New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 4 - ESTABLISHMENT OF REPORTING COMMITTEES › Section 19:25-4.4 - Establishment of a political committee

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) A
				  political committee shall be established by appointing a treasurer and
				  establishing a depository no later than the date on which the political
				  committee first receives any contribution or makes or incurs any expenditure
				  that, when combined with other contributions received in an election, or
				  expenditures made or incurred in an election, totals $ 3,200 or more.
(b) No later than 10 days after a political
				  committee is established, the political committee shall file a registration
				  statement and designation of campaign depository (Form PC) containing the
				  following information for each depository the political committee has
				  established:
1. The full name of the
				  political committee and identifying title, if different, which name or
				  identifying title may not currently be in use by another political
				  committee;
2. The mailing address
				  of the political committee, and the name and resident address of a resident of
				  New Jersey who is designated by the committee as the agent of the political
				  committee to receive service of legal process;
3. The name, mailing address and telephone
				  number of the person appointed as chairperson, if any;
4. The name, mailing and resident address and
				  telephone number of the person appointed as treasurer;
5. 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;
6. The general
				  organizational category or affiliation of the political committee, including,
				  but not limited to: supporting or opposing a candidate or public officeholder,
				  supporting or opposing a public question, or support of or affiliation with a
				  business, union, professional or trade association, ideological group, civic
				  association, or other entity; and
7. A descriptive statement prepared by the
				  organizers or officers that identifies:
i. The
				  names and mailing addresses of the persons having control over the affairs of
				  the political committee, including, but not limited, to persons in whose name
				  or at whose direction or suggestion the committee solicits funds or makes
				  contributions;
ii. The names and
				  mailing addresses of persons not previously identified under (b)7i above who,
				  directly or through an agent, participated in the initial organization of the
				  committee;
iii. In the case of any
				  identified person who is an individual, the occupation of that individual, home
				  address, and name and mailing address of the individual's employer;
iv. In the case of any identified person that
				  is a corporation, partnership, unincorporated association, or other
				  organization, the name and mailing address of the organization; and
v. The economic, political or other
				  particular interests and objectives which the political committee has been
				  organized to or does advance.