New Jersey § 19:44a-10

§ 19:44a-10.

Each political party committee shall, on or before July 1 in each year, designate

a single organizational treasurer and an organizational depository and shall, not

later than the tenth day after the designation of the organizational depository file

the name and address of that depository, and of the organizational treasurer, with

the Election Law Enforcement Commission. Every political committee may designate a chairman of the committee, but no person

serving as the chairman of a political party committee or a legislative leadership

committee shall be eligible to be appointed or to serve as the chairman of a political

committee. Every political committee shall, not later than the date on which it first receives

any contribution or makes or incurs any expenditure in the furtherance or aid of the

election or defeat of any candidate or the passage or defeat of any public question,

appoint a single campaign treasurer and designate a campaign depository, but no person

serving as the chairman of a political party committee or a legislative leadership

committee shall be eligible to be appointed or to serve as the campaign treasurer

of a political committee. Not later than the tenth day after the initial designation of the campaign depository,

the committee shall file the name and address of the depository, and of the campaign

treasurer, with the Election Law Enforcement Commission. Every independent expenditure committee may designate a chairman of the committee,

but no person serving as the chairman of a political party committee or a legislative

leadership committee shall be eligible to be appointed or to serve as the chairman

of an independent expenditure committee. No candidate or holder of public office, directly or indirectly, shall establish,

authorize the establishment of, maintain, or participate in the management or control

of any independent expenditure committee. Every independent expenditure committee, not later than the date on which it first

receives any contribution or makes or incurs any independent expenditure , shall appoint a single organizational treasurer and designate an organizational

depository, but no person serving as the chairman of a political party committee or

a legislative leadership committee shall be eligible to be appointed or to serve as

the organizational treasurer of an independent expenditure committee. Not later than the 10th day after the initial designation of the organizational

depository, the committee shall file the name and address of the depository, and of

the organizational treasurer, with the Election Law Enforcement Commission. Every continuing political committee shall, not later than the date on which it first

receives any contribution or makes or incurs any expenditure in the furtherance or

aid of the election or defeat of any candidate or the passage or defeat of any public

question, appoint a single organizational treasurer and designate an organizational

depository, provided that no person who is the chairman of a political party committee

or a legislative leadership committee shall be eligible to be appointed or to serve

as the organizational treasurer of a continuing political committee. Not later than the tenth day after the initial designation of the organizational

depository, the committee shall file the name and address of the depository, and of

the organizational treasurer, with the Election Law Enforcement Commission. Every legislative leadership committee shall, not later than the date on which it

first receives any contribution or makes or incurs any expenditure in the furtherance

or aid of the election or defeat of any candidate or the passage or defeat of any

public question, appoint a single organizational treasurer and designate an organizational

depository. Not later than the tenth day after the initial designation of the organizational

depository, the committee shall file the name and address of the depository, and of

the organizational treasurer, with the Election Law Enforcement Commission. Each organizational treasurer of a State political party committee or a legislative

leadership committee shall be a trained treasurer, pursuant to subsection g. of section

6 of P.L.1973, c. 83 ( C.19:44A-6 ), or shall acquire such training within 90 days of appointment as an organizational

treasurer. An organizational treasurer of any other political party committee or a continuing

political committee or an independent expenditure committee and a campaign treasurer

of a political committee may be a trained treasurer. An organizational treasurer of a political party committee, a continuing political

committee, an independent expenditure committee, or a legislative leadership committee

and a campaign treasurer of a political committee may appoint deputy organizational

or campaign treasurers as may be required and may designate additional organizational

or campaign depositories. Such committees shall file the names and addresses of such deputy treasurers and

additional depositories with the Election Law Enforcement Commission not later than

the fifth day after their appointment or designation, respectively. Any political party committee, any political committee, any independent expenditure

committee, any continuing political committee, and any legislative leadership committee

may remove its organizational or campaign treasurer or deputy treasurer. In the case of the death, resignation or removal of its organizational or campaign

treasurer, the committee shall appoint a successor as soon as practicable and shall

file his name and address with the Election Law Enforcement Commission within three

days.