New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 20 - REPRESENTED ENTITIES AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AGENTS › Section 19:25-20.3 - Exemptions from the Act

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The
				  provisions of the Act shall not apply to the following activities:
1. The acts of the government of the United
				  States or of the State of New Jersey or of any other state or of any of the
				  political subdivision or authorities or commissions of any of the foregoing, or
				  any interstate authority or commission, or any official, employee, counsel or
				  agent of any of the above when acting in his or her official
				  capacity.
2. The publication or
				  dissemination, in the ordinary course of business, of news items, advertising
				  which does not constitute communication with the general public, editorials or
				  other comments by a newspaper, book publisher, regularly published periodical,
				  or radio or television station or similar media, including an owner, editor or
				  employee thereof, nor the acts of a recognized school or institution of higher
				  education, public or private, in conducting, sponsoring or subsidizing any
				  classes, seminars, forums, discussions or other events, in the normal course of
				  its business in which political information or discussion thereof or comment
				  thereon is an integral part.
3. The
				  acts of bona fide religious groups acting solely for the purpose of protecting
				  the public right to practice the doctrine of such religious group.
4. The acts of a duly organized national,
				  state or local committee of a political party.
5. The acts of a person in testifying before
				  a legislative committee or commission, at a public hearing duly called by the
				  Governor on legislative proposals or on legislation passed and pending his or
				  her approval, or before any officer or body empowered by law to issue,
				  promulgate or adopt administrative rules and regulations in behalf of a
				  nonprofit organization incorporated as such in this State, who receives no
				  compensation therefor beyond the reimbursement of necessary and actual
				  expenses, and who makes no other communication with a member of the
				  Legislature, legislative staff, the Governor, the Governor's staff, or an
				  officer or staff member of the Executive Branch in connection with the subject
				  of his or her testimony.
6. The
				  acts of a person in communicating with or providing benefits to a member of the
				  Legislature, legislative staff, the Governor, the Governor's staff, or an
				  officer or staff member of the Executive Branch if such communication or
				  provision of benefits is undertaken by him or her by exclusive use of his or
				  her personal funds as a personal expression and not incident to his or her
				  employment, even if it is upon a matter relevant to the interests of a person
				  by whom or which he or she is employed, and if he or she receives no additional
				  compensation or reward, in money or otherwise, for or as a result of such
				  communication or provision of benefits.
7. A communication by an individual with an
				  employee of a principal department in the Executive Branch of State government,
				  or with an employee of any authority, board, commission, or other agency or
				  instrumentality in or of a principal department of the Executive Branch of
				  State government for a routine, ministerial matter. A communication for a
				  routine, ministerial matter includes, but is not limited to, a communication
				  to:
i. Schedule a meeting date, time, and
				  place;
ii. Request the status of an
				  administrative matter;
iii. Request
				  procedures or forms;
iv. Request
				  information concerning requirements to comply with existing laws or
				  regulations;
v. Apply for a permit
				  or license as required by law;
vi.
				  Participate in an inspection required by law;
vii. Respond to an audit conducted pursuant
				  to law;
viii. Make a contact as a
				  salesperson for the sole purpose of selling goods or services;
ix. Inquire about the delivery of services or
				  materials pursuant to an existing contract;
x. Provide advice or perform services
				  pursuant to an existing contract;
xi. Prepare documents and materials in
				  response to a request for proposal or to participate at a bid conference after
				  bid specifications have been established;
xii. Respond to a subpoena;
xiii. Respond to a public emergency or
				  condition involving public health or safety; or
xiv. Provide a response to a detailed request
				  for specific information.
8. Participation by an individual in a task
				  force, advisory board, or working group that is specifically established
				  pursuant to statute or established by the head of a principal department in
				  State government who has statutory authority to convene such groups, and where
				  the following conditions are met:
i. The
				  individual has been specifically nominated or invited to participate;
				  and
ii. The individual receives no
				  separate compensation for his or her service.