N.J. Admin. Code § 19:25-7.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 8, April 15, 2024

Section 19:25-7.1 - Recordkeeping requirements

(a) An organizational or campaign treasurer, or deputy organizational or campaign treasurer of a candidate committee, joint candidates committee, political committee, continuing political committee, political party committee, or legislative leadership committee, shall make and maintain a written record of all funds and contributions, including non-monetary contributions, and shall record the name and address of the contributor, the amount and date the contribution was received, the name of the account on which a contribution check is drawn and if the contributor is an individual, the occupation of the individual and the name and mailing address of the individual's employer.

(b) An organizational or campaign treasurer, or deputy organizational or campaign treasurer, of a candidate committee, joint candidates committee, political committee, continuing political committee, political party committee, or legislative leadership committee, shall make and maintain a written record of all funds expended by the committee, including the name and address of the recipient, the amount and date of the expenditure, and the purpose of the expenditure. The organizational or campaign treasurer, or deputy organizational or deputy campaign treasurer, shall include as part of the record of each expenditure a receipt, invoice, bill, or other documentation for each expenditure made from each campaign, organizational, or additional depository.

(c) The campaign or organizational treasurer of a candidate committee, joint candidates committee, or legislative leadership committee shall include as part of the record of any expenditure of such a committee, a notation or other reference disclosing which of the six enumerated permissible uses of funds set forth in 19:25-6.5(a) is applicable to the expenditure.

(d) A candidate, the candidates of a joint candidates committee or the chair of a political committee, continuing political committee, political party committee or legislative leadership committee, shall take such steps as are necessary and appropriate to insure that a campaign treasurer, or organizational treasurer, appointed by the candidate committee, joint candidates committee, political committee, continuing political committee, political party committee or legislative leadership committee, complies with the recordkeeping requirements of this section and this chapter.

N.J. Admin. Code § 19:25-7.1

Amended by R.1989 d.99, effective 2/21/1989.
See: 20 N.J.R. 2640(a), 21 N.J.R. 458(a).
Added text in (a) "was received".
Recodified from 19:25-8.1 and amended by R.1993 d.509, effective 10/18/1993.
See: 25 N.J.R. 3429(b), 25 N.J.R. 4753(a).
Amended by R.2000 d.322, effective 8/7/2000.
See: 32 N.J.R. 1291(a), 32 N.J.R. 2930(a).
In (a), inserted "the name of the account on which a contribution check is drawn" following "received".
Amended by R.2004 d.280, effective 7/19/2004.
See: 36 N.J.R. 1895(a), 36 N.J.R. 3418(a).
In (b), added the last sentence.
Amended by R.2010 d.062, effective 4/19/2010.
See: 41 N.J.R. 4682(a), 42 N.J.R. 811(a).
In (d), deleted a comma following the first occurrence of "joint candidates committee" and following both occurrences of "political party committee", and substituted "chair" for "chairman".