19:25-15.12 Who may or may not contribute
(a) No person, candidate committee, joint candidates committee, political committee, continuing political committee, or legislative leadership committee, other than a candidate contributing his or her own funds to his or her campaign, shall make any contribution to any candidate, the candidate's campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer, or to any other person or committee, in aid of the candidacy of or in behalf of a candidate, whether or not participating in public funding, for election to the office of Governor in a general election, in the aggregate in excess of $3,400. Any such contribution in excess of $3,400 must be returned to the contributor pursuant to the requirements of N.J.A.C. 19:25-11.8, and evidence of repayment shall be submitted to the Commission.
(b) A joint candidates committee established by candidates who have not established any candidate committees in an election may make a contribution to a candidate for election to the office of Governor in an amount not to exceed the sum of the number of candidates participating in the joint candidates committee multiplied by $3,400. If a candidate has established both a candidate committee and a joint candidates committee in an election, the total amount which may be contributed by that candidate's joint candidates committee and candidate committee to a candidate for election to the office of Governor may not exceed $3,400 per candidate participating in the joint candidates committee.
(c) Subject to the limitations contained in this subchapter and the Act, any person may contribute to more than one candidate.
(d) A corporation, association or labor organization or any subsidiary, affiliate, branch, division, department or local unit of any such corporation, association or labor organization shall not make any contribution to or on behalf of a candidate, which, when added to any other contribution by any related or affiliated corporation, association or labor organization, exceeds $3,400 in the aggregate. Whether such corporation, association or labor organization is related or affiliated shall depend on the circumstances existing at the time of such contribution, including, but not by way of limitation, the degree of control or common ownership with related or affiliated corporations, associations or labor organizations, the source and control of funds used for such contributions and the degree to which the decisions whether to contribute, to what candidate and in what amount are independent decisions.
(e) In considering the criteria set forth in (d) above, two or more corporations shall be conclusively deemed to be affiliated if:
1. Any individual, corporation, partnership, company, association, or other entity owns, directly or indirectly, more than a 30 percent interest in each of such corporations; or
2. One such corporation owns, directly or indirectly, more than a 30 percent interest in the other such corporation.
(f) Contributions by minors shall be attributed to the legal guardian(s) of the minor for the purposes of N.J.A.C. 19:25-15.6, and not to the minor unless:
1. The minor is 14 years or older;
2. The contribution is made from funds comprised of the minor's earned income as defined in N.J.A.C. 19:25-1.7; and
3. Sworn statements made by the minor and by the minor's legal guardian(s) are submitted with the contribution which state that the decision to contribute was solely that of the minor and that the funds used to make the contribution were comprised solely of the minor's earned income.
(g) For the purposes of (f) above, if the minor has more than one legal guardian, the contribution shall be attributed equally to each legal guardian of the minor.
As amended, R. 1984 d. 561, effective December 17, 1984. See: 16 N.J.R. 2765(a), 16 N.J.R. 3485(b). Amended by R. 1985 d. 239, effective May 20, 1985. See: 17 N.J.R. 684(a), 17 N.J.R. 1335(b). Added text to (a): "Notwithstanding the provision . . . in N.J.S.A. 19:44A-3(n)(2)." Amended by R. 1989 d. 341, effective June 5, 1989. See: 21 N.J.R. 1109(a), 21 N.J.R. 1837(a). Deleted unnecessary language in (a) regarding use of term "continuing political committee" and increased contribution limit from $800.00 to $1,500. Amended by R. 1993 d. 207, effective May 17, 1993. See: 25 N.J.R. 910(a), 25 N.J.R. 1994(a). Revised (a) and (c). Amended by R. 1996 d. 583, effective December 16, 1996. See: 28 N.J.R. 4395(b), 28 N.J.R. 5199(a). Raised contribution thresholds; added references to candidate committee, joint candidates committee and legislative leadership committee; and added (d). Amended by R. 1997 d. 179, effective April 21, 1997. See: 29 N.J.R. 419(b), 29 N.J.R. 1518(a). Added (e) and (f). Amended by R. 1997 d. 218, effective May 19, 1997. See: 29 N.J.R. 743(a), 29 N.J.R. 2468(a). Rewrote (d). Amended by R. 2000 d. 322, effective August 7, 2000. See: 32 N.J.R. 1291(a), 32 N.J.R. 2930(a). Inserted a new (b); recodified former (b) through (f) as (c) through (g); and in new (e) and (g), made internal reference changes. Amended by R. 2000 d. 473, effective November 20, 2000. See: 32 N.J.R. 2994(a), 32 N.J.R. 4117(a). Increased dollar amounts throughout. Amended by R. 2004 d. 472, effective December 20, 2004. See: 36 N.J.R. 4079(a), 36 N.J.R. 5697(a). Substituted "$3,000" for "$2,600" throughout. Amended by R. 2008 d. 359, effective December 1, 2008. See: 40 N.J.R. 4728(a), 40 N.J.R. 6861(a). In (a), (b), and (d), substituted "$3,400" for "$3,000" throughout; and in (d), inserted a comma following the first occurrence of "candidate". Amended by R. 2010 d. 062, effective April 19, 2010. See: 41 N.J.R. 4682(a), 42 N.J.R. 811(a). In (c), substituted "Act" for "act".