New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES
ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION
Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION
- Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Subchapter 2 - ADMINISTRATIVE
- Subchapter 3 - ELECTRONIC FILING
- Subchapter 4 - ESTABLISHMENT OF REPORTING COMMITTEES
- Subchapter 5 - APPOINTMENT OF CAMPAIGN OFFICERS AND DEPOSITORIES
- Subchapter 6 - RECEIPT AND USE OF FUNDS
- Subchapter 7 - RECORDKEEPING
- Subchapter 8 - CANDIDATE, JOINT CANDIDATES, AND POLITICAL COMMITTEE REPORTING
- Subchapter 9 - CONTINUING POLITICAL COMMITTEE, POLITICAL PARTY COMMITTEE, AND LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE REPORTING
- Subchapter 10 - CONTRIBUTION REPORTING
- Subchapter 11 - CONTRIBUTION LIMITS
- Subchapter 12 - REPORTING OF EXPENDITURES; INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES
- Subchapter 13 - POLITICAL IDENTIFICATION STATEMENTS
- Subchapter 14 - RECALL ELECTIONS
- Subchapter 15 - PUBLIC FINANCING; GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
- Subchapter 16 - PUBLIC FINANCING OF PRIMARY ELECTION FOR GOVERNOR
- Subchapter 17 - COMPLAINTS AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS; VIOLATIONS
- Subchapter 18 - ADVISORY OPINIONS
- Subchapter 19 - PERSONAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS
- Subchapter 20 - REPRESENTED ENTITIES AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AGENTS
- Subchapter 21 - PROFESSIONAL CAMPAIGN FUND RAISERS
- Subchapter 22 - SEVERABILITY CLAUSE
- Subchapter 23 - RESERVED
- Subchapter 24 - STATE CONTRACTOR CONTRIBUTIONS PROHIBITED
- Subchapter 25 - LEGISLATIVE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL CONTRACTOR CONTRIBUTIONS PROHIBITED
- Subchapter 26 - CONTRIBUTION DISCLOSURE BY FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES
CHAPTER SOURCE
AND EFFECTIVE DATE:
R.2017 d.153, effective July 19, 2017.
See: 49 N.J.R. 1014(a), 49 N.J.R. 2812(a).
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HISTORICAL NOTE:
Chapter 25, Regulations of the Election Law
Enforcement Commission, was adopted as R.1974 d.267, effective September 25,
1974. See: 6 N.J.R. 371(a), 6 N.J.R. 418(a).
Pursuant to Executive
Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 25, Regulations of the Election Law Enforcement
Commission, was readopted as R.1990 d.526, effective October 1, 1990. See: 22
N.J.R. 2251(a), 22 N.J.R. 3391(a).
Subchapter 4, Reporting
Requirements, was repealed and Subchapter 4, Establishment of Reporting
Committees, was adopted as new rules; Subchapter 5, Appointment of Treasurers
and Depositories, was repealed and Subchapter 5, Appointment of Campaign
Officers and Depositories, was adopted as new rules; Subchapter 6, Deposit of
Funds, was repealed and Subchapter 6, Receipt and Use of Funds, was adopted as
new rules; Subchapter 7, Use or Transmittal of Deposited Funds; Surplus
Campaign Funds, was in part repealed and in part recodified as Subchapter 6,
Receipt and Use of Funds; Subchapter 8, Recordkeeping, was recodified as
Subchapter 7, Recordkeeping; Subchapter 8, Candidate, Joint Candidates, and
Political Committee Reporting, was adopted as new rules; and Subchapter 9,
Pre-Election and Post-Election Reports, was repealed by R.1993 d.509, effective
October 18, 1993. See: 25 N.J.R. 3429(b), 25 N.J.R. 4753(a).
Subchapter 9, Continuing Political Committee, Political Party Committee, and
Legislative Leadership Committee Reporting, was adopted as new rules, and
Subchapter 10, Quarterly Reports, was repealed by R.1994 d.573, effective
November 21, 1994. See: 26 N.J.R. 3138(a), 26 N.J.R. 4638(a).
Subchapter 11, Contributions; Reporting of, was repealed and Subchapter 10,
Contribution Reporting, and Subchapter 11, Contribution Limits, were adopted as
new rules by R.1995 d.209, effective April 17, 1995. See: 27 N.J.R. 312(a), 27
N.J.R. 480(a), 27 N.J.R. 1643(c).
Pursuant to Executive Order No.
66(1978), Chapter 25, Regulations of the Election Law Enforcement Commission,
was readopted as R.1995 d.509, effective August 16, 1995. See: 27 N.J.R.
2564(a), 27 N.J.R. 3621(d).
Subchapter 12, Reporting of
Expenditures; Independent Expenditures, was repealed and Subchapter 12,
Reporting of Expenditures; Independent Expenditures, was adopted as new rules
by R.1995 d.433, effective August 21, 1995. See: 27 N.J.R. 2110(c), 27 N.J.R.
3214(a).
Subchapter 14, Advisory Opinions, was recodified as
Subchapter 18, Advisory Opinions, and Subchapter 14, Recall Elections, was
adopted as new rules by R.1996 d.10, effective January 2, 1996. See: 27 N.J.R.
3592(a), 27 N.J.R. 3770(a), 28 N.J.R. 177(a).
Subchapter 13,
Allocation of Expenditures, was recodified as
N.J.A.C.
19:25-12.10, Allocation, and Subchapter 13,
Political Identification Statements, was adopted as new rules by R.1996 d.393,
effective August 19, 1996. See: 28 N.J.R. 2521(a), 28 N.J.R. 3970(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 25, Regulations
of the Election Law Enforcement Commission, was readopted as R.2000 d.322,
effective July 17, 2000. Subchapter 3, Pre-Candidate Activity; "Testing the
Waters", was repealed by R.2000 d.322, effective August 7, 2000. See: 32 N.J.R.
1291(a), 32 N.J.R. 2930(a).
Subchapter 3, Electric Filing, was
adopted as new rules by R.2004 d.280, effective July 19, 2004. See: 36 N.J.R.
1895(a), 36 N.J.R. 3418(a).
Chapter 25, Regulations of the
Election Law Enforcement Commission, was readopted as R.2005 d.192, effective
May 26, 2005. As a part of R.2005 d.192, Subchapter 21, Professional Campaign
Fund Raisers, was adopted as new rules; and former Subchapter 21, Severability
Clause, was recodified as Subchapter 22, effective June 20, 2005. See: 37
N.J.R. 754(a), 37 N.J.R. 2228(a).
Subchapter 23, New Jersey Fair
and Clean Elections Pilot Project, was adopted as R.2005 d.272, effective
August 15, 2005. See: 37 N.J.R. 1704(a), 37 N.J.R. 3051(b).
Subchapter 20, Lobbyists and Legislative Agents, was renamed Lobbyists and
Governmental Affairs Agents by R.2005 d.427, effective December 5, 2005
(operative date of January 1, 2006). See: 37 N.J.R. 2838(a), 37 N.J.R. 4559(a).
Subchapter 24, State Contractor Contributions Prohibited; and
Subchapter 25, Legislative, County and Municipal Contractor Contributions
Prohibited, were adopted as new rules by R.2006 d.166, effective May 1, 2006.
See: 38 N.J.R. 111(a), 38 N.J.R. 1864(a).
Subchapter 26,
Contribution Disclosure by For-Profit and Nonprofit Entities, was adopted as
new rules by R.2007 d.108, effective April 16, 2007. See: 38 N.J.R. 4661(a), 39
N.J.R. 1498(a).
Subchapter 23, New Jersey Fair and Clean Elections
Pilot Project, was repealed and Subchapter 23, New Jersey Fair and Clean
Elections Pilot Project, was adopted as special new rules by R.2007 d.162,
effective April 23, 2007. See: 39 N.J.R. 2140(a). Subchapter 23, New Jersey
Fair and Clean Elections Pilot Project, expired September 28, 2008.
Chapter 25, Regulations of the Election Law Enforcement
Commission, was readopted as R.2010 d.062, effective March 25, 2010. As a part
of R.2010 d.062, Subchapter 8, Candidate, Joint Candidates, and Political
Committee Reporting, was renamed Candidate, Joint Candidates and Political
Committee Reporting; and Subchapter 26, Contribution Disclosure by For-Profit
and Nonprofit Entities, was renamed Contribution Disclosure by For-Profit
Entities, effective April 19, 2010. See: 41 N.J.R. 4682(a), 42 N.J.R. 811(a).
Subchapter 8, Candidate, Joint Candidates and Political Committee
Reporting, was renamed Candidate, Joint Candidates, and Political Committee
Reporting; and Subchapter 15, Public Financing; General Elections for the
Office of Governor, was renamed Public Financing; General Elections for the
Offices of Governor and of Lieutenant Governor by R.2012 d.172, effective
October 15, 2012. See: 44 N.J.R. 1593(a), 44 N.J.R. 2380(a).
Subchapter 20, Lobbyists and Governmental Affairs Agents, was renamed
Represented Entities And Governmental Affairs Agents by R.2012 d.205, effective
December 17, 2012. See: 44 N.J.R. 2049(a), 44 N.J.R. 3077(a).
In
accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:14B-5.1b, Chapter 25, Regulations of the Election
Law Enforcement Commission, was scheduled to expire on March 25, 2017. See: 43
N.J.R. 1203(a).
Chapter 25, Regulations of the Election Law
Enforcement Commission, was readopted as R.2017 d.153, effective July 19, 2017.
See: Source and Effective Date.
CHAPTER AUTHORITY:
N.J.S.A. 19:27A-17, 19:44A-6, 19:44A-38, 19:44B-7, and 52:13C-23.2.