New Jersey § 52:13c-21

§ 52:13c-21.

a. Any person who, on or after the effective date of P.L.1991, c. 243 or on or after the effective date of P.L.2004, c. 27 for the purpose of influencing governmental processes, is employed, retained or engages

himself as a governmental affairs agent shall, prior to any communication with, or

the making of any expenditures providing a benefit to, a member of the Legislature,

legislative staff, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Governor's staff, or

an officer or staff member of the Executive Branch, and in any event within 30 days

of the appropriate effective date or of such employment, retainer or engagement, whichever

occurs later, file a signed notice of representation with the Election Law Enforcement

Commission in such detail as the commission may prescribe, identifying himself and

persons by whom he is employed or retained, and the persons in whose interests he

is working, and the general nature of his proposed services as a governmental affairs

agent for such persons, which notice shall contain the following information: (1) his name, business address and regular occupation; (2) the name, business address and occupation or principal business of the person

from whom he receives compensation for acting as a governmental affairs agent; (3)(a) the name, business address and occupation or principal business of any person

in whose interest he acts as a governmental affairs agent in consideration of the

aforesaid compensation, if such person is other than the person from whom said compensation

is received; and (b) if a person, identified under paragraph (2) of this subsection as one from whom

the governmental affairs agent receives compensation, is a membership organization

or corporation whose name or occupation so identified does not, either explicitly

or by virtue of the nature of the principal business in which the organization or

its members, or the corporation or its shareholders, is commonly known to be engaged,

clearly reveal the primary specific economic, social, political, or other interest

which the organization or corporation may reasonably be understood to seek to advance

or protect through its employment, retainer, or engagement of the governmental affairs

agent, a description of that primary economic, social, political, or other interest

and a list of the persons having organizational or financial control of the organization

or corporation, including the names, mailing addresses and occupations, respectively,

of those persons. The commission shall promulgate rules and regulations to govern the content of any

information required to be disclosed under this subparagraph and shall take such steps

as are reasonably necessary to ensure that all such information is, in accordance

with those rules and regulations, both accurate and complete. Any list of governmental affairs agents and their principals required to be published

quarterly under subsection h. of section 6 of P.L.1971, c. 183 ( C.52:13C-23 ) shall include, for each such principal for whom it is not otherwise apparent, the

primary specific interest which the principal may reasonably be understood to seek

to advance or protect through its engagement of the governmental affairs agent and

the category of persons required to file additional information, as that interest

and such category shall have been determined under subparagraph (b) of this paragraph; (4) whether the person from whom he receives said compensation employs him solely

as a governmental affairs agent, or whether he is a regular employee performing services

for his employer which include but are not limited to the influencing of legislation,

regulation or governmental processes; (5) the length of time for which he will be receiving compensation from the person

aforesaid for acting as a governmental affairs agent, if said length of time can be

ascertained at the time of filing; (6) the type of legislation, regulation or governmental process or the particular

legislation, regulation or governmental process in relation to which he is to act

as governmental affairs agent in consideration of the aforesaid compensation, and

any particular legislation, regulation or governmental process or type of legislation,

regulation or governmental process which he is to promote or oppose; (7) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2004, c. 38 ). (8) When a governmental affairs agent is employed or retained by any State or local

government agency, department, board, bureau, commission, authority, board of education,

institution of higher education, or any other government entity in this State, the

notice of representation shall also indicate the compensation amount received or to

be received by the governmental affairs agent from the government entity. Each notice of representation indicating that the governmental affairs agent is

employed or retained by a government entity shall be posted by the commission on the

commission's Internet site within 30 days of filing, and shall be easily available

for public inspection through that Internet site. b. Any governmental affairs agent who receives compensation from more than one person

for his services as a governmental affairs agent shall file a separate notice of representation

with respect to each such person; except that a governmental affairs agent whose

fee for acting as such in respect to the same legislation, regulation or governmental

processor type of legislation, regulation or governmental process is paid or contributed

to by more than one person may file a single statement, in which he shall detail the

name, business address and occupation or principal business of each person so paying

or contributing.