[Second Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 2447

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

213th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED MARCH 3, 2008

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman JAY WEBBER

District 26 (Morris and Passaic)

Assemblywoman JOAN M. QUIGLEY

District 32 (Bergen and Hudson)

Assemblyman GARY S. SCHAER

District 36 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman O'Scanlon

SYNOPSIS

     Prohibits legislative aide who works, or worked, directly for legislator in district office from making political contribution greater than $30 per election to that legislator; prohibits receipt of such contribution.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As amended by the General Assembly on June 23, 2008.

An Act prohibiting certain campaign contributions and supplementing P.L.1973, c.83 (C.19:44A-1 et seq.).

Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

     1.    a. (1) An individual ²[, or an immediate family member thereof,]² who is employed, either full-time or part-time, by a member of the Legislature to work in the legislative district office of that legislator as an aide, personal assistant, manager, advisor or secretary, or is otherwise compensated directly by that legislator for activities or services regarding legislative duties, shall not make a contribution of money or other thing of value ²greater than $30 per election² to the legislator’s candidate committee or joint candidates committee.  ¹No legislator or individual associated with the legislator’s candidate committee or joint candidates committee shall solicit or knowingly accept such a contribution.¹

     (2) An individual ²[, or an immediate family member thereof,]² who was employed, either full-time or part-time, by a member of the Legislature and worked in the legislative district office of that legislator as an aide, personal assistant, manager, advisor or secretary, or was otherwise compensated directly by that legislator for activities or services regarding legislative duties, shall not make a contribution of money or other thing of value ²greater than $30 per election² to the legislator’s candidate committee or joint candidates committee during the two-year period following his or her termination of employment or service.  ¹No legislator or individual associated with the legislator’s candidate committee or joint candidates committee shall solicit or knowingly accept such a contribution.¹

     b.    ²[As used in this section, “immediate family member” means the spouse of an individual and his or her child, step child, father, mother, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandmother, grandfather, or grandchild living in the same household as the individual.

     c.     ]² Any individual found to be in violation of subsection a. of this section is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree.

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.