New Jersey A 5258: Requires that fuel stations specify taxes levied on motor fuel sales.

Bill Text

A5258 

ASSEMBLY, No. 5258 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED JUNE 15, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman� ROBERT J. KARABINCHAK

District 18 (Middlesex)

SYNOPSIS

���� Authorizes use of campaign funds for security 
expenses of candidate and immediate family. 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

�� 

An Act concerning the use of campaign funds 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.� Notwithstanding the 
provisions of section 17 of P.L.1993, c.65 (C.19:44A-11.2), or any other law, 
rule, or regulation to the contrary, contributions received by a candidate, candidate committee, joint candidates committee, 
or legislative leadership committee may be used to pay for the reasonable costs 
of security measures for a candidate or officeholder, members of their family who 
reside in the same household, and staff, provided that the security measures 
address ongoing dangers or threats that would not otherwise exist were it not 
for the individual�s status or duties as a candidate or officeholder.

���� b.��� Expenditures may be made 
to pay for the following security measures, provided that such expenditures are 
based on the fair market value of the goods and services:

���� (1)� non-structural security 
devices, such as security hardware, locks, alarm systems, motion detectors, and 
security camera systems; 

���� (2) �structural security 
devices, such as wiring, lighting, gates, doors, and fencing, so long as such 
devices are intended solely to provide security and not to improve the property 
or increase its value; 

���� (3) �security personnel and 
services that are bona fide, legitimate, and professional, and compliant with 
the �Security Officer Registration Act,� P.L.2004, c.134 (C.45:19A-1 et seq.), 
as applicable; and 

���� (4) �cybersecurity software, 
devices, and services.

���� c.���� Expenditures shall not 
be made for:

���� (1)� the purchase of firearms 
or ammunition;

���� (2)� payments to family 
members or entities owned or operated by family members; or

���� (3)� home improvements not 
expressly authorized by subsection b. of this section.

���� d.��� Any candidate, candidate 
committee, joint candidates committee, or legislative leadership committee that 
authorizes an expenditure to pay for the reasonable costs of security measures 
authorized pursuant to this section shall retain documentation, including 
receipts, invoices, and contracts of such expenditures, in accordance with the 
record retention requirements established by P.L.1973, c.83 (C.19:44A-1 et 
seq.) and the regulations of the Election Law Enforcement Commission. �Such 
documents shall be considered public records, except that no plan, design, or 
schematic that reveals the type or location of the security measures installed 
shall be publicly disclosed.

���� e.���� Any security devices or 
ongoing services purchased pursuant to this section shall be considered an 
asset of the campaign and shall be appropriately dissolved once the candidate 
closes out the candidate�s campaign or the officeholder is no longer in office. 
�Devices and equipment shall be sold for cost or other reasonable value.

���� f.���� The Election Law 
Enforcement Commission shall promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the �Administrative 
Procedure Act,� P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to effectuate the purpose 
of this section. 

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill authorizes candidates and officeholders to use 
campaign funds for the reasonable costs of security measures for the candidate 
or officeholder, members of their family who reside in the same household, and 
staff, provided that the security measures address ongoing dangers or threats 
that would not otherwise exist were it not for the individual�s status or 
duties as a candidate or officeholder.

����� Under the bill, candidates, candidate committees, 
joint candidate committees, and legislative leadership committees can make 
expenditures for:

����� (1)� non-structural security devices, such as 
security hardware, locks, alarm systems, motion detectors, and security camera 
systems; 

����� (2)� structural security devices, such as wiring, 
lighting, gates, doors, and fencing, so long as such devices are intended 
solely to provide security and not to improve the property or increase its 
value; 

����� (3)� security personnel and services that are bona 
fide, legitimate, and professional; and

����� (4)� cybersecurity software, devices, and services.

����� Expenditures cannot be made for:

����� (1)� the purchase of firearms or ammunition;

����� (2)� payments to family members or entities owned or 
operated by family members; or

����� (3)� home improvements not expressly authorized by 
this bill.