N.J. Admin. Code § 19:25-17.3 - Penalties

(a) Any person, including any candidate, treasurer, candidate committee or joint candidates committee, political committee, continuing political committee, political party committee, legislative leadership committee, or independent expenditure committee, charged with the responsibility pursuant to the terms of the Act, for the preparation, certification, filing, or retention of any reports, records, notices, or other documents, who fails, neglects, or omits to prepare, certify, file, or retain any such report, record, notice, or document at the time or during the time period, as the case may be, and in the manner prescribed by law, or who omits or incorrectly states or certifies any of the information required by law to be included in such report, record, notice, or document, any person who proposes to undertake or undertakes a public solicitation, testimonial affair, or other activity relating to contributions or expenditures in any way regulated by the provisions of the Act who fails to comply with those regulatory provisions, and any other person who in any way violates any of the provisions of the Act shall, in addition to any other penalty provided by law, be liable to a penalty of not more than $ 11,600 for the first offense and not more than $ 24,000 for the second and each subsequent offense.

(b) Any corporation or labor organization of any kind, which provides to any of its officers, directors, attorneys, agents, or other employees any additional increment of salary, bonus, or monetary remuneration of any kind, which, in whole or in part, is intended by that corporation or labor organization to be used for the express purpose of paying or making a contribution, either directly or indirectly, of money or other thing of value to any candidate, candidate committee, joint candidates committee, political party committee, legislative leadership committee, political committee or continuing political committee shall, in addition to any other penalty provided by law, be liable to a penalty of not more than $ 11,600 for the first offense and not more than $ 24,000 for the second and each subsequent offense.

(c) A candidate, candidate committee, joint candidates committee, political committee, continuing political committee, political party committee, legislative leadership committee, or person that makes, incurs, or authorizes an expenditure for the purpose of financing a communication aiding or promoting the nomination, election, or defeat of any candidate or aiding the passage or defeat of any public question, which is an expenditure that the candidate, committee, individual, or group is required to report pursuant to the Act, and that fails, neglects, or omits to include required political identification information in the manner prescribed by the Act or this chapter shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $ 11,600 for the first offense and not more than $ 24,000 for the second and each subsequent offense.

(d) An independent expenditure committee that fails, neglects, or omits to include required political identification information in the manner prescribed pursuant to the Act or this chapter on an independent expenditure or electioneering communication shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $ 11,600 for the first offense and not more than $ 24,000 for the second and each subsequent offense.

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N.J. Admin. Code § 19:25-17.3

Amended by 50 N.J.R. 908(a), effective 2/20/2018 Amended by 52 N.J.R. 2185(a), effective 12/21/2020 Amended by 56 N.J.R. 2340(a), effective 12/16/2024