New Jersey § 19:44a-19

§ 19:44a-19.

a. As used in this section: “ candidate ” means a candidate for nomination for election or election to the office of Governor

or the office of member of the Senate or General Assembly, and any candidate committee,

joint candidates committee, or both, of such a candidate; “ committee ” means a political committee, continuing political committee, political party committee,

or legislative leadership committee; “ person ” means an individual, partnership, committee, association, corporation, or any other

organization or group of persons; and “ professional campaign fund raiser ” or “ fund raiser ” means a person who is employed, retained or engaged for monetary compensation of

at least $5,000 per year in the aggregate to perform for any candidate or committee,

or both, any service directly related to the solicitation of contributions for that

candidate or committee. The terms “ professional campaign fund raiser ” and “ fund raiser ” do not include any person who is reimbursed only for incurred costs by a candidate

or committee for performing any service directly related to the solicitation of contributions

for that candidate or committee. b. Whenever a professional campaign fund raiser plans or organizes or is involved

in the planning or organizing of, or attends, at least three events within a three-month

period at which contributions are raised by that person for a candidate or committee

by whom he or she has been employed, retained or engaged, or that person raises money

or other thing of value at least equivalent to the maximum amount of contributions

permitted to be made by an individual to a candidate for public office pursuant to

section 18 of P.L.1993, c. 65 ( C.19:44A-11.3 ) in the aggregate in contributions for such a candidate or committee prior to a primary

election or prior to a general election, that person shall register with the Election

Law Enforcement Commission using a form prepared by the commission. The form shall be filed within five business days after either threshold is reached

and shall include the name, business mailing address, and regular occupation or business

of the fund raiser, the resident mailing address of a State resident designated as

the fund raiser's agent for the service of process, the general nature of the services

to be offered, the dates and locations of each fund raising event the person planned

or organized or was involved in the planning or organizing of, or attended, the amount

of money the person raised at each event and any other information the commission

deems relevant. A professional campaign fund raiser who registers for the first time pursuant to

this subsection shall re-register annually thereafter regardless of the number of

events that person plans, organizes or attends, or the amount of contributions that

person receives as long as the person remains employed, retained or engaged as a professional

fund raiser. A fund raiser who chooses to terminate fund raising services in this State shall

so notify the commission in writing within 30 days after such termination of services. c. A fund raiser who has filed a registration form with the commission pursuant to

subsection b. of this section shall file, not later than April 15, July 15, October

15 and January 15 of each calendar year, a report with the commission which includes,

for the preceding quarter, the names of each candidate or committee for which fund

raising services were provided, the services provided to each named candidate or committee,

gross and net amounts raised for each named candidate or committee, the amount of

compensation received from each candidate or committee, and an itemized list of expenditures

made in connection with providing fund raising services. d. A fund raiser who has not registered with the commission pursuant to subsection

b. of this section but is required to be registered, shall not, for compensation,

perform for any candidate or committee any service directly related to the solicitation

of contributions for that candidate or committee. A candidate or committee shall not pay any compensation to any fund raiser who is

not registered pursuant to subsection b. of this section but is required to be registered,

for performing any service directly related to the solicitation of contributions for

that candidate or committee. e. Each fund raiser who registers with the commission shall pay, with the initial

registration and annually thereafter, a fee to the commission which the commission

shall establish by regulation to be not less than the fee paid by legislative agents

pursuant to subsection j. of section 6 of P.L.1971, c. 183 ( C.52:13C-23 ), as well as reasonable fees for the filing of quarterly reports. f. There is created a non-lapsing revolving fund to be known as the “Professional

Campaign Fund Raiser Fund,” to be held separate and apart from all other funds of

the State. All fees collected pursuant to subsection e. of this section shall be deposited

in that fund and appropriated exclusively for the purposes of the commission. All monies appropriated from the fund shall be dedicated to defray the expenses

of the commission in administering this act. g. (1) Any fund raiser who is determined by the commission to have purposely violated

any provision of this section or to have filed or prepared or assisted in the preparation

for filing or purposely acquiesced in the preparation or filing of any report required

under this section which the fund raiser knows is false, inaccurate or incomplete

in any material particular, or who purposely fails or refuses to file any such report

when required to do so pursuant to this section, or who purposely supplies any information

the fund raiser knows to be false, inaccurate or incomplete to any person preparing

or assisting in the preparation of any such report, with the knowledge that such information

is intended for the purposes of such report, is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. (2) Any fund raiser responsible for the preparation, certification, filing or retention

of any reports, notices or other documents, who fails, neglects or omits to prepare,

certify, file or retain any such report, record or notice or document by the time

required by this section or who omits or incorrectly states or certifies any of the

information required by this section to be included in such report, record, notice

or document shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $6,000 for the first offense

and not more than $12,000 for the second and each subsequent offense. Any penalty imposed pursuant to this subsection may be recovered by a summary proceeding

pursuant to the “Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999,” P.L.1999, c. 274 ( C.2A:58-10 et seq. ).