New Jersey Regulations § 19:25-20.3A Presumption of lobbying activity

It shall be a rebuttable presumption that a communication, except as provided in 19:25-20.3 (b) , by a governmental affairs agent is a communication for the purpose of influencing legislation, influencing regulation, or influencing a governmental process if the communication is made to the Governor, the Governor's staff, or the Governor's Chief of Staff, or to the Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, Assistant Commissioner, Division Director, Chief of Staff, Executive Director, policy advisor, or a person in an analogous position in a principal department in the Executive Branch of State Government, or in any authority, board, commission or other agency or instrumentality in or of such a principal department, or to a person empowered by law to issue, adopt, or promulgate administrative rules.