New Jersey Regulations § 19:25-20.16 Responsibilities for filing annual reports; certification

(a) The represented entity and the governmental affairs agent shall have the responsibility of electronically filing annual reports.

(b) Each organization which itself has a filing obligation as a represented entity pursuant to this subchapter is not relieved of that obligation by virtue of the fact that a governmental affairs agent engaged, designated, or employed by it has a filing obligation; except that a represented entity required to file an annual report pursuant to the Act may designate a governmental affairs agent in its employ or otherwise engaged or used by it to electronically file the annual report on its behalf, provided such designation is made electronically by the represented entity on a form prescribed by the Commission and is filed with the Commission on or before the date on which the annual report of the represented entity is due for filing, and further provided that any violation of the Act shall subject both the represented entity and the designated governmental affairs agent to the penalties provided by the Act and this subchapter.

(c) Each governmental affairs agent which has a filing obligation pursuant to this subchapter is not relieved of that obligation by virtue of the fact that the organization engaging, retaining or employing it has or may have a filing obligation as a represented entity or that the governmental affairs agent has been designated by which organization to file an annual report for it; except that any represented entity organization required to file a report pursuant to the Act which employs or otherwise engages or uses a governmental affairs agent or agents whose only reportable lobbying activity is on behalf of such organization, may file a single annual report required under 19:25-20.1 4 on behalf of its own lobbying activity and the activities of such governmental affairs agent or agents, provided that any violation of the Act shall subject the represented entity alone to the penalties provided by the Act and this subchapter.

(d) Each report electronically filed with the Commission by a represented entity or governmental affairs agent shall be certified as to the correctness of the report by the governmental affairs agent or, in the case of a represented entity, by a governmental affairs agent employed by the represented entity or a responsible financial or governmental affairs officer of the represented entity.