N.J. Admin. Code § 19:25-4.9

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

Section 19:25-4.9 - Establishment of an independent expenditure committee

(a) An independent expenditure committee shall be established in an election by appointing a treasurer and designating a depository no later than the date on which the independent expenditure committee first makes or incurs independent expenditures that when combined with other independent expenditures made or incurred in the election, exceed $ 7,500.

(b) No later than 10 days after an independent expenditure committee is established, the independent expenditure committee shall file a registration statement and designation of campaign depository (Form D-6) containing the following information for each depository the independent expenditure committee has established:

1. The full name of the independent expenditure committee and identifying title, if different, which name or identifying title may not currently be in use by another independent expenditure committee;

2. The mailing address of the independent expenditure committee, and the name, and residential address of a resident of New Jersey who is designated by the committee as the agent of the independent expenditure 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 residential 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 independent expenditure committee, including, but not limited to, support of or opposition to a candidate, public officeholder, or 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 independent expenditure committee, including, but not limited to, persons in whose name or at whose direction or suggestion the committee solicits funds or makes independent expenditures or electioneering communications;

ii. The names and mailing addresses of persons not previously identified pursuant to (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 that the independent expenditure committee has been organized to or does advance.

(c) The registration statement and designation of campaign depository shall be certified as true and correct by the chairperson and treasurer, and they shall further certify that no candidate has established, authorized the establishment of, maintained or participated directly or indirectly in the management or control of the independent expenditure committee, and no candidate shall be permitted to do so during the existence of the independent expenditure committee.

(d) The independent expenditure committee shall file an amendment to the registration statement and designation of campaign depository no later than three days after any of the information required at (b) above changes.

(e) An independent expenditure committee shall file a registration statement and designation of campaign depository for each election in which it makes or incurs independent expenditures in excess of $ 7,500.

(f) No foreign national, government, instrumentality, or agent may register as an independent expenditure committee for the purpose of making independent expenditures in any election.

N.J. Admin. Code § 19:25-4.9

Adopted by 56 N.J.R. 2340(a), effective 12/16/2024