New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 17 - COMPLAINTS AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS; VIOLATIONS › Section 19:25-17.3 - Penalties

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Any person, including any candidate,
				  treasurer, candidate committee or joint candidates committee, political
				  committee, continuing political committee, political party committee, or
				  legislative leadership committee, charged with the responsibility under the
				  terms of the Act, for the preparation, certification, filing, or retention of
				  any reports, records, notices, or other documents, who fails, neglects, or
				  omits to prepare, certify, file, or retain any such report, record, notice, or
				  document at the time or during the time period, as the case may be, and in the
				  manner prescribed by law, or who omits or incorrectly states or certifies any
				  of the information required by law to be included in such report, record,
				  notice, or document, any person who proposes to undertake or undertakes a
				  public solicitation, testimonial affair, or other activity relating to
				  contributions or expenditures in any way regulated by the provisions of the Act
				  who fails to comply with those regulatory provisions, and any other person who
				  in any way violates any of the provisions of the Act shall, in addition to any
				  other penalty provided by law, be liable to a penalty of not more than $ 9,800
				  for the first offense and not more than $ 19,500 for the second and each
				  subsequent offense.
(b) Any
				  corporation or labor organization of any kind, which provides to any of its
				  officers, directors, attorneys, agents, or other employees any additional
				  increment of salary, bonus, or monetary remuneration of any kind, which, in
				  whole or in part, is intended by that corporation or labor organization to be
				  used for the express purpose of paying or making a contribution, either
				  directly or indirectly, of money or other thing of value to any candidate,
				  candidate committee, joint candidates committee, political party committee,
				  legislative leadership committee, political committee or continuing political
				  committee shall, in addition to any other penalty provided by law, be liable to
				  a penalty of not more than $ 9,800 for the first offense and not more than $
				  19,500 for the second and each subsequent offense.
(c) A candidate, candidate committee, joint
				  candidates committee, political committee, continuing political committee,
				  political party committee, legislative leadership committee, or person that
				  makes, incurs, or authorizes an expenditure for the purpose of financing a
				  communication aiding or promoting the nomination, election, or defeat of any
				  candidate or aiding the passage or defeat of any public question, which is an
				  expenditure that the candidate, committee, individual, or group is required to
				  report pursuant to the Act, and that fails, neglects, or omits to include
				  required political identification information in the manner prescribed by the
				  Act or this chapter shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $ 9,800 for
				  the first offense and not more than $ 19,500 for the second and each subsequent
				  offense.