnesses and documents and to hold or cause to be held, by the
				  Office of Administrative Law, hearings upon such complaint.
(c) In addition to any other penalty provided
				  by law, any person who is found to have committed a violation of the Act or
				  this subchapter shall be liable for a civil penalty of up to $ 1,000 for that
				  violation, which penalty may be collected in a summary proceeding pursuant to
				  the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999" (2A:58-10 et seq.).
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 20 - REPRESENTED ENTITIES AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AGENTS › Section 19:25-20.18A - Opportunity for hearing

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In any penalty proceeding undertaken by the Commission
					 pursuant to
					 52:13C-23.1, each respondent shall
					 be afforded the opportunity for a hearing pursuant to the provisions of the
					 Administrative Procedure Act,
					 52:14B-1 et seq. and 52:14F-1 et
					 seq., and N.J.A.C. 1:1.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 20 - REPRESENTED ENTITIES AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AGENTS › Section 19:25-20.18B - Default for failure to answer complaint

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In any penalty proceeding undertaken by the Commission
					 pursuant to
					 52:13C-23.1 or other statutory
					 authority, the Commission may enter a Final Decision, including penalty,
					 against any respondent who fails to file with the Commission a written
					 responsive pleading or answer within 20 days after service on such respondent
					 in conformity with the rules of the New Jersey Office of Administrative Law of
					 a copy of a complaint alleging a specific violation of the law within the
					 Commission's jurisdiction to enforce.
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(a) As used in
				  this section, "person" means any member of the Legislature, the Governor, or
				  the head of a principal department of the Executive Branch.
(b) No person, within one year next
				  subsequent to the termination of the office or employment of such person, shall
				  register as a governmental affairs agent.
(c) Any person who knowingly or willfully
				  violates the provisions of (b) above shall be subject to a penalty of not more
				  than $ 10,000 and shall be barred from engaging in activity as a governmental
				  affairs agent for up to an additional five years.
(d) Upon receiving evidence of any violation
				  of this section, the Commission shall have the power to hold, or cause to be
				  held, hearings about the violation and, upon finding any person to have
				  committed a violation, to assess such penalty, within the limits set forth in
				  (c) above, as it deems proper under the circumstances, which penalty may be
				  collected in a summary proceeding pursuant to the "Penalty Enforcement Law of
				  1999" (2A:58-10 et seq.).
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 20 - REPRESENTED ENTITIES AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AGENTS › Section 19:25-20.19 - Nonresident governmental affairs agents or represented entities

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(a) Any governmental affairs agent or
				  represented entity not a resident of this State, or not a corporation of this
				  State or authorized to do business in this State, shall electronically file
				  with the Commission, before attempting to influence legislation, influence
				  regulation, or influence governmental processes, its consent to service of
				  process at an address within this State, or by regular mail at an address
				  outside this State.
(b) Any person
				  other than a governmental affairs agent or represented entity who receives
				  contributions or makes expenditures for the purpose of communication with the
				  general public and not a resident of this State, or not a corporation of this
				  State or authorized to do business in this State, shall electronically file
				  with the Commission, before engaging in communication with the general public,
				  its consent to service of process at an address within this State, or by
				  regular mail at an address outside this State.
(c) For purposes of the annual report
				  described in
				  19:25-20.9 and 20.9A, a
				  nonresident governmental affairs agent, represented entity, or person
				  communicating with the general public must electronically file the consent to
				  service of process as defined by (a) and (b) above.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 20 - REPRESENTED ENTITIES AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AGENTS › Section 19:25-20.20 - Registration and annual fee

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(a) Each
				  governmental affairs agent who is an individual and whose activities are
				  subject to the Act during any part of a 12-month period commencing on January 1
				  and ending on the following December 31 shall pay an annual fee of $ 575.00.
				  Each governmental affairs agent shall submit two identical, two-by-two-inch,
				  color photographs taken of the governmental affairs agent within six months
				  showing a full-face, front view of the agent with a plain white or off-white
				  background every five years, upon receiving notification from the Commission
				  that the photographs must be submitted.
(b) In the event that the governmental
				  affairs agent is a partnership, committee, association, corporation, or other
				  organization or group of persons, the annual fee shall be $ 575.00 for each
				  individual from the partnership, committee, association, corporation, or other
				  organization or group of persons, who is required to wear a name tag pursuant
				  to 19:25-20.6.
(c) Payment of the annual fee set forth in
				  (a) and (b) above shall be by check or money order payable to "State of New
				  Jersey, Election Law Enforcement Commission," and shall be made no later than
				  November 15th for the 12-month period which begins on the following January
				  1.
(d) A person filing as a
				  governmental affairs agent for the first time shall appear at the office of the
				  Commission to register as a governmental affairs agent by completing a
				  registration form prescribed by the Commission. Such person must present valid
				  state-issued identification, and shall submit photographs pursuant to (a)
				  above, in order to receive a name tag pursuant to
				  19:25-20.6. The annual fee shall
				  be due upon registration.
(e) No
				  annual fee shall be required if the governmental affairs agent is an
				  organization that is exempt from sales and use taxes under section 9(b) of
				  chapter 30 of the laws of 1966, as amended (N.J.S.A. 54:32-9(b) ).
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 21 - PROFESSIONAL CAMPAIGN FUND RAISERS › Section 19:25-21.1 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this
					 subchapter, shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning
					 clearly appears from the context.
"Candidate" means a candidate for nomination for election
					 or election to the office of Governor or the office of member of the Senate or
					 General Assembly, and any candidate committee, joint candidates committee, or
					 both, of such a candidate.
"Committee" means a political committee, continuing
					 political committee, political party committee, or legislative leadership
					 committee.
"Person" means an individual, partnership, committee,
					 association, corporation, or any other organization or group of persons.
"Professional campaign fund raiser" or "fund raiser" means
					 a person who is employed, retained, or engaged for monetary compensation of at
					 least $5,000 per year in the aggregate to perform for any candidate or
					 committee, or both, any service directly related to the solicitation of
					 contributions for that candidate or committee. The terms "professional campaign
					 fund raiser" and "fund raiser" do not include any person who is reimbursed only
					 for incurred costs by a candidate or committee for performing any service
					 directly related to the solicitation of contributions for that candidate or
					 committee.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 21 - PROFESSIONAL CAMPAIGN FUND RAISERS › Section 19:25-21.2 - Registration

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(a) A professional campaign fund raiser shall
				  register with the Commission within five business days of the earlier of the
				  following:
1. The professional campaign fund
				  raiser plans or organizes or is involved in the planning or organizing of, or
				  attends, at least three events within a three-month period at which
				  contributions are raised by the professional campaign fund raiser for a
				  candidate or committee by whom he or she has been employed, retained or
				  engaged; or
2. The professional
				  campaign fund raiser raises money or any other thing of value at least
				  equivalent to the maximum amount of contributions permitted to be made by an
				  individual to a candidate for public office pursuant to
				  19:44A-11.3 in the aggregate in
				  contributions for such a candidate or committee prior to a primary election or
				  prior to a general election.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 21 - PROFESSIONAL CAMPAIGN FUND RAISERS › Section 19:25-21.3 - Quarterly reports

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(a) A registered professional campaign fund
				  raiser shall file quarterly reports (Form FRQ) with the Commission, which shall
				  include the following information:
1. The
				  name of each candidate or committee for which fund raising services were
				  provided;
2. The specific services
				  provided to each named candidate or committee;
3. The gross and net amounts raised for each
				  named candidate or committee;
4.
				  The amount of compensation received by the professional campaign fund raiser
				  from each candidate or committee; and
5. An itemized list of expenditures made in
				  connection with providing fund raising services.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 21 - PROFESSIONAL CAMPAIGN FUND RAISERS › Section 19:25-21.4 - Annual fee

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(a) Each registered professional campaign
				  fund raiser shall pay an annual fee of $ 1,000, which shall be received by the
				  Commission no later than January 31st for the calendar year which began on the
				  preceding January 1st.
(b) The $
				  1,000 annual fee shall also be applicable to each individual employed by a
				  professional campaign fund raiser who is employed, retained, or engaged for
				  monetary compensation of at least $ 5,000 per year in the aggregate to perform
				  for any candidate or committee, or both, any service directly related to the
				  solicitation of contributions for that candidate or committee, or both, and who
				  meets either of the registration criteria at
				  19:25-21.2(a).
				  The $ 1,000 fee shall be received by the Commission no later than January 31st
				  for the calendar year which began on the preceding January 1st.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 21 - PROFESSIONAL CAMPAIGN FUND RAISERS › Section 19:25-21.5 - Termination

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A fund raiser who chooses to terminate fund raising
					 services in this State shall file Form FRT with the Commission within 30 days
					 after such termination of services.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 21 - PROFESSIONAL CAMPAIGN FUND RAISERS › Section 19:25-21.6 - Violations; penalties

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(a) Any
				  professional campaign fund raiser responsible for the preparation,
				  certification, filing or retention of any reports, notices or other documents,
				  who fails, neglects or omits to prepare, certify, file or retain any such
				  report, record or notice or document by the time required by this section or
				  who omits or incorrectly states or certifies any of the information required by
				  this section to be included in such report, record, notice or document shall be
				  liable to a penalty of not more than $ 6,000 for the first offense and not more
				  than $ 12,000 for the second and each subsequent offense.
(b) Any penalty imposed pursuant to this
				  subsection may be recovered in a summary proceeding pursuant to the "Penalty
				  Enforcement Law of 1999" (
				  P.L.
				  1999, c. 274
				  ).
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 22 - SEVERABILITY CLAUSE › Section 19:25-22.1 - Severability clause

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If any regulation, or sentence, paragraph or section of
					 this chapter, or the application thereof to any persons or circumstances shall
					 be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, or if by
					 legislative action any regulation shall lose its force and effect, such
					 judgment or action shall not affect, impair or void the remainder of these
					 regulations.