N.J. Admin. Code § 19:25-8.1

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

Section 19:25-8.1 - Candidate or joint candidates committee election fund reports

(a) A candidate committee, or a joint candidates committee, shall file election fund reports of all contributions received, all expenditures made, and all other transactions of the election fund subject to reporting under the Act and this chapter.

(b) The term "election fund reports" shall mean election-cycle reports as defined in N.J.A.C. 19:25-8.2(b), or quarterly reports as defined in N.J.A.C. 19:25-8.3(b), which reports shall be filed in accordance with 19:25-8.1 2, Time and place of filing reports.

(c) The initial election fund report of a candidate committee, or joint candidates committee, shall be either a 29-day preelection report or a quarterly report. In the event the committee is established within five months or less of the due date of the 29-day preelection report for the election in which the candidate or joint candidates is or are seeking office, the committee shall file the 29-day preelection report described in N.J.A.C. 19:25-8.2 report as its initial election fund report. However, if the committee is established more than five months prior to the due date of the 29-day preelection report for the election in which the candidate or joint candidates is or are seeking office, the committee shall file as its initial election fund report any quarterly report described in N.J.A.C. 19:25-8.3 that is due for filing within five months of the date the committee is established.

(d) The initial election fund report shall begin with the reporting of the first contribution received or expenditure made in the election (including funds or other benefits received and payments made to determine whether or not an individual should become a candidate), and shall report all subsequent contributions, expenditures, or other reportable transactions of the election fund occurring before the closing date applicable to the report.

(e) A candidate committee, or joint candidates committee, shall continue to file election fund reports for an election until such time as it terminates its reporting requirements and files a final election fund report for that election pursuant to N.J.A.C. 19:25-8.7.

N.J. Admin. Code § 19:25-8.1

Amended by R.2000 d.322, effective 8/7/2000.
See: 32 N.J.R. 1291(a), 32 N.J.R. 2930(a).
Rewrote (d); and in (e), inserted references to elections.
Amended by R.2005 d.192, effective 6/20/2005.
See: 37 N.J.R. 754(a), 37 N.J.R. 2228(a).
Added (f).
Amended by R.2010 d.062, effective 4/19/2010.
See: 41 N.J.R. 4682(a), 42 N.J.R. 811(a).
In (a), substituted "Act" for "act" and "this chapter" for "these regulations"; and in (e), updated the N.J.A.C. reference.
Amended by R.2012 d.172, effective 10/15/2012.
See: 44 N.J.R. 1593(a), 44 N.J.R. 2380(a).
In (f), inserted "and for election to the office of Lieutenant Governor".

Amended by 52 N.J.R. 2185(a), effective 12/21/2020