New Jersey § 19:44a-35

§ 19:44a-35.

a. All expenditures from the fund for election campaign expenses shall be made pursuant

to rules and regulations of the Election Law Enforcement Commission and shall be strictly

limited to the following purposes: (1) Purchase of time on radio and television stations; (2) Purchase of rental space on outdoor signs or billboards; (3) Purchase of advertising space in newspapers and regularly published magazines

and periodicals; (4) Payment of the cost of producing the material aired or displayed on radio, television,

outdoor signs or billboards, and in newspapers, regularly published magazines and

periodicals; (5) Payment of the cost of printing and mailing campaign literature and brochures

distributed under the name of any qualified candidate; (6) Payment of the cost of legal and accounting expenses incurred in complying with

the public financing regulations of the Election Law Enforcement Commission and with

the public financing provisions of P.L.1974, c. 26 ( C. 19:44A-27 et seq. ); (7) Payment of the cost of telephone deposits, and installation charges and monthly

billings in excess of deposits. Within 6 months after the primary and general elections, respectively, a candidate

shall return to the fund the amount of any public funds used to pay such telephone

deposits which are later returned. b. The limitations in subsection a. of this section upon expenditures from the fund

for election campaign expenses shall not apply to expenditures of private contributions,

whether or not such private contributions were deposited in a candidate's bank accounts

pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1974, c. 26 ( C. 19:44A-32 ). c. Moneys received by a qualified candidate from the fund for election campaign expenses

may be retained for a period not exceeding 6 months after the election for which such

moneys were received in order to liquidate all obligations to pay expenses for the

purposes permitted by this section which were incurred during the election campaign. All obligations having been liquidated, all moneys remaining available to any qualified

candidate, shall be paid into the fund, except that no candidate shall pay into the

fund moneys in excess of moneys received from the fund.