N.J. Admin. Code § 19:25-20.13

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

Section 19:25-20.13 - Notice of lobbying benefit

(a) A represented entity or governmental affairs agent shall provide a written benefit notice, certified as correct by the represented entity or governmental affairs agent, to any member of the Legislature, legislative staff member, Governor, Governor's staff member, or an officer or staff of the Executive Branch ("benefit recipient") who has received from that represented entity or governmental affairs agent a benefit required to be reported on the represented entity's or governmental affairs agent's Annual Report pursuant to N.J.A.C. 19:25-20.1 4, and the benefit notice shall include the same information as required on the Annual Report.

(b) The certified benefit notice shall be transmitted by the represented entity or governmental affairs agent to the benefit recipient no later than February 1st of the year following the calendar year in which the benefit was received. Proof of service of the benefit notice shall be obtained and maintained for a period of at least three years.

(c) In the event that a represented entity or governmental affairs agent has provided a benefit recipient with more than one benefit during a preceding calendar year, the represented entity or governmental affairs agent may include all such benefits in a single written notice provided to the benefit recipient.

(d) In the event that a represented entity or governmental affairs agent receives reimbursement from any benefit recipient for the reasonable commercial value of any benefit required to be reported on its Annual Report pursuant to N.J.A.C. 19:25-20.1 4, the represented entity or governmental affairs agent shall report the receipt and amount of such reimbursement in the Annual Report in which the benefit is required to be reported. The making of such a reimbursement does not remove or alter the requirement that the represented entity or governmental affairs agent report the expenditure and the benefit recipient on its Annual Report pursuant to N.J.A.C. 19:25-20.1 4.

N.J. Admin. Code § 19:25-20.13

New Rule, 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. 19:25-20.14.
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; in (a), deleted "(a)5" following "19:25-20.14."
Amended by R.2012 d.205, effective 12/17/2012.
See: 44 N.J.R. 2049(a), 44 N.J.R. 3077(a).
Substituted "represented entity" for "lobbyist" throughout; and in (a), substituted "represented entity's" for "lobbyist's".