N.J. Admin. Code § 19:25-20.15

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 19:25-20.15 - Audit by Commission; recordkeeping

(a) All annual reports of represented entities or governmental affairs agents required to be filed pursuant to the Act and this subchapter shall be subject to review and audit by the Commission.

(b) Each represented entity and governmental affairs agent subject to reporting under the Act shall make or obtain and maintain for a period of three calendar years following the year of his, her, or its activity all records and documents relating to his, her, or its activity in influencing legislation, influencing regulation, influencing governmental processes, or communicating with the general public, including, but not limited to, checks, bank statements, contracts and receipts, so as to provide evidence to support statements in reports filed with the Commission and to permit an adequate basis for auditing by the Commission, except that a record or document of any single expenditure in an amount of $ 5.00 or less may be excluded from this requirement.

(c) The Commission shall conduct random audits of records kept and preserved pursuant to this section.

N.J. Admin. Code § 19:25-20.15

Amended by R.1992 d.32, effective 1/21/1992.
See: 23 N.J.R. 3077(a), 24 N.J.R. 298(a).
Recodified from 19:25-20.10. Revised text. Prior text at section "Nonresident legislative agents or lobbyists" recodified to 19:25-20.18.
Recodified from 19:25-20.14 by R.1997 d.420, effective 10/6/1997.
See: 29 N.J.R. 2809(a), 29 N.J.R. 4302(a).
Former section recodified to N.J.A.C. 19:25-20.16.
Amended by R.2005 d.427, effective 12/5/2005 (operative date of January 1, 2006).
See: 37 N.J.R. 2838(a), 37 N.J.R. 4559(a).
Substituted "governmental affairs" for "legislative" throughout; rewrote (b); added (c).
Amended by R.2007 d.230, effective 8/6/2007.
See: 39 N.J.R. 626(a), 39 N.J.R. 3409(a).
In (b), deleted "or" following "regulation," and inserted "or communicating with the general public,".
Amended by R.2012 d.205, effective 12/17/2012.
See: 44 N.J.R. 2049(a), 44 N.J.R. 3077(a).
In (a), substituted "represented entities" for "lobbyists"; and in (b), substituted "represented entity" for "lobbyist".