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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 8 - CANDIDATE, JOINT CANDIDATES, AND POLITICAL COMMITTEE REPORTING › Section 19:25-8.11 - Termination of political committee quarterly reporting

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(a) A political
				  committee may certify a 20-day postelection report or a quarterly report as its
				  final election fund report for an election and thereby terminate further
				  reporting for that election provided:
1.
				  There is no remaining balance in any depository opened or maintained by the
				  political committee;
2. There are
				  no outstanding obligations of the political committee; or, if outstanding
				  obligations exist, the total amount does not exceed $ 1,000, or does not exceed
				  10 percent of the expenditures of the election fund with respect to the
				  election, whichever amount is less; or written evidence is provided that any
				  existing outstanding obligations are likely to be discharged or forgiven;
				  and
3. The political committee has
				  been dissolved and wound up its business for the past election.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 8 - CANDIDATE, JOINT CANDIDATES, AND POLITICAL COMMITTEE REPORTING › Section 19:25-8.12 - Time and place of filing reports

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(a) All reports
				  required to be filed must be received by the Commission no later than 5:00 P.M.
				  on the date the report is due for filing in order to be deemed timely
				  filed.
(b) A candidate committee,
				  joint candidates committee, or political committee shall, for the period of
				  time provided in
				  19:25-7.3,
				  retain an exact copy of each report as that report has been filed with the
				  Commission.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 9 - CONTINUING POLITICAL COMMITTEE, POLITICAL PARTY COMMITTEE, AND LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE REPORTING › Section 19:25-9.1 - Quarterly reports

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(a) A continuing
				  political committee, a political party committee, or a legislative leadership
				  committee shall file quarterly reports of all contributions received, all
				  expenditures made, and all other transactions of its election fund subject to
				  reporting, which reports shall be due for filing and shall include the
				  following periods of time:
1. The first
				  quarterly report shall be due for filing on April 15 of a calendar year. The
				  first quarterly report shall include all contributions received or expenditures
				  made for the following period of time: beginning with the first transaction
				  occurring on or after January 1 of the calendar year of the filing date, and
				  ending with the last transaction occurring on March 31 of that calendar
				  year;
2. The second quarterly
				  report shall be due for filing on July 15 of a calendar year. The second
				  quarterly report shall include all contributions received or expenditures made
				  for the following period of time: beginning with the first transaction
				  occurring on or after April 1 of the calendar year of the filing date, and
				  ending with the last transaction occurring on June 30 of that calendar
				  year;
3. The third quarterly report
				  shall be due for filing on October 15 of a calendar year. The third quarterly
				  report shall include all contributions received or expenditures made for the
				  following period of time: beginning with the first transaction occurring on or
				  after July 1 of the calendar year of the filing date, and ending with the last
				  transaction occurring on September 30 of that calendar year; and
4. The fourth quarterly report shall be due
				  for filing on January 15 of a calendar year. The fourth quarterly report shall
				  include all contributions received and expenditures made for the following
				  period of time: beginning with the first transaction occurring on or after
				  October 1 of the calendar year preceding the calendar year of the filing date,
				  and ending with the last transaction occurring on December 31 of the calendar
				  year preceding the calendar year of the filing date.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 9 - CONTINUING POLITICAL COMMITTEE, POLITICAL PARTY COMMITTEE, AND LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE REPORTING › Section 19:25-9.2 - Certified statement (Form A-3)

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(a) There shall be no
				  obligation to file the quarterly reports referred to at
				  N.J.A.C. 19:25-9.1
				  on behalf of a continuing political committee, political party committee, or
				  legislative leadership committee that files no later than January 15 of a calendar
				  year a certified statement (Form A-3) to the effect that the total amount to be
				  raised or expended in that calendar year shall not exceed $ 7,200. Such committee is
				  required to file the certified statement (Form A-3) notwithstanding that the
				  committee did not receive any contribution or make any expenditure in a calendar
				  year.
(b) In the event that a continuing
				  political committee, political party committee, or legislative leadership committee
				  files a certified statement (Form A-3) pursuant to (a) above, and total expenditures
				  exceed $ 7,200 during the calendar year for which the statement was filed, the
				  committee shall:
1. File a quarterly report
				  pursuant to
				  N.J.A.C. 19:25-9.1
				  on the date relevant to the calendar year quarter in which $ 7,200 of expenditures
				  was exceeded, and that quarterly report shall include all contributions received and
				  all expenditures made from the beginning of the calendar year; and
2. Continue filing quarterly reports for the
				  remainder of that calendar year, unless a final quarterly report is filed pursuant
				  to 19:25-9.5.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 9 - CONTINUING POLITICAL COMMITTEE, POLITICAL PARTY COMMITTEE, AND LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE REPORTING › Section 19:25-9.3 - Contributions received immediately before an election

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(a) An organizational treasurer of a continuing
				  political committee, a political party committee, or a legislative leadership
				  committee shall file a notice (Form C-3 or 72/24-HR) with the Commission of any
				  contribution in excess of $ 200.00, or any aggregate contributions from a
				  contributor, which total in excess of $ 200.00, received after the closing date of
				  its most recent quarterly report and on or before the date of an election in which
				  the committee has made or intends to make any contribution or expenditure to aid or
				  promote any candidate or the passage or defeat of any public question. The closing
				  dates of quarterly reports are set forth at
				  N.J.A.C.
				  19:25-9.1(a).
(b) The notice described at (a) above shall be
				  signed by the organizational treasurer and filed with the Commission:
1. No later than the 11th day before the election
				  for all such contributions or aggregate contributions received on or after the first
				  day of the quarter up to and including the 14th day prior to the election;
2. Within 72 hours of receipt of the contribution
				  or aggregate contributions, if received on or after the 13th day prior to the
				  election up to and including the eighth day prior to the election; or
3. Within 24 hours of receipt of the contribution
				  or aggregate contributions, if received on or after the seventh day prior to the
				  election up to and including the date of the election.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 9 - CONTINUING POLITICAL COMMITTEE, POLITICAL PARTY COMMITTEE, AND LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE REPORTING › Section 19:25-9.4 - Continuing political committee expenditures made immediately before a primary or general election

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(a) An organizational
				  treasurer of a continuing political committee shall file a notice (Form E-3 or
				  72/24-HR) of an expenditure of money or other thing of value in excess of $ 200.00,
				  or aggregate expenditures that total in excess of $ 200.00, made, incurred, or
				  authorized in a primary or general election by the continuing political committee to
				  support or defeat a candidate, or to aid the passage or defeat of a public question,
				  which expenditure is, or aggregate expenditures are, made, incurred, or authorized
				  after March 31 and on or before the day of the primary election, or after September
				  30, and on or before the day of the general election. The notice shall contain:
1. The name of the continuing political committee
				  making the expenditure;
2. The name and
				  mailing address of the person, firm or recipient; or the name and mailing address of
				  the organization to whom or which the expenditure was paid or given; and
3. The amount and purpose 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 9 - CONTINUING POLITICAL COMMITTEE, POLITICAL PARTY COMMITTEE, AND LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE REPORTING › Section 19:25-9.4A - Political party committee and legislative leadership committee expenditures made immediately before a primary or general election

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(a) An organizational treasurer of a political
				  party committee or an organizational treasurer of a legislative leadership committee
				  shall file a notice (Form E-3 or 72/24-HR) of an expenditure of money or other thing
				  of value in excess of $ 200.00, or aggregate expenditures that total in excess of $
				  200.00, made, incurred, or authorized in a primary or general election by the
				  political party committee or legislative leadership committee to support or defeat a
				  candidate, or to aid the passage or defeat of a public question, which expenditure
				  is, or aggregate expenditures are made, incurred, or authorized after March 31 and
				  on or before the day of the primary election, or after September 30 and on or before
				  the day of the general election. The notice shall contain:
1. The name of the political party committee or
				  legislative leadership committee making the expenditure;
2. The name and mailing address of the person,
				  firm or recipient; or the name and mailing address of the organization to whom or
				  which the expenditure was paid or given; and
3. The amount and purpose 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 9 - CONTINUING POLITICAL COMMITTEE, POLITICAL PARTY COMMITTEE, AND LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE REPORTING › Section 19:25-9.5 - Termination of continuing political committee reporting

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(a) A continuing
				  political committee may certify a quarterly report as its final quarterly
				  report and thereby terminate further quarterly reporting provided:
1. The continuing political committee has
				  ceased making contributions to aid or promote any candidate, or to aid or
				  promote the passage or defeat of any public question;
2. The final quarterly report makes a final
				  accounting of any funds used or relating to aiding or promoting any candidate
				  or the passage or defeat of any public question, including the final
				  disposition of any remaining balance; and
3. The continuing political committee is
				  dissolved.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 9 - CONTINUING POLITICAL COMMITTEE, POLITICAL PARTY COMMITTEE, AND LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE REPORTING › Section 19:25-9.6 - Time and place of filing reports

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(a) All reports
				  required to be filed must be received by the Commission no later than 5:00 P.M.
				  on the date the report is due for filing in order to be deemed timely
				  filed.
(b) A continuing political
				  committee, political party committee, or legislative leadership committee
				  shall, for the period of time provided in
				  19:25-7.3, retain an exact copy of
				  each report as that report has been filed with the Commission.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 10 - CONTRIBUTION REPORTING › Section 19:25-10.1 - General provisions

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Each contribution received by a candidate, candidate
					 committee, joint candidates committee, political committee, continuing
					 political committee, political party committee or legislative leadership
					 committee must be reported at the time and in the manner provided in the Act
					 and this subchapter.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 10 - CONTRIBUTION REPORTING › Section 19:25-10.2 - Contributions of more than $ 200.00; currency contributions

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(a) A contribution received by a candidate
				  committee, joint candidates committee, or political committee during an election
				  fund report period established at N.J.A.C. 19:25-8 in an amount of more than $
				  200.00, or aggregate contributions received by such a committee in an election from
				  a contributor totaling more than $ 200.00 during such a report period, or a currency
				  contribution, in any amount received during such a reporting period, must be
				  reported by providing the following information:
1.
				  The date the contribution was received or, if more than one contribution was
				  received in the reporting period, the dates the aggregate contributions were
				  received;
2. The name and mailing
				  address of the contributor;
3. If the
				  contributor is an individual, the occupation of the individual and the name and
				  mailing address of the individual's employer pursuant to
				  19:25-10.2A;
4. The amount of the contribution, or amount of
				  aggregate contributions in the reporting period; and
5. The total amount of all contributions received
				  from the contributor in the election to date.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 10 - CONTRIBUTION REPORTING › Section 19:25-10.2A - Reporting of occupation and employer information

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(a) Occupation and employer information shall be
				  reported for each individual contributor whose contribution is more than $ 200.00,
				  or whose contributions are more than $ 200.00 in the aggregate, in an election to a
				  candidate committee, joint candidates committee, or political committee, or in a
				  calendar year to a continuing political committee, political party committee, or
				  legislative leadership committee or whose contribution is a currency contribution in
				  any amount received during such reporting period.
(b) The following occupation information shall be
				  reported for each contributor who is an individual:
1. For an individual who earns a source of
				  livelihood, a description of the individual's source of livelihood shall be
				  provided, such as "florist," "attorney," "physician," "business owner," "law
				  enforcement," "hospitality," "custodian," or "electrician." Descriptions such as
				  "self-employed," "owner," or "sole proprietor" are insufficient.
2. For an individual who does not have a source of
				  livelihood, a description, such as "retired," "student," or "unemployed" shall be
				  reported, but in all cases a description shall be provided and the information shall
				  not be left blank or empty.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 10 - CONTRIBUTION REPORTING › Section 19:25-10.4 - Computation of contribution amounts

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(a) A
				  contribution received in the form of goods (that is, an in-kind contribution)
				  shall be reported in an amount equal to the fair market value of the goods to
				  the candidate, candidate committee, joint candidates committee, political
				  committee, continuing political committee, political party committee or
				  legislative leadership committee receiving such goods.
(b) A contribution in the form of "paid
				  personal services" as defined in
				  19:25-1.7, Definitions, shall be
				  reported in an amount equal to the amount of salary, compensation or
				  consideration for said services paid by the contributor to the individual
				  performing said services.
(c)
				  Personal services performed by an individual on a voluntary, non-compensated
				  basis do not constitute a reportable contribution.
1. Example 1: E is a certified public
				  accountant, who, in aid of the candidacy of candidate A has undertaken to set
				  up the necessary books and records to reflect the financial operations of the
				  campaign of candidate A. E employs in his office several accountants,
				  bookkeepers and clerical personnel who perform some of the work required to
				  maintain the financial records for the campaign of candidate A. The services of
				  E do not constitute a contribution to candidate A since they are voluntary and
				  uncompensated personal services. The value of the services of the accountants
				  and other employees of E, estimated as described in (b) above, are a
				  contribution to candidate A.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 10 - CONTRIBUTION REPORTING › Section 19:25-10.5 - Contributions of paid personal services

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(a) The
				  treasurer or organizational treasurer of a candidate committee, joint
				  candidates committee, political committee, continuing political committee,
				  political party committee, or legislative leadership committee shall upon
				  receipt of a contribution in the form of paid personal services pursuant to
				  19:25-10.4(b) 
				  obtain from the person contributing the paid personal services a written
				  statement setting forth the amount of compensation paid by the contributor to
				  the individual performing the services.
(b) In any written statement required
				  pursuant to (a) above, if the individual performing the services for the
				  candidate committee, joint candidates committee, political committee,
				  continuing political committee, political party committee or legislative
				  leadership committee, also performed other services during the same period for
				  the contributor, and the manner of payment was such that payment for the
				  contributed services cannot readily be segregated from contemporary payment for
				  the other services, the contributor shall so state in the written statement and
				  shall either:
1. Set forth the contributor's
				  best estimate of the dollar amount of payment to each such individual which is
				  attributable to the contribution of the paid personal services, and shall
				  certify the substantial accuracy of the same; or
2. If unable to determine such amount with
				  sufficient accuracy, set forth the total compensation paid by the contributor
				  to each such individual for the period of time during which the paid personal
				  services were performed.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 10 - CONTRIBUTION REPORTING › Section 19:25-10.6 - Currency contributions

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(a) A candidate,
				  candidate committee, joint candidates committee, political committee,
				  continuing political committee, political party committee, or legislative
				  leadership committee, or the treasurer or organizational treasurer of such
				  committee, may accept a contribution in the form of currency provided that it
				  is received in an aggregate amount not to exceed $200.00 in an election, or a
				  calendar year, whichever is applicable to the recipient candidate or committee,
				  and provided the contributor simultaneously submits a written record to the
				  committee or treasurer containing the following:
1. The date the contribution was
				  made;
2. The name and mailing
				  address of the contributor;
3. If
				  the contributor is an individual, the occupation of the individual and the name
				  and mailing address of the individual's employer;
4. The amount of the contribution;
				  and
5. The signature of the
				  contributor.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 10 - CONTRIBUTION REPORTING › Section 19:25-10.7 - Public solicitations

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(a) The term
				  "public solicitation" means any activity by or on behalf of any candidate,
				  political committee, continuing political committee, candidate committee, joint
				  candidates committee, legislative leadership committee or political party
				  committee whereby either:
1. Members of the
				  general public are personally solicited for on-the-spot cash contributions not
				  to exceed $ 20.00 per person; or
2.
				  Members of the general public are personally solicited for on-the-spot purchase
				  of items having tangible value as merchandise, at a price not to exceed $ 20.00
				  per item.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 10 - CONTRIBUTION REPORTING › Section 19:25-10.8 - Prohibition of anonymous contributions and of contributions in the name of another

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(a) No
				  contribution shall be made by a person or received by a candidate, candidate
				  committee, joint candidates committee, political committee, continuing
				  political committee, political party committee or legislative leadership
				  committee on an anonymous basis, that is without making known, or knowing, the
				  identity of the person making the contribution, or in a fictitious name, or by
				  one person or group in the name of another, and no person shall contribute or
				  purport to contribute to any candidate, candidate committee, joint candidates
				  committee, political committee, continuing political committee, political party
				  committee, or legislative leadership committee, any funds or property not
				  actually belonging to him or her and in his or her full custody and control, or
				  which have been given or furnished to him or her by any other person or group
				  for the purpose of making a contribution thereof.
(b) A contribution shall not be deemed
				  anonymous if the identity of the contributor was known to the candidate,
				  candidate committee, joint candidates committee, political committee,
				  continuing political committee, political party committee or legislative
				  leadership committee, or to the treasurer or organizational treasurer of such
				  committee, at the time when the contribution was received, even though the
				  committee or treasurer may later be unable to identify the contributor because
				  of loss or destruction of records. Nothing in this subsection shall be
				  construed to prevent the Commission from imposing a penalty pursuant to the Act
				  or this chapter for failure to keep proper records.
(c) A group contribution, that is a
				  contribution made collectively by persons who are members of the contributing
				  group, shall not be deemed an anonymous contribution by any individual member
				  of the group.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 10 - CONTRIBUTION REPORTING › Section 19:25-10.9 - Contributions for an inaugural or other election-related event

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(a) Funds given
				  to and received by a candidate, candidate committee or joint candidates
				  committee for the purpose of the contributor attending or otherwise
				  participating in 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 contributions and are subject to the requirements of the Act
				  and this chapter.
(b) Funds given
				  to and received by a gubernatorial candidate for the purpose of the contributor
				  attending or otherwise participating in 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 10 - CONTRIBUTION REPORTING › Section 19:25-10.11 - Reporting of political communication costs

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(a) If any
				  political communication as defined in
				  19:25-10.1 0 is incurred or paid
				  for by any candidate committee or joint candidates committee, the committee
				  shall report such expenditure in accordance with N.J.A.C. 19:25-12.
(b) Any political communication as defined by
				  19:25-10.1 0 incurred or paid for
				  by any person or entity other than the candidate's candidate committee or joint
				  candidates committee, which political communication is prepared, made or
				  circulated with the consent or cooperation of the candidate, shall be reported
				  by that candidate as a campaign contribution of goods and/or services in
				  accordance with
				  19:25-10.4(a).
(c) Any political communication not prepared,
				  made or circulated with the consent or cooperation of a candidate and incurred
				  or paid for by any other person or entity shall be reported in accordance with
				  N.J.A.C. 19:25-12.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 10 - CONTRIBUTION REPORTING › Section 19:25-10.12 - Interest income

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Any payment received as interest income for funds on
					 deposit in a campaign or organizational depository account established pursuant
					 to 19:25-5.2 is not subject to
					 contributor identification requirements, provided that such interest payment
					 amount is included in amounts reported as received and deposited.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 10 - CONTRIBUTION REPORTING › Section 19:25-10.13 - Loans as contributions

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(a) A loan
				  received by a candidate, candidate committee, joint candidates committee,
				  political committee, continuing political committee, political party committee
				  or legislative leadership committee, or by the treasurer of such committee,
				  shall be reported as a contribution by the person or entity making the
				  loan.
(b) Notwithstanding (a)
				  above, if a loan is made to a candidate, committee or treasurer by a banking or
				  lending institution, and if the candidate as an individual using personal
				  assets, or some third party person or entity, in the ordinary course of
				  business, has guaranteed, co-signed or otherwise assured repayment of the loan
				  to the banking or lending institution, the contributor of the loan shall be
				  reported as the person or entity guaranteeing, co-signing or otherwise assuring
				  the repayment of the loan, and the banking or lending institution shall not be
				  deemed to be the contributor.
(c) A
				  loan made by a banking or lending institution to a candidate, candidate
				  committee, joint candidates committee, political committee, continuing
				  political committee, political party committee or legislative leadership
				  committee which loan is not secured pursuant to (b) above is a contribution to
				  the candidate or committee by that banking or lending institution.
(d) An obligation by a contributor to pay for
				  goods or services, which obligation is to be repaid by a candidate, candidate
				  committee, joint candidates committee, political committee, continuing
				  political committee, political party committee or legislative leadership
				  committee, shall be reported as a contribution subject to contribution limits
				  and shall be reported as an outstanding obligation.
(e) A loan shall be reported as a
				  contribution at the time it is received and is a contribution as long as it
				  remains unpaid.
(f) A contribution
				  made by a candidate from his or her own funds to his or her candidate
				  committee, or joint candidates committee, cannot be treated as a loan, and
				  cannot be repaid to the candidate at any time, unless the candidate's candidate
				  committee, or joint candidates committee, at the time the contribution is
				  received, also reports the contribution amount as an outstanding obligation
				  owed to that candidate. A candidate's candidate committee, or joint candidates
				  committee, that fails to report a contribution from a candidate who established
				  the candidate committee, or joint candidates committee, as an outstanding
				  obligation owed to that candidate at the time the contribution is received
				  shall be precluded from recharacterizing the contribution as a loan in amended
				  or subsequent reports.
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(a)
				  Contributions by minors shall be attributed to the legal guardian(s) of the
				  minor for the purposes of
				  19:25-11.2, and not to the minor
				  unless:
1. The minor is 14 years or
				  older;
2. The contribution is made
				  from funds comprised of the minor's earned income as defined in
				  19:25-1.7; and
3. Sworn statements made by the minor and by
				  the minor's legal guardian(s) are submitted with the contribution which state
				  that the decision to contribute was solely that of the minor and that the funds
				  used to make the contribution were comprised solely of the minor's earned
				  income.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 10 - CONTRIBUTION REPORTING › Section 19:25-10.16 - Contributions by electronic transfer of funds

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(a) A candidate
				  committee, joint candidates committee, political committee, continuing
				  political committee, political party committee, or legislative leadership
				  committee may receive a contribution made by means of an electronic transfer of
				  funds, including a credit card, provided that:
1. The date of receipt of a contribution made
				  by an electronic transfer of funds, including a credit card, is the date on
				  which the account owner or credit card owner authorizes that the contribution
				  be charged to the owner's account or credit card;
2. The amount of the contribution is the
				  total amount that the account owner or credit card owner authorizes to be
				  charged to the account;
3. The
				  account used to make the contribution made by an electronic transfer of funds
				  or a credit card must be owned by the individual contributor or other entity
				  making the contribution; and
4. The
				  campaign or organizational treasurer shall make and maintain records required
				  pursuant to
				  19:25-7.1 for each contribution
				  received by means of an electronic transfer of funds or credit card.
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 19:25-11.1 - Candidates subject to contribution limits

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(a) All
				  candidates, candidate committees, and joint candidates committees, and all
				  treasurers of such committees, shall observe the contribution limits set forth
				  in this subchapter and shall not knowingly accept any contribution in excess of
				  such contribution limits, except that candidates for nomination for election to
				  the office of Governor shall be subject to the contribution limits set forth in
				  N.J.A.C. 19:25-16, Public Financing of Primary Election for Governor, and
				  candidates for election to the offices of Governor and of Lieutenant Governor
				  shall be jointly subject to the contribution limits set forth in N.J.A.C.
				  19:25-15, Public Financing: General Elections for the offices of Governor and
				  of Lieutenant Governor.
(b) A
				  candidate who has established and is maintaining a candidate committee, or
				  joint candidates committee, or both, for an office in an election may not
				  establish or maintain another candidate committee, or joint candidates
				  committee, for that office in any other election, and may not receive
				  contributions for that same office in any other election, with the following
				  exceptions:
1. The candidate is maintaining a
				  committee for that office in a past election for the sole purpose of receiving
				  contributions to satisfy net liabilities of that past election pursuant to
				  19:25-8.7A; or
2. The candidate is maintaining a committee
				  to receive contributions and make expenditures for a recount or election
				  contest pursuant to
				  19:25-11.1 2 or 12.11 for that
				  office in that election.
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 19:25-11.1A - Committees subject to contribution limits

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All political committees, continuing political committees,
					 legislative leadership committees, political party committees, and all
					 treasurers or organizational treasurers of such committees, shall observe the
					 contribution limits set forth in this subchapter and shall not knowingly accept
					 any contribution in violation of such contribution limits.
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 19:25-11.2 - Contribution limit chart

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(a) The following
				  chart sets forth the contribution limits applicable in an election, or in a calendar
				  year, as the case may be, to persons or entities making contributions to candidates,
				  candidate committees, political committees, continuing political committees,
				  legislative leadership committees, and State, county, or municipal political party
				  committees, except that the chart does not apply to contributions made to candidates
				  for Governor and Lieutenant Governor:
ADJUSTED CONTRIBUTION LIMITS FOR NON-GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES
					 AND COMMITTEES
Entities Receiving Contributions
Entities Making Contributions
Candidate Committee
Political Committee
Continuing Political Committee
Legislative Leadership Committee
State Political Party Committee
County Political Party Committee
Municipal Political Party Committee
Individual to:
$5,200 per election
$14,400 per election
$14,400 per year
$75,000 per year
$75,000 per year
$75,000 per year
$14,400 per year
Corporation or Union to:
$5,200 per election
$14,400 per election
$14,400 per year
$75,000 per year
$75,000 per year
$75,000 per year
$14,400 per year
Association or Group to:
$5,200 per election
$14,400 per election
$14,400 per year
$75,000 per year
$75,000 per year
$75,000 per year
$14,400 per year
Candidate Committee to:
$16,400 per election
$14,400 per election
$14,400 per year
$75,000 per year
$75,000 per year
$75,000 per year
$14,400 per year
Political Committee to:
$16,400 per election
$14,400 per election
$14,400 per year
$75,000 per year
$75,000 per year
$75,000 per year
$14,400 per year
Continuing Political Committee to:
$16,400 per election
$14,400 per election
$14,400 per year
$75,000 per year
$75,000 per year
$75,000 per year
$14,400 per year
Legislative
NO LIMITS
Leadership Committee
State Political Party Committee to:
NO LIMITS
County Political Party
NO LIMITS, except those set forth at
							 N.J.A.C.
							 19:25-11.7 for a county political party committee.
Committee to: Municipal
NO LIMITS
Political Party Committee to: National Political Party
$16,400 per
$14,400 per
$14,400 per year
$75,000 per year
$144,000 per year
$75,000 per year
$14,400 per year
Committee to: Any Contributor to a Housekeeping Account:
election N/A
election N/A
N/A
N/A
$37,500 per year
$37,500 per year
N/A
(b) No
				  contributing person or entity listed in (a) above shall make a contribution, or
				  aggregate contributions, in excess of the contribution limits set forth in (a)
				  above.
(c) No candidate, candidate
				  committee, political committee, continuing political committee, legislative
				  leadership committee, political party committee, or treasurer or organizational
				  treasurer of any of such committee, shall knowingly accept a contribution, or
				  aggregate contributions, in excess of the contribution limits set forth in (a)
				  above.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 11 - CONTRIBUTION LIMITS › Section 19:25-11.3 - Candidate contributions

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(a) A candidate
				  may make a contribution as an individual and subject to the limits set forth in this
				  subchapter notwithstanding any contribution made by the candidate's candidate
				  committee or joint candidates committee, provided that the contribution made by the
				  candidate as an individual is not derived from funds controlled by the candidate
				  committee or joint candidates committee.
(b) Notwithstanding the contribution limits set
				  forth in 19:25-11.2 above, a candidate, or a
				  corporation one hundred percent of the stock of which is owned by the candidate, or
				  by the candidate's spouse, child, parent, or sibling residing in the candidate's
				  household, may make contributions without limit to a candidate committee established
				  by that candidate, or to a joint candidates committee established by that
				  candidate.
(c) Notwithstanding the
				  contribution limits set forth at
				  N.J.A.C.
				  19:25-11.2, a candidate committee or joint
				  candidates committee can make contributions in the same election without limit to
				  another candidate committee or joint candidates committee if both the contributing
				  and recipient committees are established by candidates who are seeking nomination
				  for election, or election to, legislative offices within the same legislative
				  district, or to the same offices within the same political subdivision of this
				  State, that is, the offices of mayor and member of the municipal governing body, or
				  to the offices of county executive in a county and members of the board of county
				  commissioners in the same county.
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 19:25-11.6 - Public question political committees

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(a) A political
				  committee which is organized to, or does, aid or promote the passage or defeat
				  of a public question in an election, may accept a contribution from a
				  contributor without limit, notwithstanding the contribution limits set forth in
				  19:25-11.2.
(b) A political committee which is organized
				  to, or does, aid or promote the passage or defeat of a public question in an
				  election, may make contributions without limit to another political committee,
				  or to a continuing political committee.
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 19:25-11.7 - County political party contribution limits

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(a) In
				  addition to the limits set forth at
				  N.J.A.C.
				  19:25-11.2, a county political party committee
				  shall not make a contribution, or aggregate contributions, in excess of $ 16,400 in
				  an election to a candidate committee established by a candidate seeking election for
				  an office in another county.
(b) In
				  addition to the limits set forth at
				  N.J.A.C.
				  19:25-11.2, a county political party committee
				  shall not make a contribution, or aggregate contributions, in excess of $ 14,400 in
				  a calendar year to a municipal political party committee in another
				  county.
(c) In addition to the limits
				  set forth at N.J.A.C. 19:25-11.2, a county political
				  party committee may make contributions, or aggregate contributions, subject to the
				  following limits:
1. To a candidate for State
				  Legislature in a legislative district in which less than 20 percent of the
				  legislative district's population resides in the county of the contributing county
				  political party committee, a contribution not to exceed $ 16,400 in the election;
				  and
2. To a candidate for State
				  Legislature in a legislative district in which at least 20 percent but less than 40
				  percent of the legislative district's population resides in the county of the
				  contributing county political party committee, a contribution not to exceed $ 50,000
				  in the election.
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 19:25-11.7A - Limitations on contributions between county political party committees

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(a) In addition
				  to any other applicable limit prescribed by law, between January 1 and June 30
				  of each year, a county committee of a political party shall not make a
				  contribution to any other county committee of a political party, nor shall any
				  such county committee accept a contribution from any other county committee
				  during that time period.
(b) In
				  addition to any other penalty provided by law, a county committee of a
				  political party that willfully and intentionally violates this section, or
				  willfully and intentionally makes a contribution to any candidate or committee
				  with the intent, condition, understanding or belief that the candidate or
				  committee has made or shall make a contribution to another county committee of
				  a political party, shall be liable to a penalty equal to four times the amount
				  of the contribution.
(c) For the
				  purposes of this section, a county committee of a political party shall have
				  willfully and intentionally made a contribution in violation of this section if
				  that county committee of a political party fails to request in writing within
				  48 hours of making the contribution that the recipient county committee of a
				  political party or candidate return the contribution.
(d) For the purposes of this section, a
				  county committee of a political party shall have willfully and intentionally
				  accepted a contribution in violation of this section if the recipient county
				  committee of a political party fails to return the contribution within 48 hours
				  of receipt to the candidate or county committee of a political party which made
				  the contribution.
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 19:25-11.8 - Return of excessive contributions

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(a) A candidate,
				  candidate committee, joint candidates committee, political committee,
				  continuing political committee, legislative leadership committee, or political
				  party committee, or a treasurer or organizational treasurer of such a
				  committee, who receives a contribution in an amount exceeding any contribution
				  limit set forth in this subchapter, shall return that portion of the
				  contribution which exceeds the contribution limit to the contributor within 48
				  hours of such receipt, and shall make and maintain a written record of the
				  contribution containing the following:
1. The
				  date the contribution was received;
2. The name and mailing address of the
				  contributor;
3. If the contributor
				  is an individual, the occupation of the individual and the name and mailing
				  address of the individual's employer;
4. The amount of the contribution;
5. The amount of the contribution that
				  exceeds the applicable contribution limit;
6. A photocopy of the check or written
				  instrument received as a contribution; and
7. A photocopy of the refund check issued by
				  the committee.