New Jersey § 19:44a-11

§ 19:44a-11.

No contribution of money or other thing of value, nor obligation therefor, including

but not limited to contributions, loans or obligations of a candidate himself or of

his family, shall be made or received, and no expenditure of money or other thing

of value, nor obligation therefor, including expenditures, loans or obligations of

a candidate himself or of his family, shall be made or incurred, directly or indirectly,

to support or defeat a candidate in any election, or to aid the passage or defeat

of any public question, or as an independent expenditure or electioneering communication in the case of an independent expenditure committee, except through: a. The duly appointed campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurers of the candidate

committee or joint candidates committee; b. The duly appointed organizational treasurer or deputy organizational treasurers

of a political party committee or a continuing political committee; c. The duly appointed campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurers of a political

committee; d. The duly appointed organizational treasurer or deputy organizational treasurer

of a legislative leadership committee; or e. The duly appointed organizational treasurer or deputy organizational treasurer

of an independent expenditure committee. It shall be lawful, however, for any person, not acting in concert with any other

person or group, to expend personally from his own funds a sum which is not to be

repaid to him for any purpose not prohibited by law, or to contribute his own personal

services and personal traveling expenses, to support or defeat a candidate or to aid

the passage or defeat of a public question; provided, however, that any person making

such expenditure shall be required to report his or her name and mailing address and

the amount of all such expenditures and expenses, except personal traveling expenses,

if the total of the money so expended, exclusive of such traveling expenses, exceeds $200 , and also, where the person is an individual, to report the individual's occupation

and the name and mailing address of the individual's employer, to the Election Law

Enforcement Commission at the same time and in the same manner as a political committee

subject to the provisions of section 8 of P.L.1973, c. 83 ( C.19:44A-8 ). Such expenditure made during the period between the 13th day and the eighth day prior to the election shall be filed in writing or by electronic transmission within 72 hours of the making, incurring or authorization of the expenditure , and such expenditure made during the period between the seventh day prior to the election

and the date of the election shall be reported within 24 hours of the making, incurring,

or authorization of the expenditure, which filing shall set forth the name and mailing address of the person, firm or organization

to whom or which the expenditure was paid and the amount and purpose of the expenditure. No contribution of money shall be made in currency, except contributions in response

to a public solicitation, provided that cumulative currency contributions of up to

$200 may be made to a candidate committee or joint candidates committee, a political

committee, a continuing political committee, an independent expenditure committee,

a legislative leadership committee or a political party committee if the contributor

submits with the currency contribution a written statement of a form as prescribed

by the commission, indicating the contributor's name, mailing address and occupation

and the amount of the contribution, including the contributor's signature and the

name and mailing address of the contributor's employer. Adjustments to the $200 limit established in this paragraph which have been made

by the Election Law Enforcement Commission, pursuant to section 22 of P.L.1993, c. 65 ( C.19:44A-7.2 ), prior to the effective date of P.L.2004, c. 28 are rescinded. The $200 limit established in this paragraph shall remain as stated in this paragraph

without further adjustment by the commission in the manner prescribed by section 22

of P.L.1993, c. 65 ( C.19:44A-7.2 ). Any anonymous contribution received by a campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer

shall not be used or expended, but shall be returned to the donor, if his identity

is known, and if no donor is found, the contribution shall escheat to the State. No person, partnership or association, either directly or through an agent, shall

make any loan or advance, the proceeds of which that person, partnership or association

knows or has reason to know or believe are intended to be used by the recipient thereof

to make a contribution or expenditure, except by check or money order identifying

the name, mailing address and occupation or business of the maker of the loan, and,

if the maker is an individual, the name and mailing address of that individual's employer;

provided, however, that such loans or advances to a single individual, up to a cumulative

amount of $50 in any calendar year, may be made in currency.