New Jersey Regulations § 19:25-8.4 Candidate certified statements (Form A-1 or A-2)

(a) There shall be no obligation to file the election fund reports referred to at N.J.A.C. 19:25-8.1 on behalf of any candidate committee of a candidate who files no later than five months after the date on which the committee is established, or no later than the 29th day before the election in which the candidate is seeking office, whichever is earlier, a certified statement (Form A-1) to the effect that the total amount expended or to be expended on behalf of his or her candidacy by the candidate committee, or by any candidate committee, joint candidates committee, political committee, continuing political committee, political party committee, legislative leadership committee, or person shall not, in the aggregate, exceed $ 5,800 in that election.

(b) There shall be no obligation to file the election fund reports referred to at N.J.A.C. 19:25-8.1 on behalf of a joint candidates committee if the joint committee files no later than five months after the date on which the committee is established, or no later than the 29th day before the election in which the joint candidates are seeking office, whichever is earlier, a certified statement (Form A-2) to the effect that the total amount to be expended on behalf of the joint candidacies by the joint candidates committee or by any candidate committee, joint candidates committee, political committee, continuing political committee, political party committee, legislative leadership committee, or person shall, not in the aggregate, exceed the following amounts:

(c) If a candidate committee or joint candidates committee that has filed a certified statement receives any contribution from any one source aggregating more than $ 300.00, or receives a currency contribution in any amount, it shall file a report (Form C-1) that shall provide the name and mailing address of the source, the date or dates received, and the aggregate total amount of contributions therefrom, and where the source is an individual, the occupation of the individual and the name and mailing address of the individual's employer. The report shall be signed by the candidate or campaign treasurer and filed no later than:

(d) A candidate, or joint candidates, for election to an office or offices of a school board, or a write-in candidate for any office, making expenditures within the limits provided in (a) or (b) above, shall not be required to file certified statements pursuant to (a) and (b) above, and any candidate committee, or joint candidates committee, established by such a candidate, or joint candidates, shall not be required to file election fund reports pursuant to 19:25-8.1 . However, any candidate committee, or joint candidates committee, established by such a candidate or joint candidates, must file the reports required by (c) above. For the purposes of this section, the term "write-in candidate" shall mean an individual seeking or having sought election to a public office who has not filed an effective nominating petition for that office and whose name does not appear as a candidate for that office on the ballot used for that election.

(e) A candidate shall not be eligible to file a sworn statement (Form A-1) in an election if that candidate controls or retains campaign funds from any prior election for the same office in an amount that exceeds $ 5,800.

(f) A joint candidates committee consisting of two candidates shall not be eligible to file a sworn statement (Form A-2) in an election if the candidates comprising that joint candidates committee control or retain campaign funds from any prior election for the same offices in an amount that exceeds $ 11,000, or in the case of a joint candidates committee consisting of more than two candidates, if the candidates comprising the joint candidates committee retain funds from any prior election for the same offices in an amount that exceeds $ 15,800.