In re Election Law Enforcement Commission Advisory Opinion No. 01-2008, A-83 September Term 2008; Supreme Court; opinion by Albin, J.; decided March 8, 2010. On certification to the Appellate Division, 404 N.J. Super. 29 (App. Div. 2008). [Sat below: Judges Reisner, Sapp-Peterson and Alvarez in the Appellate Division.] DDS No. 21-1-7036 [23 pp.]
The issue in this appeal is whether the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) properly construed the New Jersey Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting Act (Campaign Contributions Act), N.J.S.A. 19:44A-1 to -47, and the regulations implementing the act, in determining that payments in defense of federal criminal corruption charges are not “ordinary and necessary expenses of holding public office.”
