New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 16 - PUBLIC FINANCING OF PRIMARY ELECTION FOR GOVERNOR › Section 19:25-16.3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter,
					 shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise.
"Candidate" means an individual who has filed a nominating
					 petition, or has filed a form D-1 with the Commission, or has solicited
					 contributions or made or incurred expenditures on behalf of his or her candidacy, or
					 has allowed others to solicit contributions or make or incur expenditures on behalf
					 of his or her candidacy for nomination for election to the office of Governor of New
					 Jersey, or who has received funds or other benefits or has made payments solely for
					 the purpose of determining whether or not the individual should become a candidate
					 for the office of Governor of New Jersey in any primary election for which the
					 Legislature makes an appropriation for public funding.
"Contribution" is used as defined in
					 N.J.A.C. 19:25-1.7 and
					 includes loans, except that a loan in the ordinary course of business by a bank
					 pursuant to section 15 of P.L. 1980, c. 74
					 (N.J.S.A.
					 19:44A-44) is not a contribution by that bank.
"Contribution eligible for match" means contributions from one
					 contributor to be matched from public funds on a two-for-one basis. No contribution,
					 which must be, or is intended by the contributor or the recipient to be, refunded or
					 repaid at any time, no loan obtained pursuant to N.J.S.A. 19:44A-44, no funds
					 received from the housekeeping account of a State political party committee or
					 county political party committee authorized pursuant to N.J.S.A. 19:44A-10.2, no
					 amount of the candidate's own funds in the aggregate in excess of $ 4,900, no
					 in-kind contribution, and no other monies received by the candidate, the candidate's
					 campaign treasurer, or deputy campaign treasurer, except those contributions
					 described at N.J.S.A. 19:44A-29.a, shall be deemed contributions eligible for
					 match.
"Debate sponsor" means the organization or organizations to
					 which the Commission has delegated the responsibility for conducting one or more of
					 the televised interactive primary election debates.
"Depository bank account" means the campaign bank account
					 designated by a candidate pursuant to
					 N.J.S.A.
					 19:44A-9 for the deposit pursuant to
					 N.J.S.A.
					 19:44A-12 of funds received by the campaign
					 treasurer.
"Gubernatorial candidate" means an individual seeking election
					 to the office of Governor in a primary election, for purposes of this
					 subchapter.
"Interactive primary election debate" means the moderated
					 reciprocal discussion of issues among the candidates of a political party which
					 involves responses by the candidates to questions posed by the representative or
					 representatives of the sponsor organization.
"Matching fund account" means the campaign bank account or
					 accounts opened pursuant to
					 N.J.S.A.
					 19:44A-32 by a campaign treasurer of a candidate,
					 or deputy campaign treasurer, in which only contributions eligible for match may be
					 deposited.
"Non-participating candidate" means any candidate who does not
					 make application for public funding in a primary election pursuant to
					 N.J.A.C.
					 19:25-16.18, Matching of funds, or who is not a
					 "qualified candidate" as that term is defined at
					 N.J.A.C.
					 19:25-16.3. In no case shall a candidate who
					 qualifies for and receives any public funding for a primary election be subsequently
					 deemed a non-participating candidate for that election.
"Own funds" means funds to which the candidate is legally and
					 beneficially entitled, but shall not include funds as to which he or she is a
					 trustee or funds given or otherwise transferred to the candidate by any person other
					 than the spouse of the candidate for use in aid of his or her candidacy. "Person"
					 includes an individual, a corporation, an association or a labor union. For purposes
					 of this subchapter, person does not include a partnership. A spouse of any person is
					 deemed to be a separate person.
"Public fund account" means the campaign bank account created
					 by the Commission pursuant to
					 N.J.A.C.
					 19:25-16.20 on behalf of a qualified candidate and
					 for the deposit of public matching funds.
"Qualified candidate" means any candidate for nomination for
					 election to the office of Governor who has deposited and expended $ 490,000 pursuant
					 to
					 N.J.S.A.
					 19:44A-32; and who, not later than the last day
					 for filing petitions to nominate candidates to be voted upon in a primary election
					 for a general election in which the office of Governor is to be filled, applies to
					 the Commission to receive public funds for gubernatorial campaign expenses; and who
					 certifies and files required reports regarding any issue advocacy organization
					 involvement; and who certifies their agreement to participate in two interactive
					 gubernatorial primary election debates.
"Submission for matching funds" includes a list of all
					 contributions received and all expenditures made or incurred, whether a qualified
					 candidate or a non-participating candidate, filed for the purpose of receiving
					 public funds for campaign expenses or for participation in the series of interactive
					 debates.