N.J. Admin. Code § 19:25-20.14

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 19:25-20.14 - Contents of annual report

(a) The annual report shall contain the following:

1. Name, business address, telephone number of the reporting represented entity or governmental affairs agent;

2. Name, address and occupation or business of governmental affairs agent(s) engaged by the reporting represented entity, or name, address and occupation or business of represented entity(ies) engaging the reporting governmental affairs agent, whichever is applicable;

3. The particular items of legislation, regulation, or governmental processes and any general category or type of legislation, regulation, or governmental processes regarding which the governmental affairs agent or represented entity influenced legislation, influenced regulation, or influenced governmental processes during the calendar year, except that a governmental affairs agent who has provided this information in his or her notice of representation and quarterly reports may satisfy this requirement by so indicating on the annual report;

4. Receipts received by the governmental affairs agent or represented entity as set forth in 19:25-20.1 0; and

5. Expenditures made by the represented entity or governmental affairs agent, as set forth in 19:25-20.1 1.

(b) With respect to any specific event, such as a reception, where expenditures required to be reported pursuant to 19:25-20.1 1(b) in the aggregate exceed $ 100.00, the report shall include the date, type of expenditure, amount of expenditure and to whom paid. Any expenditure in excess of $ 5.00 made to provide a benefit pursuant to 19:25-20.1 1(b) to a member of the Legislature, legislative staff, the Governor, member of the Governor's staff, or offices or staff members of the Executive Branch present, attending or participating in the event with the actual or constructive knowledge of the represented entity or governmental affairs agent shall be included in the calculation of the per day, or per calendar year, thresholds contained in 19:25-20.1 1(b).

(c) A governmental affairs agent retained by or representing more than one represented entity shall include in his or her annual report receipts received from and expenditures made on behalf of all represented entities by whom he or she is employed.

(d) An individual who is a governmental affairs agent and who serves as a member of any independent State authority, county improvement authority, or municipal utilities authority, or as a member from New Jersey on an interstate or bi-state authority, or as a member of any board or commission established by statute or resolution or by executive order of the Governor or by the Legislature or by any agency, department or other instrumentality of the State shall disclose such service, including the name of the authority, board or commission, and the date upon which his or her term as a member thereof expires, in the governmental affairs agent's annual report.

N.J. Admin. Code § 19:25-20.14

Amended by R.1992 d.32, effective 1/21/1992.
See: 23 N.J.R. 3077(a), 24 N.J.R. 298(a).
Recodified from 19:25-20.9. Revised text. Prior text at section "Complaint proceedings; investigations; penalties".
Amended by R.1992 d.459, effective 11/16/1992.
See: 24 N.J.R. 3031(a), 24 N.J.R. 4277(a).
Revised (d).
Recodified from 19:25-20.13 by 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. 19:25-20.15.
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)2, added "the" preceding "reporting lobbyist"; rewrote (a)3.
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; in (a)2, substituted "represented entity(ies)" for "lobbyist(s)"; and in (c), substituted "represented entities" for "lobbyists" and "he or she" for "it".