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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 15 - PUBLIC FINANCING; GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR › Section 19:25-15.1 - Scope of subchapter

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The provisions of this subchapter shall be applicable to
					 the general election campaign for election to the office of Governor of New
					 Jersey in November 1977 and every such gubernatorial campaign held thereafter,
					 except that the provisions shall not apply to any general election campaign for
					 the offices of Governor and of Lieutenant Governor for which the Legislature
					 fails to make an appropriation for public funding.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 15 - PUBLIC FINANCING; GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR › Section 19:25-15.2 - Definitions; generally

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The words and terms used in this subchapter are used as
					 defined herein or in
					 19:25-1.7.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 15 - PUBLIC FINANCING; GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR › Section 19:25-15.4 - Appointment of treasurers and depositories

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(a)
				  Each candidate for election to the office of Governor in a general election,
				  whether or not intending to participate in public funding, shall on or before
				  the first Monday following the date of the primary election for nomination for
				  the office of Governor designate to the Commission the name and address of his
				  or her candidate committee for the general election.
(b) Each candidate for election to the office
				  of Governor in a general election, whether or not intending to participate in
				  public funding, shall appoint a campaign treasurer and designate a depository
				  bank account and shall notify the Commission pursuant to
				  19:25-4.1A of such appointment and
				  designation no later that the 10th day after receipt of any contribution or
				  after incurring or making any expenditure, whichever comes first.
(c) Upon the selection and certification of a
				  candidate for election to the office of Lieutenant Governor pursuant to
				  N.J.A.C.
				  19:25-15.5, the candidate for election to the
				  office of Governor in a general election shall amend the designation in (a)
				  above to include the candidate for the office of Lieutenant Governor by filing
				  Form D-1G.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 15 - PUBLIC FINANCING; GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR › Section 19:25-15.4A - Selection and certification of a candidate for election to the office of Lieutenant Governor in the general election

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(a) A candidate
				  for election to the office of Lieutenant Governor shall be elected jointly with
				  the candidate for election to the office of Governor of the same political
				  party. The candidate of each political party for election to the office of
				  Lieutenant Governor shall be selected by the candidate of that party nominated
				  for election to the office of Governor within 30 days following the
				  certification of the candidate for election to the office of Governor. In the
				  event the 30th day occurs on a Saturday or Sunday, the selection shall be made
				  as of the next succeeding business day. A candidate for the office of
				  Lieutenant Governor shall be selected by a candidate who is seeking election to
				  the office of Governor through direct nomination by petition within 30 days
				  following the certification of the candidate for the office of
				  Governor.
(b) Each candidate for
				  election to the office of Governor shall immediately upon selection of the
				  candidate for election to the office of Lieutenant Governor, file with the
				  Secretary of State a statement, in a form required by the Secretary, signed by
				  the candidate and certifying the name and address of the person the
				  gubernatorial candidate selects as the candidate for the office of Lieutenant
				  Governor.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 15 - PUBLIC FINANCING; GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR › Section 19:25-15.5 - Gubernatorial candidate committee

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There shall be one candidate committee established jointly
					 for the candidate for Governor and candidate for Lieutenant Governor, and the
					 limits and thresholds in this subchapter shall be applied as if each
					 gubernatorial committee is a single candidate committee.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 15 - PUBLIC FINANCING; GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR › Section 19:25-15.6 - Contribution limits; applicability

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(a) No candidate
				  for the office of Governor, whether or not intending to participate in public
				  funding, no candidate for the office of Lieutenant Governor, and no campaign
				  treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer of such candidates shall knowingly
				  accept from any person, candidate committee, joint candidates committee,
				  political committee, continuing political committee, or legislative leadership
				  committee any contribution in aid of the candidacy of or on behalf of such
				  candidates, jointly, in the aggregate in excess of $ 4,900 in any general
				  election.
(b) No State committee,
				  and no campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer of such State committee,
				  shall knowingly accept from any person, candidate committee, joint candidates
				  committee, political committee, continuing political committee, or legislative
				  leadership committee any contribution in aid of the candidacies of, or on
				  behalf of any candidates for the offices of Governor and of Lieutenant
				  Governor, jointly, in the aggregate in excess of $ 4,900 in any general
				  election, whether or not such candidates intend to participate in public
				  funding.
(c) Contributions from a
				  joint account by one owner of the account shall not be attributed to other
				  owners of the account.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 15 - PUBLIC FINANCING; GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR › Section 19:25-15.7 - Separately maintained primary and general bank accounts

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(a) Any
				  candidate may establish and designate to the Commission a depository bank
				  account, and/or a matching fund account pursuant to
				  19:25-15.1 7(b), for a
				  gubernatorial general election and may deposit contributions in such respective
				  accounts at any time after designation. Such general election bank accounts may
				  be established prior to the date of the primary election for nomination for the
				  office of Governor, and prior to the conclusion of any such candidate's primary
				  election campaign. However, if a candidate establishes general election bank
				  accounts prior to or on the date of the primary election for the office of
				  Governor, and such candidate is also a candidate in such primary election, no
				  moneys deposited in such candidate's general election accounts may be
				  transferred or expended until the day following such primary election and may
				  not be expended at any time for primary election expenses.
(b) No candidate establishing bank accounts
				  for the general election may deposit or transfer at any time into such accounts
				  any contributions received on behalf of such candidate's primary election
				  campaign.
(c) No moneys deposited
				  in a candidate's campaign bank accounts for the primary election may be
				  expended at any time for any general election expense of such
				  candidate.
(d) The primary election
				  campaign bank accounts of each candidate (that is, depository bank account,
				  matching fund account and public fund account) shall be separate from the
				  general election campaign bank accounts of such candidate and shall be
				  separately designated in reports required to be filed under the Act. Funds in
				  primary election campaign accounts shall not be commingled with funds in
				  general election campaign accounts.
(e) An expenditure which was made from a
				  candidate's primary election bank account and which is determined after the
				  date of the primary election to be allocable in part to that candidate's
				  general election candidacy shall be reimbursed to the candidate's primary
				  election depository account, established pursuant to
				  19:25-16.4, with general election
				  funds. In no case shall funds from a candidate's primary election public funds
				  account established pursuant to
				  19:25-16.2 0 be used for any
				  purpose attributable to the general election.
(f) Reimbursements pursuant to (e) above
				  shall be limited strictly to reimbursements for ordinary office expenditures
				  for such purposes as office, furniture, and equipment rental and insurance and
				  salaries, and shall be made on a date after the date of the primary
				  election.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 15 - PUBLIC FINANCING; GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR › Section 19:25-15.8 - Return of contributions; certification

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(a)
				  Any candidate in the general election who receives and deposits any contributions in
				  such candidate's general election depository bank account or matching fund account
				  on or prior to the date of the primary election for nomination to the office of
				  Governor, and who is defeated at such primary election thereby terminating such
				  candidate's general election campaign must promptly return to each contributor any
				  contribution received and deposited on behalf of such candidate's general election
				  campaign.
(b) Any candidate who receives
				  contributions as described at (a) above shall certify to the Commission on the next
				  filed quarterly report after the primary election for nomination to the office of
				  Governor showing each contributor's full name and full mailing address (number,
				  street, city, state, zip code), the date of receipt of each contribution, the dollar
				  amount of each contribution, the date and amount of each contribution returned by
				  the candidate, and for each contributor who is an individual and whose aggregate
				  contributions to the candidate in the general election exceed $ 200.00, the
				  occupation of the individual and the name and mailing address of the individual's
				  employer. In the event a candidate is unable to return any contribution, or part
				  thereof, for any reason, such candidate shall certify in such report the reasons for
				  inability to return such contribution. In no event shall any such unreturned
				  contribution be withdrawn by the candidate from the candidate's general election
				  depository bank account until the Commission has approved of disposition of such
				  unreturned contributions.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 15 - PUBLIC FINANCING; GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR › Section 19:25-15.9 - Candidates deemed non-participating; effect

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Any candidates for the offices of Governor and of
					 Lieutenant Governor who do not, by September 1 preceding a general election in
					 which the office of Governor is to be filled, jointly apply for public funding
					 in a general election pursuant to
					 19:25-15.1 7, shall be deemed
					 non-participating in public funding of that general election, and shall not
					 receive public funds on their behalf.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 15 - PUBLIC FINANCING; GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR › Section 19:25-15.10 - Non-participating candidates

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(a)
				  Non-participating candidates for the offices of Governor and of Lieutenant
				  Governor are jointly subject to the $ 4,900 limitation on contributions from a
				  person, candidate committee, joint candidates committee, political committee,
				  continuing political committee, or legislative leadership committee, pursuant
				  to
				  N.J.S.A.
				  19:44A-29.
(b) Non-participating candidates for the
				  offices of Governor and of Lieutenant Governor are jointly subject to the $
				  4,900 limit on guarantors of bank loans, except if the guarantor is the
				  non-participating candidate.
(c)
				  Non-participating candidates for the offices of Governor and of Lieutenant
				  Governor are not subject to:
1. The overall
				  campaign expenditure limit contained in
				  19:44A-7;
2. The $ 25,000 limit on own funds contained
				  in 19:44A-29;
3. The $ 50,000 limit on bank loans contained
				  in 19:44A-44; and
4. Any limits on the amount of bank loans to
				  be guaranteed by each candidate personally.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 15 - PUBLIC FINANCING; GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR › Section 19:25-15.13 - Corporate or labor organization communications

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Communications on any subject by a corporation to its
					 stockholders and their families, or by a labor organization to its members and
					 their families, and nonpartisan registration and get-out-the-vote campaigns by
					 a corporation aimed at its stockholders and their families, or by a labor
					 organization aimed at its members and their families, shall not be construed to
					 be in aid of the candidacy of, or on behalf of, candidates for election to the
					 offices of Governor and of Lieutenant Governor in any general election.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 15 - PUBLIC FINANCING; GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR › Section 19:25-15.16 - Limitation on contributions eligible for match

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(a) Any
				  contributions in the form of the purchase price paid for an item with
				  significant intrinsic and enduring value (such as a watch) shall be eligible
				  for match only to the extent the purchase price exceeds the fair market value
				  of the item or benefit conferred on the contributor, and only the excess will
				  be included in calculating the $ 4,900 contribution limit.
(b) A contribution in the form of the
				  purchase price paid for admission to a testimonial affair, as defined at
				  N.J.A.C.
				  19:25-1.7, shall be a contribution eligible
				  for match and for purposes of the $ 4,900 limitation.
(c) The purchase price paid to a candidate
				  for a fund raising event or admission to any activity that primarily confers
				  private benefits to the contributor in the form of entertainment (such as a
				  concert, motion picture or theatrical performance) shall be deemed the amount
				  of the contribution made to such candidate. The tickets for such an event and
				  the promotional materials shall state that the purchase price represents a
				  political contribution to the candidate.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 15 - PUBLIC FINANCING; GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR › Section 19:25-15.17 - Matching of funds

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(a) Candidates for
				  the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor seeking to qualify for receipt of
				  public matching funds shall, no later than September 1 preceding a general election
				  in which the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor are to be filled, file with
				  the Commission:
1. Form G-1A separately (Candidate
				  Certification for Public Financing and Debate Participation);
2. Form P-1 establishing the candidates' deposited
				  contributions eligible for match of at least $ 490,000 and that at least $ 490,000
				  of the contributions have been expended or are committed to be expended.
i. Form P-1 shall report all contributions,
				  regardless of whether they are eligible, or being submitted, for match showing each
				  contributor's full name and full mailing address (number, street, city, state, zip
				  code); the date of receipt of each contribution; the dollar amount of each
				  contribution; and for each contributor who is an individual, and whose aggregate
				  contributions to the candidates exceed $ 200.00, or were made in currency in any
				  amount, the occupation of the individual and the name and mailing address of the
				  individual's employer;
ii. Form P-1
				  shall include scanned images of all documentation that is required as set forth at
				  N.J.A.C.
				  19:25-15.14 and 15.15, as well as deposit slips,
				  receipted deposit slips, bank ledgers, and/or statements or any other documentation
				  to evidence that the contributions for match were deposited into the matching fund
				  account. Additionally, scanned images of all adjustments to contributions shall be
				  included; and
iii. Form P-1 shall report
				  all expenditures made or incurred pursuant to
				  N.J.A.C.
				  19:25-15.27. The expenditures shall include
				  scanned images of all documentation that is required to substantiate the initial
				  expenditure threshold. Thereafter, scanned images of expenditure documentation shall
				  be required only as set forth at
				  N.J.A.C.
				  19:25-15.20 and 15.24; and
3. Form P-2 or Form P-2A reporting each
				  candidate's involvement or participation in an issue advocacy organization pursuant
				  to
				  N.J.A.C.
				  19:25-15.17A.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 15 - PUBLIC FINANCING; GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR › Section 19:25-15.17A - Reporting of issue advocacy organization information

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(a) A candidate
				  seeking to qualify for receipt of public matching funds who participated in an
				  issue advocacy organization during the four years prior to the date upon which
				  the candidate became a candidate for election to the office of Governor or
				  office of Lieutenant Governor, or who is at the time of the application for
				  receipt of public matching funds participating in an issue advocacy
				  organization, shall be ineligible to receive public matching funds unless the
				  candidate files an Issue Advocacy Organization Report of Contributions and
				  Expenditures (Form P-2). For the purposes of this section, a candidate shall be
				  deemed to be participating in an issue advocacy organization if the candidate
				  forms or formed, assists or assisted in the formation of, or was or is involved
				  in any way in the management of an issue advocacy organization.
(b) For the purposes of this section, the
				  term "issue advocacy organization" shall mean:
1. An issue advocacy organization that is
				  organized under section 527 of the Federal Internal Revenue Code (
				  26 U.S.C. §
												527 );
2. An organization that is organized under
				  paragraph (4) of subsection c. of section 501 of the Federal Internal Revenue
				  Code (
				  26 U.S.C.
				  §
												501 ); or
3. An organization that is organized under
				  any other current or future section of the Federal Internal Revenue Code which
				  the Election Law Enforcement Commission determines is similar to any of the
				  organizations described above.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 15 - PUBLIC FINANCING; GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR › Section 19:25-15.18 - Dates of submission

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(a) Form P-1, and accompanying P-2, if
				  applicable, may be submitted to the Commission by candidates on or before 12:00
				  noon of the first Tuesday following the date of the primary election in the
				  year of a general election for the offices of Governor and of Lieutenant
				  Governor of New Jersey, and every other Tuesday thereafter through August 31,
				  and every Tuesday thereafter up to and including the date of the general
				  election being funded.
(b) Form
				  P-1, and accompanying P-2, if applicable, may be submitted to the Commission by
				  candidates on or before 12:00 noon of the first Tuesday following the general
				  election and every other Tuesday thereafter up to the first Tuesday following
				  the fifth month after the general election. No further requests shall be
				  considered by the Commission thereafter.
(c) In the event that a date for submission
				  shall fall on a holiday, then the submission may be on the next succeeding
				  business day that is not a holiday.
(d) Nothing in this section shall relieve any
				  candidate or committee from the preelection or post-election reporting
				  requirements contained in
				  19:44A-8 or
				  19:44A-16.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 15 - PUBLIC FINANCING; GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR › Section 19:25-15.19 - Matching of State committee contributions; submission dates

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(a) The campaign
				  treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer of any candidate seeking matching funds
				  must, on the dates of submission provided in
				  19:25-15.1 8 deliver to the
				  Commission any statement of contributors or expenditures and photocopies
				  received from any State committee pursuant to
				  19:25-15.3 7 and must so certify
				  to the Commission. In the event no contribution from a State committee has been
				  received and therefore no deposit made of such State committee contributions in
				  such candidate's matching fund account, the campaign treasurer or deputy
				  campaign treasurer shall so certify to the Commission.
(b) No submission or application for public
				  funds pursuant to
				  19:25-15.1 8 will be considered by
				  the Commission unless accompanied by written certification in compliance with
				  (a) above.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 15 - PUBLIC FINANCING; GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR › Section 19:25-15.20 - Special account for public funds

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(a) The Commission
				  shall facilitate the creation of, for each qualified candidate, a separate
				  segregated public fund account for deposit of public funds. All public funds
				  approved by the Commission will be transferred by the Commission into such
				  public fund account. No funds other than such public funds shall be transferred
				  to the public fund account, and all expenditures from the account shall be
				  separately identified in all applicable reports filed with the
				  Commission.
(b) The campaign
				  treasurer of candidates for the offices of Governor and of Lieutenant Governor,
				  on whose behalf a public fund account has been established, shall file with the
				  Commission on each date upon which a submission for public matching funds has
				  been made pursuant to
				  N.J.A.C.
				  19:25-15.17, Matching of funds, and 15.18,
				  Date of submission, and for as long as said public fund account is open and
				  such submissions are being made, a report identifying each disbursement made
				  out of the public fund account since the last such submission for public
				  matching funds. The identification of each disbursement from the public fund
				  account shall include the transaction number, date of payment, amount of
				  payment, full name of payee, full payee mailing address, and a complete
				  statement of purpose of the expenditure indicating which of the permitted
				  purposes set forth at
				  N.J.A.C.
				  19:25-15.24, Use of public funds, is
				  applicable. Failure to file any such report, failure to provide the
				  identification information required in such report, or failure to expend public
				  funds in compliance with N.J.A. C. 19:25-15.24 may result in immediate
				  cessation of public fund deposits by the Commission.
(c) Any report filed pursuant to this section
				  disclosing an expenditure in an aggregate sum exceeding $ 5,000 for the purpose
				  of purchase of media consultant services or other services shall be accompanied
				  by a certification from the payee categorizing media advertising purchases or
				  other services provided, incurred or contemplated, and certifying that such
				  funds have been or will be expended in compliance with
				  19:25-15.2 4.
(d) Disbursements from the public fund
				  account identified on submissions filed for matching funds will not be
				  disclosed for public inspection until filed on election cycle
				  reports.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 15 - PUBLIC FINANCING; GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR › Section 19:25-15.21 - Receipt of public funds

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(a) The campaign
				  treasurer, or deputy campaign treasurer, of any qualified candidates for
				  election to the offices of Governor and of Lieutenant Governor in a general
				  election shall promptly receive, on behalf of such qualified candidates, public
				  moneys in an amount equal to twice the amount of each contribution eligible for
				  match and deposited in such qualified candidates' matching fund account,
				  described at
				  N.J.S.A.
				  19:44A-32, except that no payment shall be
				  made to any candidates from such fund for general election campaign purposes
				  for the first $ 156,000 of the $ 490,000 deposited in such candidates' matching
				  fund account.
(b) No candidates for
				  election to the offices of Governor and of Lieutenant Governor or their
				  campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer shall receive any general
				  election public matching funds if the Commission determines that an application
				  for matching funds, submitted pursuant to
				  19:25-15.1 7, contains a
				  contribution or contributions in excess of the general election contribution
				  limit. The Commission shall permit the candidates or their campaign treasurer
				  or deputy campaign treasurer to submit proof that the excessive portion of a
				  contribution or contributions has been refunded.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 15 - PUBLIC FINANCING; GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR › Section 19:25-15.22 - Receipt of public funds; limitation

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(a) No public funds
				  shall be deposited by the Commission in the public fund account of any
				  qualified candidates on or before the date of the primary election for
				  nomination for the office of Governor of New Jersey immediately preceding the
				  general election for the same office.
(b) The maximum amount that any qualified
				  candidates may jointly receive from public funds shall not exceed $ 10.5
				  million.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 15 - PUBLIC FINANCING; GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR › Section 19:25-15.23 - Receipt of public funds; procedure

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Upon receipt and review of all required forms and
					 documentation contained within a request for public funds, the Commission shall
					 authorize the amount to be disbursed to the public fund account of the
					 candidate and shall cause the authorized amount to be transferred
					 therein.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 15 - PUBLIC FINANCING; GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR › Section 19:25-15.24 - Use of public funds

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(a) Public funds received on behalf of
				  qualified candidates from the fund for general election campaign expenses shall
				  be deposited by the Commission in the candidates' public fund account and the
				  candidates' use of such funds shall be strictly limited to the following
				  purposes:
1. Purchase of time on radio and
				  television stations;
2. Purchase of
				  rental space on outdoor signs or billboards;
3. Purchase of advertising space in
				  newspapers, regularly published magazines and periodicals, and on the
				  internet;
4. Payment of the cost of
				  producing the material aired or displayed on radio, television, outdoor signs
				  or billboards, and in newspapers, regularly published magazines and
				  periodicals;
5. Payment of the cost
				  of printing and mailing campaign literature and brochures distributed under the
				  name of the candidate;
6. Payment
				  of the cost of legal and accounting expenses incurred in complying with the
				  public financing regulations of the Commission and with the public financing
				  provisions of the Act;
7. Payment
				  of the cost of telephone deposits, and installation charges and monthly
				  billings in excess of deposits. Within six months after the general election, a
				  candidate shall return to the Commission the amount of any public funds used to
				  pay such telephone deposits which are later returned;
8. Payment of the cost of website
				  communications that are not used for fund-raising purposes;
9. Payment of the cost of email
				  communications that are not used for fund-raising purposes; and
10. Payment for the purchase of lists of
				  postal and email addresses.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 15 - PUBLIC FINANCING; GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR › Section 19:25-15.25 - Use of transferred funds

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Notwithstanding the provisions of
					 19:25-6.2, any transfer of funds
					 from the general election campaign of the gubernatorial candidate to any other
					 candidate, candidate committee, joint candidates committee, political
					 committee, continuing political committee, political party committee,
					 legislative leadership committee, or political club will be considered to be an
					 expenditure on behalf of the gubernatorial candidate under
					 19:44A-7. No such transferee shall
					 make any contribution to or on behalf of the gubernatorial candidate prior to
					 or subsequent to such transfer.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 15 - PUBLIC FINANCING; GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR › Section 19:25-15.26 - Expenses not subject to expenditure limits

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(a) The
				  following expenditures by qualified candidates shall not be subject to the
				  expenditure limit described in
				  19:25-15.1 1(a)3:
1. Reasonable and necessary compliance with
				  the reporting and certification requirements imposed by the public finance
				  provisions of the Act shall not be deemed to be expenditures within the meaning
				  of 19:44A-7. Such expenses shall be
				  specifically identified as such in all reports required under this
				  chapter.
2. Travel expenses of the
				  candidates, as that term is defined in
				  19:25-15.2 7(a), or of any person
				  other than the candidates if such traveling expenses are voluntarily paid by
				  such person without any understanding or agreement with such candidates that
				  they shall be, directly or indirectly, repaid to that person by the candidates,
				  shall not be deemed expenditures within the meaning of
				  19:44A-7.
3. The reasonable value of food and beverage
				  to persons who attend a testimonial affair on behalf of or in aid of a
				  candidate and for whom a contribution in excess of the reasonable value of such
				  food and beverages is reported as provided in
				  19:25-12.2.
4. Election night celebration or event
				  expenses as defined in
				  19:25-15.4 7(c).
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 15 - PUBLIC FINANCING; GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR › Section 19:25-15.27 - Expenditure reporting; travel expenses

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(a) Each
				  expenditure from the depository account, matching fund account, or public funds
				  account established by a gubernatorial candidate shall be reported on election
				  fund reports and on submissions for public matching funds by providing the
				  following information:
1. The date the
				  expenditure was made;
2. The
				  checking account title and number;
3. The full name and address of the
				  payee;
4. The purpose of the
				  expenditure;
5. The amount of the
				  expenditure; and
6. The type of
				  expenditure.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 15 - PUBLIC FINANCING; GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR › Section 19:25-15.28 - Independent expenditures

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(a) A person,
				  candidate committee, joint candidates committee, political committee, or
				  continuing political committee that makes, incurs or authorizes an independent
				  expenditure, as that term is defined in
				  19:25-12.7, for a communication to
				  support or defeat a gubernatorial candidate in a general election shall:
1. Report the independent expenditure
				  pursuant to
				  19:25-12.8;
2. Clearly state on the communication the
				  name and address of the person, candidate committee, joint candidates
				  committee, political committee, or continuing political committee making the
				  independent expenditure pursuant to
				  19:25-13.2(a),
				  and that the communication has been paid for by that person or committee;
				  and
3. Include in the communication
				  a clear and conspicuous statement that the communication was not made with the
				  cooperation or prior consent of, or in consultation with or at the request or
				  suggestion of, any candidate, or any person or committee acting on behalf of
				  any candidate.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 15 - PUBLIC FINANCING; GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR › Section 19:25-15.28A - Prohibition on independent expenditures by State political party committees and legislative leadership committees

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No State committee of a political party and no legislative
					 leadership committee shall make an independent expenditure to support or defeat
					 a candidate for Governor or Lieutenant Governor or in aid of the candidacy of a
					 candidate for Governor or Lieutenant Governor in the general election.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 15 - PUBLIC FINANCING; GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR › Section 19:25-15.28B - Limit on county and municipal political party committee expenditures

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The county committee of a political party in a county and
					 the municipal committees of that political party in the same county may make an
					 expenditure or expenditures, whether coordinated or independent expenditures,
					 in the aggregate total amount of $ 10,000 in aid of the candidacy of or on
					 behalf of any candidates for election to the offices of Governor and of
					 Lieutenant Governor in 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 15 - PUBLIC FINANCING; GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR › Section 19:25-15.28C - Determination of independence or coordination of an expenditure

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(a) To determine
				  whether or not a person, candidate committee, joint candidates committee, or
				  continuing political committee has made an independent expenditure, pursuant to
				  19:25-15.2 8, for a communication
				  to support or defeat a gubernatorial candidate in the general election, the
				  Commission shall consider, but not be limited to, the factors set forth in (c)
				  below.
(b) To determine whether or
				  not a person or entity, other than the gubernatorial candidate or his or her
				  candidate committee, expending funds to make a communication shall be deemed to
				  have made a coordinated expenditure, pursuant to
				  19:25-15.2 9, the Commission shall
				  consider, but not be limited to, the factors set forth in (c) below.
(c) The Commission shall determine whether or
				  not the gubernatorial candidate, his or her candidate committee, any member of
				  the staff of the gubernatorial candidate or his or her candidate committee, or
				  any agent of the gubernatorial candidate or his or her candidate committee:
1. Cooperated with, consented to, authorized,
				  or exercised control over the production or circulation of the communication
				  expenditure;
2. Requested or
				  suggested that the communication expenditure be made;
3. Provided information to the person or
				  entity making the communication expenditure with regard to the content, timing,
				  location, mode, intended audience, distribution, or placement of the
				  television, radio, direct mail, or other form of communication;
4. Discussed or negotiated with the
				  purchaser, creator, producer, or distributor of the communication concerning
				  the content, timing, location, mode, intended audience, distribution, or
				  placement of the communication;
5.
				  Shared information or held discussions on campaign or media strategy with the
				  person or entity making the communication expenditure or with the purchaser,
				  creator, producer, or distributor of the communication;
6. Shared its polling or other research with
				  the person or entity making the communication expenditure or whether or not the
				  person or entity making the communication expenditure shared its polling or
				  other research with the gubernatorial candidate, his or her candidate
				  committee, or with any agent of the gubernatorial candidate or his or her
				  candidate committee; or
7. Used the
				  same consultants, employees, staff, or agents as the person or entity making
				  the communication expenditure to create, target, or place the
				  communication.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 15 - PUBLIC FINANCING; GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR › Section 19:25-15.29 - Coordinated expenditures

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(a) Any person or
				  entity expending funds to make a communication shall be deemed to have made a
				  coordinated expenditure for a gubernatorial candidate if:
1. The communication makes a reference to the
				  gubernatorial candidate in an audio, visual, printed, or electronic format
				  which reference names, depicts, pictures, characterizes, represents,
				  dramatizes, or in any written, spoken, visual, or electronic manner represents
				  a gubernatorial candidate or opponent;
2. The gubernatorial candidate or his or her
				  campaign committee has consented to, authorized, or exercised control over the
				  production or circulation of the communication; and
3. The expenditure for the communication was
				  made on or after the date upon which the gubernatorial candidate or committee
				  described at (a)2 above applied to receive matching funds pursuant to
				  N.J.A.C.
				  19:25-15.17.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 15 - PUBLIC FINANCING; GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR › Section 19:25-15.29A - Coordinated expenditures by non-gubernatorial candidates, political party committees, and legislative leadership committees

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(a) A reference
				  to a gubernatorial candidate appearing in materials paid for by a
				  non-gubernatorial candidate, as defined in (d) below, or by a political party
				  committee, or legislative leadership committee, as defined in
				  19:25-1.7, of the same political
				  party as the gubernatorial candidate, will be deemed insubstantial and not
				  subject to allocation pursuant to
				  19:25-15.2 9 provided that:
1. The reference consists of the name or
				  picture of the candidate for the office of Governor and/or the candidate for
				  the office of Lieutenant Governor in equal or less than equal prominence to the
				  prominence given the names or pictures of non-gubernatorial
				  candidates;
2. The names or
				  pictures of the gubernatorial candidate(s) and non-gubernatorial candidates
				  appear on printed campaign materials used in connection with volunteer
				  activities on behalf of the named or pictured non-gubernatorial candidates,
				  such as materials consisting of buttons, pins, bumper stickers, handbills,
				  brochures, posters, yard signs or palm cards; and
3. The materials in (a)2 above are not used
				  in connection with any broadcasting, newspaper, magazine, billboard,
				  electronic, or similar type of general public communication or political
				  advertising.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 15 - PUBLIC FINANCING; GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR › Section 19:25-15.30 - Borrowing of funds; repayment

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Any candidates for the offices of Governor and of
					 Lieutenant Governor, the candidates' campaign treasurer, or deputy campaign
					 treasurer, may borrow funds from any national or State bank, provided that no
					 person, candidate committee, joint candidates committee, political committee,
					 continuing political committee, or legislative leadership committee other than
					 the candidate or the State committee may in any way endorse or guarantee such
					 loan in the aggregate in excess of the $ 4,900 contribution limit. In the case
					 of a participating candidate guaranteeing a loan to his or her own campaign,
					 the amount so borrowed shall not at any one time in the aggregate exceed $
					 50,000 for the campaign, and must be repaid in full by such candidate or the
					 campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer from monies accepted or
					 allocated pursuant to
					 N.J.S.A.
					 19:44A-29not later than 20 days prior to the
					 general election. This limit does not apply to a candidate that does not
					 participate in the public financing program. Repayment shall be evidenced on a
					 report filed no later than the 11-Day Preelection reporting date with attached
					 documentation. In the event of the failure of the borrower to repay timely the
					 full amount of the loan or to certify properly such repayment to the
					 Commission, all payment of public funds to such candidate shall promptly cease
					 and the Commission shall take action as directed by the Act to prohibit the
					 expenditure by the candidate of monies received from the fund and any other
					 monies received by the candidate in aid of the candidate's campaign in such
					 general election.