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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 11 - CONTRIBUTION LIMITS › Section 19:25-11.9 - Contributions from affiliated corporations, associations or labor organizations

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(a) A
				  corporation, association or labor organizations or any subsidiary, affiliate,
				  branch, division, department or local unit of any such corporation, association
				  or labor organization shall not make any contribution to or on behalf of a
				  candidate, candidate committee, joint candidates committee, political
				  committee, continuing political committee, political party committee, or
				  legislative leadership committee which, when added to any other contribution by
				  any related or affiliated corporation, association or labor organization, to
				  the candidate, candidate committee, joint candidates committee, political
				  committee, continuing political committee, political party committee, or
				  legislative leadership committee exceeds in the aggregate the applicable
				  contribution limit in
				  19:25-11.2(a).
				  Whether such corporation, association or labor organization is related or
				  affiliated shall depend on the circumstances existing at the time of such
				  contribution, including, but not by way of limitation, the degree of control or
				  common ownership with related or affiliated corporations, associations or labor
				  organizations, the source and control of funds used for such contribution and
				  the degree to which the decisions whether to contribute, to what candidate and
				  in what amount are independent decisions.
(b) In considering the criteria set forth in
				  (a) above, two or more corporations shall be conclusively deemed to be
				  affiliated if:
1. Any individual, corporation,
				  partnership, company, association, or other entity owns, directly or
				  indirectly, more than a 30 percent interest in each of such corporations;
				  or
2. One such corporation owns,
				  directly or indirectly, more than a 30 percent interest in the other such
				  corporation.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 11 - CONTRIBUTION LIMITS › Section 19:25-11.10 - Partnership contributions prohibited

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(a) A
				  partnership entity as defined in (b) below shall not be permitted to make
				  contributions as an entity. A contribution received by a campaign or organizational
				  treasurer and made by means of a check or written instrument drawn on a partnership
				  account shall be signed by a partner or partners and shall be deemed to be a
				  contribution from the partner or partners who signed the check or written instrument
				  by which the contribution was conveyed or, in the case of a contribution of
				  currency, the partner who has conveyed the currency. If the check or written
				  instrument is drawn on a partnership account and is signed by an individual other
				  than a partner, or if it is the intent of the contributor that any portion of a
				  contribution received from a partnership account is to be attributed or allocated to
				  a partner or partners who have not signed the check or written instrument, or in the
				  case of a currency contribution if the currency was conveyed by an individual who is
				  not a partner, the following written information shall be received and maintained by
				  the campaign or organizational treasurer:
1.
				  Written instructions concerning the allocation of the contribution amount to a
				  contributing partner, or among contributing partners;
2. A signed acknowledgment of the contribution
				  from each contributing partner who has not signed the contribution check or other
				  written instrument; and
3. Contributor
				  information for each contributing partner as required by
				  19:25-7.1.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 11 - CONTRIBUTION LIMITS › Section 19:25-11.11 - Contributions received from out-of-State candidates and committees

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(a) A
				  contribution received from an organization or entity that is filing campaign
				  finance reports with the Federal Election Commission, or filing campaign
				  finance reports in another state, and is not filing reports with the
				  Commission, shall be received by a New Jersey candidate, candidate committee,
				  joint candidates committee, political committee, continuing political
				  committee, legislative leadership committee, or political party committee as a
				  contribution from an association or group, and such contribution shall be
				  subject to the contribution limit applicable to an association or
				  group.
(b) A contribution received
				  from a candidate committee of a candidate for Federal elected office, or for
				  elected office in another state, shall be received by a New Jersey candidate,
				  candidate committee, joint candidates committee, political committee,
				  continuing political committee, legislative leadership committee, or political
				  party committee as a contribution from an association or group, and such
				  contribution shall be subject to the contribution limit applicable to an
				  association or group.
(c) A
				  contribution received from the personal funds of an individual who is a
				  candidate for elected Federal office, or a candidate for elected office in
				  another state, shall be received by a New Jersey candidate, candidate
				  committee, joint candidates committee, political committee, continuing
				  political committee, legislative leadership committee, or political party
				  committee as a contribution from an individual, and such contribution shall be
				  subject to the contribution limit applicable to an individual.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 11 - CONTRIBUTION LIMITS › Section 19:25-11.12 - Contribution received for a recount or election contest

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A contribution received by a candidate, candidate
					 committee or joint candidates committee during the pendency of a recount of
					 votes for an office in an election, pursuant to
					 19:28-1 et seq., or for an
					 election contest for an office in an election, pursuant to
					 19:29-1 et seq., shall be subject
					 to the contribution limits applicable in the election that is the subject of
					 the recount or election contest.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 11 - CONTRIBUTION LIMITS › Section 19:25-11.13 - Contribution from an estate

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A contribution received by a candidate, candidate
					 committee, joint candidates committee, political committee, continuing
					 political committee, political party committee or legislative leadership
					 committee by means of a check drawn on the account of an estate shall be deemed
					 to be a contribution from the decedent, and shall be subject to the
					 contribution limit applicable to an individual, if the estate has been admitted
					 to probate and if the will of the decedent provides a specific bequest
					 authorizing the contribution to the recipient candidate or committee. In the
					 absence of a specific bequest authorizing the contribution from an estate to
					 the recipient candidate or committee, or if the estate has not been admitted to
					 probate, a candidate, candidate committee joint candidates committee, political
					 committee, continuing political committee, political party committee or
					 legislative leadership committee shall not deposit or otherwise accept a
					 contribution from the account of an estate.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 12 - REPORTING OF EXPENDITURES; INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES › Section 19:25-12.1 - General provisions

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(a) An
				  expenditure made by a candidate, candidate committee, joint candidates
				  committee or political committee shall be reported as provided by N.J.A.C.
				  19:25-8, and as provided by this subchapter.
(b) An expenditure made by a continuing
				  political committee, political party committee, or legislative leadership
				  committee shall be reported as provided in N.J.A.C. 19:25-9, and as provided by
				  this subchapter.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 12 - REPORTING OF EXPENDITURES; INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES › Section 19:25-12.2 - Expenditure reporting

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(a) An expenditure
				  shall be reported by providing the following information:
1. The date the expenditure was
				  made;
2. The full name and address
				  of the payee;
3. The purpose of the
				  expenditure;
4. The amount of the
				  expenditure; and
5. The number of
				  the check.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 12 - REPORTING OF EXPENDITURES; INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES › Section 19:25-12.3 - Written notification of a coordinated expenditure

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(a) Whenever a
				  candidate committee, joint candidates committee, political committee,
				  continuing political committee, political party committee or a legislative
				  leadership committee makes or authorizes an expenditure on behalf of a
				  candidate with the cooperation or prior consent of that candidate, or in
				  consultation with or at the request or suggestion of that candidate, or of any
				  person acting on behalf of that candidate, the committee shall provide
				  immediate written notification to that candidate's candidate committee of the
				  expenditure.
(b) When an individual
				  seeking political party office makes or authorizes an expenditure on behalf of
				  a candidate with the cooperation or prior consent of that candidate, or in
				  consultation with or at the request or suggestion of that candidate, or of any
				  person acting on behalf of that candidate, the individual shall provide
				  immediate written notification to the candidate's candidate committee of the
				  expenditure.
(c) "Immediate written
				  notification" for the purposes of this section shall mean written notice
				  delivered to the candidate or the candidate's candidate committee or joint
				  candidates committee within 48 hours of the making or authorizing of the
				  expenditure, which notice shall contain:
1.
				  The date of the making or authorizing of the expenditure;
2. The name and address of the
				  payee;
3. The purpose of the
				  expenditure; and
4. The amount of
				  the expenditure.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 12 - REPORTING OF EXPENDITURES; INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES › Section 19:25-12.4 - Expenditures made by credit card

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(a) If an
				  expenditure is authorized by a candidate committee, joint candidates committee,
				  political committee, continuing political committee, political party committee
				  or legislative leadership committee to be made by use of or by a charge against
				  a credit card account that was not established in the name of that candidate
				  committee, joint candidates committee, political committee, continuing
				  political committee, political party committee or legislative leadership
				  committee, the person or entity owning the credit card and who is liable for
				  any debt charged against that credit card account shall be deemed to have made
				  a loan to that committee subject to reporting as a loan in the amount charged
				  until such time as the committee reimburses that person or entity for that
				  amount.
(b) Whenever a committee
				  pursuant to (a) above makes an expenditure to reimburse a person or entity for
				  a charge made against that person's or entity's credit card account, that
				  committee shall report the following information for each such charge:
1. The exact name or title of the person or
				  entity owning the credit card account, and the name of the lending institution
				  that issued the card;
2. The name
				  and address of the vendor from whom the purchase was made;
3. The date of the purchase;
4. A description pursuant to
				  19:25-12.2(b)  of
				  the purpose of the purchase, including a specific itemization of the goods or
				  services acquired;
5. The amount of
				  the purchase; and
6. The name of
				  the payee, and the number, date and amount of the reimbursement
				  check.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 12 - REPORTING OF EXPENDITURES; INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES › Section 19:25-12.4A - Expenditures made by debit card

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(a) A debit card
				  that is owned by and issued in the name of a candidate committee, joint
				  candidates committee, political committee, continuing political committee,
				  political party committee or legislative leadership committee, may be used to
				  make an expenditure provided that the debit card draws against funds in a
				  campaign or organizational depository. A debit card expenditure transaction
				  shall be reported by providing the following information:
1. The name and address of the vendor from
				  whom the purchase was made;
2. The
				  date of the purchase;
3. A
				  description pursuant to
				  19:25-12.2(b)  of
				  the purpose of the purchase, including a specific itemization of the goods or
				  services acquired;
4. The amount of
				  the purchase; and
5. The use of the
				  term "debit card" on reports filed with the Commission in place of a check
				  number for the transaction.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 12 - REPORTING OF EXPENDITURES; INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES › Section 19:25-12.5 - Expenditures by currency; petty cash fund

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Payment of expenditures by currency is permissible if the
					 payment is made from proceeds of a petty cash fund established pursuant to
					 19:25-6.4(b).
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 12 - REPORTING OF EXPENDITURES; INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES › Section 19:25-12.6 - Payments to individuals; "street money"

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(a) Any payment
				  by candidate, candidate committee, joint candidates committee, political
				  committee, continuing political committee, political party committee or
				  legislative leadership committee to an individual which is related to efforts
				  by or on behalf of a candidate, candidate committee, joint candidates
				  committee, political committee, continuing political committee, political party
				  committee or legislative leadership committee in aid of or to promote a
				  candidate in an election or the passage or defeat of a public question, or to
				  efforts directly to promote or encourage the participation of voters in an
				  election including, but not limited to, get-out-the-vote efforts, poll watching
				  and challenging, (hereafter referred to as "street money"), shall be made by
				  check issued from the depository account of the candidate or committee making
				  the payment and shall be payable to such named individual.
(b) Any payment by a candidate, candidate
				  committee, joint candidates committee, political committee, continuing
				  political committee, political party committee or legislative leadership
				  committee to any vendor, group, association or other entity made for the
				  purpose of providing funds for further distribution to an individual or
				  individuals as "street money" as described in (a) above shall be made by check
				  issued from the depository account of the candidate or committee making the
				  payment and shall be payable to such vendor, group, association or other
				  entity. A candidate or committee making any payment pursuant to this subsection
				  shall, in addition to the information required by (d) below, report the name
				  and address of each individual receiving any payment as "street money" from the
				  vendor, group, association or other entity, and shall report the date the
				  individual received the payment, and the amount of the payment.
(c) Payment in the form of currency for any
				  of the purposes described in (a) and (b) above is prohibited.
(d) A payment or expenditure made for the
				  purposes described in (a) or (b) above shall be reported by including the
				  following information:
1. The date the
				  expenditure was made;
2. The check
				  number;
3. The name and address of
				  any recipient, who shall be the payee;
4. The purpose of the expenditure, including
				  itemization of the specific services provided by the individual-payee;
				  and,
5. The amount of the
				  expenditure.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 12 - REPORTING OF EXPENDITURES; INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES › Section 19:25-12.7 - Independent expenditures

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(a) An expenditure by
				  a candidate committee, joint candidates committee, political committee, continuing
				  political committee, political party committee or legislative leadership committee
				  to support or defeat a candidate, which expenditure is made without the cooperation
				  or prior consent of, or in consultation with or at the request or suggestion of, a
				  candidate or any person or committee acting on behalf of a candidate, or an
				  expenditure for a communication to aid the passage or defeat of a public question,
				  which expenditure is made without consultation with or at the suggestion of any
				  person or committee supporting or opposing a public question, is an independent
				  expenditure.
(b) An expenditure by a
				  person from the person's own funds of more than $ 200.00 in an election to support
				  or defeat a candidate, which expenditure is made without the cooperation or prior
				  consent of, or without consultation with, or at the request or suggestion of, a
				  candidate or any person or committee acting on behalf of the candidate, or an
				  expenditure by a person from the person's own funds of more than $ 200.00 for a
				  communication to aid the passage or defeat of a public question, which expenditure
				  is made without consultation with or at the suggestion of any individual or
				  committee supporting or opposing a public question, is an independent
				  expenditure.
(c) A communication that is
				  paid for by means of an independent expenditure pursuant to (a) or (b) above shall
				  include the political identification information required in N.J.A.C.
				  19:25-13.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 12 - REPORTING OF EXPENDITURES; INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES › Section 19:25-12.8 - Reporting of independent expenditures

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(a) An
				  independent expenditure, as defined in
				  19:25-12.7(a), made by
				  a candidate committee, joint candidates committee, political committee, continuing
				  political committee, political party committee or legislative leadership committee
				  shall be subject to the reporting requirements of the Act and this
				  chapter.
(b) An independent expenditure,
				  as defined at N.J.A.C.
				  19:25-12.7(b), made by a person
				  from the person's own funds, shall be reported on the dates established for filing
				  as a political committee set forth at N.J.A.C. 19:25-8, on a form prescribed by the
				  Commission which shall contain the following information:
1. The name and mailing address of the person
				  making the independent expenditure;
2.
				  If the person is an individual, the occupation of the individual and the name and
				  mailing address of the individual's employer; and
3. An itemization of the expenditures, including
				  the dates the expenditures were made, the names and addresses of the payees, the
				  amount of each expenditure, and the total amount expended.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 12 - REPORTING OF EXPENDITURES; INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES › Section 19:25-12.8A - Independent expenditures made immediately before an election

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(a) A person who makes an independent expenditure
				  in an amount in excess of $ 200.00, as defined at
				  N.J.A.C.
				  19:25-12.7(b), from the person's
				  own funds during the period of time between the 13th day prior to an election and
				  the date of the election, shall file a notice (Form IND) of the expenditure with the
				  Commission, which notice shall include the following:
1. The name and mailing address of the person
				  making the independent expenditure;
2.
				  If the person is an individual, the occupation of the individual and the name and
				  mailing address of the individual's employer; and
3. An itemization of the expenditures, including
				  the dates the expenditures were made, the names and addresses of the payees, the
				  amount of each expenditure, and the total amount expended.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 12 - REPORTING OF EXPENDITURES; INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES › Section 19:25-12.9 - Expenditures for an inaugural or other election related event

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(a) Funds
				  expended by a candidate, candidate committee or joint candidates committee for
				  the purpose of paying for an inaugural or swearing-in celebratory event of a
				  candidate, or other election related event, shall be reported by the recipient
				  candidate or committee as expenditures and are subject to the requirements of
				  the Act and this chapter.
(b) Funds
				  expended by a gubernatorial candidate for the purpose of paying for an
				  inaugural event are subject to the provisions of N.J.A.C. 19:25-15.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 12 - REPORTING OF EXPENDITURES; INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES › Section 19:25-12.10 - Allocation

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(a) Where an
				  expenditure is made on behalf of two or more candidates, the expenditure must
				  be allocated between or among such candidates in a reasonable manner so as to
				  fairly reflect the relative value to each of the candidates of such
				  expenditure. The initial allocation should be made by the committee or
				  candidates on a reasonable basis, and in advance of the expenditure where
				  possible. All documents and financial records relating to the allocation and
				  the expenditure should be retained:
Example: A municipal political party committee is expending
					 $ 100.00 for the purchase of a quantity of bumper stickers containing the
					 slogan "Vote for Candidates A and B." The committee determines that the
					 stickers are of equal value to each of the candidates. Thus, $ 50.00 of the
					 expenditure should be allocated to Candidate A and $ 50.00 should be allocated
					 to Candidate B. Financial records and a record of the facts on which the
					 allocation is based must be retained.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 12 - REPORTING OF EXPENDITURES; INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES › Section 19:25-12.11 - Expenditures for a recount or election contest

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An expenditure made by a candidate, candidate committee or
					 joint candidates committee for a recount of votes for an office in an election,
					 pursuant to
					 19:28-1 et seq., or for an office
					 in an election contest proceeding in an election, pursuant to
					 19:29-1 et seq., shall be an
					 expenditure subject to reporting for that office in the election that is the
					 subject of the recount or election contest.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 13 - POLITICAL IDENTIFICATION STATEMENTS › Section 19:25-13.1 - 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.
"Communication" means a press release, pamphlet, flyer,
					 form letter, sign, billboard, paid advertisement printed in any newspaper or
					 other publication or broadcast on radio or television, or telephone call
					 featuring a recorded message, or delivered or accessed by electronic means,
					 including, but not limited to, the Internet or text messaging, or any other
					 form of advertising directed to the electorate.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 13 - POLITICAL IDENTIFICATION STATEMENTS › Section 19:25-13.3 - Independent expenditure communications

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A communication that is paid for by any person, not acting
					 in concert with a candidate or any person or committee acting on behalf of a
					 candidate, that is, is paid for as an independent expenditure pursuant to
					 19:25-12.8, shall in addition to
					 the political identification statement required by this subchapter contain a
					 clear and conspicuous statement that the expenditure 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 13 - POLITICAL IDENTIFICATION STATEMENTS › Section 19:25-13.4 - Vendor records

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(a) Any person
				  who accepts compensation from a committee, group or individual described in
				  19:25-13.2 for the purpose of
				  printing, broadcasting, or otherwise disseminating to the electorate a
				  communication subject to political identification statement requirements shall
				  maintain a record of the transaction, which record shall include:
1. An exact copy of the
				  communication;
2. A statement of
				  the number of copies made or the dates and times the communication was
				  broadcast or otherwise transmitted; and
3. The name and address of the committee,
				  group or individual paying for the communication and of the candidate or
				  committee, if any, on whose behalf the individual was acting.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 13 - POLITICAL IDENTIFICATION STATEMENTS › Section 19:25-13.5 - Exemptions

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(a) The
				  following shall be exempt from the political identification requirements in
				  this subchapter:
1. A bona fide news item or
				  editorial contained in any publication of bona fide general
				  circulation;
2. Small, tangible
				  items of de minimis value commonly used in election campaigns to convey a
				  political message, including, but not limited to, buttons, combs, and nail
				  files; and
3. Advertising space
				  costing no more than $ 50.00 and purchased by a candidate committee, joint
				  candidates committee, political committee, continuing political committee,
				  political party committee, legislative leadership committee or other person, in
				  a political program book distributed at a fund-raising event, provided that the
				  payment for the advertising space is subject to reporting under the
				  Act.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 14 - RECALL ELECTIONS › Section 19:25-14.1 - 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.
"Campaign Reporting Act" means the New Jersey Campaign
					 Contributions and Expenditures Reporting Act, Laws of 1973, chapter 83, as
					 amended, 19:44A-1 et seq.
"Circulator" means an individual, whether paid or unpaid,
					 who solicits signatures for a recall petition.
"Elected official" means any person holding the office of
					 United States Senator or member of the United States House of Representatives
					 elected from this State, or any person holding a State or local government
					 office which, under the State Constitution or by law, is filled by the
					 registered voters of a jurisdiction at an election, including a person
					 appointed, selected or otherwise designated to fill a vacancy in such office,
					 but does not mean an official of a political party.
"File" or "filed" means deposited in the office of the
					 Commission designated in
					 19:25-2.1.
"Jurisdiction" means the electoral jurisdiction, including,
					 but not limited to, the State, or any county or municipality thereof, within
					 which the voters reside who are qualified to vote for an elected official who
					 is sought to be recalled.
"Notice of intention" means the notice filed with the
					 recall election official by a recall committee for the purpose of initiating a
					 recall effort.
"Recall Act" means the Uniform Recall Election Law, Laws of
					 1995, chapter 105,
					 19:27A-1 et seq.
"Recall committee" means a committee formed by persons
					 sponsoring the recall of an elected official which represents the sponsors and
					 signers of a recall petition in matters relating to the recall effort.
"Recall election" means an election held for the purpose of
					 allowing the voters of a jurisdiction to decide whether an elected official
					 shall be recalled from office.
"Recall election official" means the official authorized by
					 law to receive nominating petitions for an elective office, except that with
					 respect to the recall of the county clerk, it means the Secretary of
					 State.
"Recall petition" means a petition prepared and circulated
					 by a recall committee as provided by the Recall Act for the purpose of
					 gathering a sufficient number of valid signatures of registered voters to cause
					 a recall election to be called.
"Sponsors" means the proponents of a recall effort who
					 establish a recall committee.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 14 - RECALL ELECTIONS › Section 19:25-14.2 - Recall committee subject to candidate committee requirements; penalties

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(a) A recall
				  committee established under the Recall Act shall be treated as and shall be
				  subject to the same organizational, reporting, contribution limit, political
				  communication identification and other requirements as are provided for a
				  candidate committee in the Campaign Reporting Act and the regulations
				  promulgated pursuant to it, except as otherwise provided in this
				  chapter.
(b) A recall committee
				  shall be subject to the penalties provided in the Campaign Reporting Act for a
				  candidate committee.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 14 - RECALL ELECTIONS › Section 19:25-14.3 - Commencement of fundraising by recall committee

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(a) A recall
				  committee shall not solicit or accept contributions in connection with a recall
				  effort until either of the following events occur:
1. The recall committee serves written notice
				  of the recall effort on the official sought to be recalled, and such notice is
				  made by personal service or certified mail with a copy filed with the recall
				  election official; or
2. A copy of
				  a notice of intention approved by the recall election official is served on the
				  official sought to be recalled, as provided by N.J.S.A. 19:27A-7b (Subsection
				  b. of Section 7 of Chapter 105 of the Laws of 1995).
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 14 - RECALL ELECTIONS › Section 19:25-14.4 - Recall committee depository and filing requirements

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(a) A
				  recall committee shall appoint a treasurer and open a depository account for
				  the purpose of receiving contributions and making expenditures no later than
				  the date on which that recall committee first receives any contribution or
				  makes or incurs any expenditure in connection with a recall effort.
(b) No later than 10 days after establishing
				  a recall committee, the recall committee shall file a designation of campaign
				  depository and treasurer (Form RC-1) which shall be certified as true and
				  correct by the chairperson and treasurer of the recall committee, and shall
				  contain the following information:
1. The
				  full name of the recall committee, which name must contain the name of the
				  elected official sought to be recalled;
2. The name, mailing address and telephone
				  number of the person appointed as chairperson;
3. The name, mailing and resident address and
				  telephone number of the person appointed as treasurer;
4. The name, mailing address and telephone
				  number of the bank at which the campaign depository has been established, the
				  account name and number, and the names, mailing addresses and telephone numbers
				  of all persons authorized to sign checks or otherwise make
				  transactions.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 14 - RECALL ELECTIONS › Section 19:25-14.5 - Registration statement

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(a) A recall
				  committee shall file a recall committee registration statement (Form RC-2) no
				  later than 10 days after its establishment, and the registration statement
				  shall include the following:
1. The complete
				  name or identifying title of the committee and the general category of entity
				  or entities, including, but not limited to, business organizations, labor
				  organizations, professional or trade associations, candidates for or holders of
				  public offices, political parties, ideological groups or civic associations,
				  the interests of which are shared by the leadership, members, or financial
				  supporters of the committee;
2. The
				  mailing address of the committee and the name and resident address of a
				  resident of this State who shall have been designated by the committee as its
				  agent to accept service of process; and
3. A descriptive statement prepared by the
				  organizers or officers of the committee that identifies the following:
i. The name and mailing addresses of the
				  persons having control over the affairs of the committee, including, but not
				  limited to, persons in whose name or at whose direction or suggestion the
				  committee solicits funds;
ii. The
				  names and mailing address of any person not included among the persons
				  identified under subparagraph i. of this paragraph who, directly or through an
				  agent, participated in the initial organization of the committee;
iii. In the case of any person identified in
				  subparagraphs i. or ii. above who is an individual, the occupation of that
				  individual, the individual's home address, and the name and mailing address of
				  the individual's employer, or, in the case of any person identified in
				  subparagraphs i. and ii. which is a corporation, partnership, unincorporated
				  association, or other organization, the name and mailing address of the
				  organization;
4.
				  Information material to the economic, political and other particular interests
				  and objectives which the committee has been organized to or does advance. Any
				  change in the information required in this paragraph shall be filed in writing
				  with the Commission within three days of that change.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 14 - RECALL ELECTIONS › Section 19:25-14.6 - Recall committee use restrictions

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(a) All
				  contributions received by a recall committee shall be used only for the
				  following:
1. The payment of campaign
				  expenses incurred in the course of and directly related to the committee's
				  effort to promote the recall or the passage of the question of recall at the
				  recall election;
2. The payment of
				  the overhead and administrative expenses related to the operation of the
				  committee; or
3. The pro-rata
				  repayment of contributors.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 14 - RECALL ELECTIONS › Section 19:25-14.7 - Establishment of recall defense committee; subject to candidate committee requirements; penalties

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(a) A recall
				  defense committee shall not be formed and shall not solicit or accept
				  contributions in connection with a recall effort until the elected official
				  sought to be recalled receives notice of the recall effort pursuant to
				  19:25-14.3(a).
(b) An elected official sought to be recalled
				  shall establish, prior to receiving contributions and making expenditures for
				  the purpose of opposing a recall effort, a recall defense committee pursuant to
				  the Recall Act, which recall defense committee shall be separate from, but
				  shall be treated as and subject to the same organizational, reporting,
				  contribution limit, political communication identification and other
				  requirements as those existing for a candidate committee provided in the
				  Campaign Reporting Act and regulations promulgated pursuant to it, except that
				  a recall defense committee shall be permitted to receive without limit
				  contributions from the candidate committee or joint candidates committee of the
				  elected official sought to be recalled.
(c) A recall defense committee, for all
				  purposes relating to campaign finance, shall be in addition to any candidate
				  committee or joint candidates committee which an official sought to be recalled
				  may by law establish.
(d) If an
				  elected official sought to be recalled transfers funds from the official's
				  candidate committee or joint candidates committee to the official's recall
				  defense committee, a new election cycle shall be deemed to begin with respect
				  to the candidate committee or joint candidates committee after the recall
				  election is held or the recall effort fails and such official shall be
				  permitted to solicit and receive contributions thereto, including contributions
				  from prior contributors, up to the limits imposed by the Campaign Reporting
				  Act.
(e) A recall defense committee
				  shall be subject to the penalties provided in the Campaign Reporting Act for a
				  candidate committee.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 14 - RECALL ELECTIONS › Section 19:25-14.8 - Recall defense committee depository and filing requirements

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(a) No later
				  than the date on which a recall defense committee first receives any
				  contribution or transfer of funds, or makes or incurs any expenditure, the
				  recall defense committee shall open a depository account pursuant to
				  19:25-4.1.
(b) No later than 10 days after establishing
				  a recall defense committee, the recall defense committee shall file a
				  designation of campaign depository and treasurer (Form RC-1), which shall be
				  certified as true and correct by the chairperson and treasurer of the recall
				  defense committee, and shall contain the following information:
1. The full name of the recall defense
				  committee, which name must contain the name of the elected official sought to
				  be recalled;
2. The name, mailing
				  address and telephone number of the person appointed as chairperson;
3. The name, mailing and resident address and
				  telephone number of the person appointed as treasurer;
4. The name, mailing address and telephone
				  number of the bank at which the campaign depository has been established, the
				  account name and number, and the names, mailing addresses and telephone numbers
				  of all persons authorized to sign checks or otherwise make
				  transactions.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 14 - RECALL ELECTIONS › Section 19:25-14.9 - Recall defense committee use restrictions

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(a) All
				  contributions received by a recall defense committee shall be used only for the
				  following:
1. The payment of campaign
				  expenses incurred in the course of and directly related to the committee's
				  effort to oppose the recall effort or the passage of the question of recall at
				  the recall election;
2. The payment
				  of the overhead and administrative expenses related to the operation of the
				  committee; or
3. The pro-rata
				  repayment of contributors.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 14 - RECALL ELECTIONS › Section 19:25-14.10 - Requirements for a nominee to succeed elected official

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(a) Any nominee
				  to succeed an elected official shall be treated as and shall be subject to the
				  same organizational, reporting, contribution limit and other requirements for a
				  candidate provided in the Campaign Reporting Act and the regulations
				  promulgated pursuant to it, except as otherwise provided in this
				  Chapter.
(b) A nominee to succeed
				  an elected official shall be subject to the penalties provided in the Campaign
				  Reporting Act for a candidate committee.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 14 - RECALL ELECTIONS › Section 19:25-14.11 - Limits applicable to Federal candidates

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(a) The limits
				  on contributions established by
				  2 U.S.C.
				  441 a shall apply to:
1. A Federal elected official sought to be
				  recalled;
2. A candidate to succeed
				  a Federal elected official; or
3. A
				  recall committee seeking to recall a Federal elected official.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 14 - RECALL ELECTIONS › Section 19:25-14.12 - Public financing unavailable

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A Governor who is sought to be recalled shall not be
					 entitled to public support or financing pursuant to
					 19:44A-27 et seq. for the purpose
					 of opposing the recall effort.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 14 - RECALL ELECTIONS › Section 19:25-14.13 - Limit on contributions by a prior defeated candidate

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Contributions to a recall committee by a candidate
					 committee or joint candidates committee of a candidate who was defeated by the
					 official sought to be recalled at the last election for that office shall be
					 subject to the limits on contributions established by the Campaign Reporting
					 Act and this chapter.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 14 - RECALL ELECTIONS › Section 19:25-14.14 - Identification of paid circulator

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(a) If a
				  solicitation for signatures to a recall petition is presented to prospective
				  petition signers by a paid print advertisement or paid mailing, or if a recall
				  petition is presented to a prospective signer by a paid circulator, the
				  solicitation or petition, respectively, shall disclose prominently in a
				  statement printed in at least 10-point type the following:
1. The full name and residence address of the
				  person paying for the printed or personal solicitation; and
2. The fact that the circulator is
				  paid.