New Jersey § 19:44a-11

Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 19:44a-11, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 19:44a-11.

a. (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, no individual,

no corporation of any kind organized and incorporated under the laws of this State

or any other state or any country other than the United States, no labor organization

of any kind which exists or is constituted for the purpose, in whole or in part, of

collective bargaining, or of dealing with employers concerning the grievances, terms

or conditions of employment, or of other mutual aid or protection in connection with

employment, no political committee, continuing political committee, candidate committee

or joint candidates committee or any other group, shall pay or make any contribution

of money or other thing of value to the campaign treasurer, deputy treasurer or other

representative of the State committee of a political party or the campaign treasurer,

deputy campaign treasurer or other representative of any legislative leadership committee,

which in the aggregate exceeds $75,000 per year, or in the case of a joint candidates committee when that is the only committee

established by the candidates, $75,000 per year per candidate in the joint candidates committee, or in the case of a candidate

committee and a joint candidates committee when both are established by a candidate, $75,000 per year from that candidate. No campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer or other representative of the

State committee of a political party or campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer

or other representative of any legislative leadership committee shall knowingly accept

from an individual, a corporation of any kind organized and incorporated under the

laws of this State or any other state or any country other than the United States,

a labor organization of any kind which exists or is constituted for the purpose, in

whole or in part, of collective bargaining, or of dealing with employers concerning

the grievances, terms or conditions of employment, or of other mutual aid or protection

in connection with employment, a political committee, a continuing political committee,

a candidate committee or a joint candidates committee or any other group, any contribution

of money or other thing of value which in the aggregate exceeds $75,000 per year, or in the case of a joint candidates committee when that is the only committee

established by the candidates, $75,000 per year per candidate in the joint candidates committee, or in the case of a candidate

committee and a joint candidates committee when both are established by a candidate, $75,000 per year from that candidate. (2) No national committee of a political party shall pay or make any contribution

of money or other thing of value to the campaign treasurer, deputy treasurer or other

representative of the State committee of a political party which in the aggregate

exceeds $144,000 per year, and no campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer or other representative

of the State committee of a political party shall knowingly accept from the national

committee of a political party any contribution of money or other thing of value which

in the aggregate exceeds $144,000 per year. b. No individual, no corporation of any kind organized and incorporated under the

laws of this State or any other state or any country other than the United States,

no labor organization of any kind which exists or is constituted for the purpose,

in whole or in part, of collective bargaining, or of dealing with employers concerning

the grievances, terms or conditions of employment, or of other mutual aid or protection

in connection with employment, no political committee, continuing political committee,

candidate committee or joint candidates committee or any other group, shall pay or

make any contribution of money or other thing of value to any county committee of

a political party, which in the aggregate exceeds $75,000 per year, or in the case of a joint candidates committee when that is the only committee

established by the candidates, $75,000 per year per candidate in the joint candidates committee, or in the case of a candidate

committee and a joint candidates committee when both are established by a candidate, $75,000 per year from that candidate. No campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer or other representative of a county

committee of a political party shall knowingly accept from an individual, a corporation

of any kind organized and incorporated under the laws of this State or any other state

or any country other than the United States, a labor organization of any kind which

exists or is constituted for the purpose, in whole or in part, of collective bargaining,

or of dealing with employers concerning the grievances, terms or conditions of employment,

or of other mutual aid or protection in connection with employment, a political committee,

a continuing political committee, a candidate committee or a joint candidates committee

or any other group, any contribution of money or other thing of value which in the

aggregate exceeds $75,000 per year, or in the case of a joint candidates committee when that is the only committee

established by the candidates, $75,000 per year per candidate in the joint candidates committee, or in the case of a candidate

committee and a joint candidates committee when both are established by a candidate, $75,000 per year from that candidate. c. No individual, no corporation of any kind organized and incorporated under the

laws of this State or any other state or any country other than the United States,

no labor organization of any kind which exists or is constituted for the purpose,

in whole or in part, of collective bargaining, or of dealing with employers concerning

the grievances, terms or conditions of employment, or of other mutual aid or protection

in connection with employment, no political committee, continuing political committee,

candidate committee or joint candidates committee or any other group shall pay or

make any contribution of money or other thing of value to any municipal committee

of a political party, which in the aggregate exceeds $14,400 per year, or in the case of a joint candidates committee when that is the only committee

established by the candidates, $14,400 per year per candidate in the joint candidates committee, or in the case of a candidate

committee and a joint candidates committee when both are established by a candidate, $14,400 per year from that candidate. No campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer or other representative of a municipal

committee of a political party shall knowingly accept from an individual, a corporation

of any kind organized and incorporated under the laws of this State or any other state

or any country other than the United States, a labor organization of any kind which

exists or is constituted for the purpose, in whole or in part, of collective bargaining,

or of dealing with employers concerning the grievances, terms or conditions of employment,

or of other mutual aid or protection in connection with employment, a political committee,

a continuing political committee, a candidate committee or a joint candidates committee

or any other group, any contribution of money or other thing of value which in the

aggregate exceeds $14,400 per year, or in the case of a joint candidates committee when that is the only committee

established by the candidates, $14,400 per year per candidate in the joint candidates committee, or in the case of a candidate

committee and a joint candidates committee when both are established by a candidate, $14,400 per year from that candidate. No county committee of a political party in any county shall pay or make any contribution

of money or other thing of value to a municipal committee of a political party in

a municipality not located in that county which in the aggregate exceeds the amount

of aggregate contributions which, under this subsection, a continuing political committee

is permitted to pay or make to a municipal committee of a political party. No campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer or other representative of a municipal

committee of a political party in any municipality shall knowingly accept from any

county committee of a political party in any county other than the county in which

the municipality is located any contribution of money or other thing of value which

in the aggregate exceeds the amount of contributions permitted to be so paid or made

under that subsection. d. For the purpose of determining the amount of a contribution to be attributed as

given by each candidate in a joint candidates committee, the amount of the contribution

by such a committee shall be divided equally among all the candidates in the committee.

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