[Adopted 12-26-2007 by Ord. No. 39-07]
As used in this Part 2, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
CANDIDATE
Any individual seeking election to a public office of the federal, state, county or municipal government, or school district or political party, and any individual who shall have been elected or failed of election to any such office.
MUNICIPALITY
The government of the Township of Jackson, including any officer, department, board, commission or agency thereof.
MUNICIPAL OFFICIAL, EMPLOYEE AND APPOINTEE
Any person holding elective municipal office or holding an appointed position in the municipal government, or in any agency, commission, board or office thereof, whether the position is full-time or part-time, compensated or uncompensated; and any employee of municipal government or of any municipal agency, commission, board or office thereof, whether the position is full-time or part-time.
POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION
Any loans and transfers of money or other things of value to any candidate, elected official or representative of any political organization, or other commitments or assumptions of liability to make any such transfer. Political contributions shall be deemed to have been made upon the date when such commitment is made or liability assumed.
POLITICAL ORGANIZATION
Any two or more persons acting jointly, or any corporation, partnership or other incorporated or unincorporated association which is organized to, or does, aid or promote the nomination, election or defeat of any candidate or candidates for Jackson Township municipal or school board office. "Political organization" includes organizations defined in N.J.S.A. 19:44A-3 as a "political committee," "joint candidates committee," "continuing political committee," "political party committee," or "candidate committee" and which aid or promote the nomination, election or defeat of any candidate or candidates for Jackson Township municipal or school board office.
PUBLIC PROPERTY
All real or personal property owned, leased or controlled by the Township of Jackson.
SOLICIT
To ask for, by oral or written communication, a contribution as defined herein.
A. 
Prohibition against soliciting or accepting political contribution in rooms or buildings occupied in the discharge of public duties. No municipal official, employee or appointee may solicit, commit to pay or receive payment of or a commitment to pay any political contribution for any candidate, elected official or political organization while in any Township room or building occupied in the discharge of official municipal business. This section shall include solicitation or acceptance of political contributions made over a private cell phone or by use of a private computer if the person soliciting or accepting the political contribution or using the cell phone or computer for purposes of soliciting or accepting the political contribution is in any Township room or building occupied in the discharge of official municipal business.
B. 
Prohibition against use of public property for political fund-raising. No municipal official, employee or appointee may solicit, commit to pay or receive payment of or a commitment to pay any political contribution for any candidate, elected official or political organization while utilizing public property.
C. 
Exceptions. In the event Township public facilities are made available to any group for nongovernmental use, this prohibition shall not be deemed to prevent fund-raising of any sort among members of such groups during the time such groups have reserved exclusive use of the Township facility.
D. 
Violations and penalties. Violation of any provision of this article shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $2,000.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
APPLICATION CHECKLIST
The list of submission requirements adopted by ordinance and provided by the municipal agency to a developer pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-10.3.
CONTRIBUTION
Every loan, gift, subscription, advance or transfer of money or other thing of value, including any item of real property or personal property, tangible or intangible (but not including services provided without compensation by individuals volunteering a part or all of their time on behalf of a candidate, committee or organization), made to or on behalf of any candidate, candidate committee, joint candidates committee, political committee, continuing political committee or political party committee and any pledge, promise or other commitment or assumption of liability to make such transfer. For purposes of reports required under the provisions of the ordinance, any such commitment or assumption shall be deemed to have been a contribution upon the date when such commitment is made or liability assumed.
CONTRIBUTION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
A list specifying the amount, date and the recipient of any and all contributions made to or on behalf of any candidate, candidate committee, joint candidates committee, political committee, continuing political committee or political party committee of, or pertaining to, this municipality, made up to one-year prior to filing the variance application and/or during the pendency of the application process, and required to be reported pursuant to N.J.S.A. 19:44A-1 et seq.
DEVELOPER
A developer as defined by N.J.S.A. 40:55D-4, i.e., the legal or beneficial owner or owners of a lot or of any land proposed to be included in a proposed development, including the holder of an option or contract to purchase, or other person having an enforceable proprietary interest in such land.
PROFESSIONAL
Any person or entity whose principals are required to be licensed by New Jersey law and who supplies legal representation, expert testimony or written reports in support of an application. Professionals shall include both any individuals supplying the representation, testimonies or reports and the firms or entities in which said individuals practice.
A. 
Disclosure requirements.
(1) 
Any applicant for a variance pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70d, or a variance pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70c in conjunction with any application for a subdivision not considered a minor subdivision pursuant to local ordinance, or a site plan not considered a minor site plan pursuant to local ordinance, as well as any application for a subdivision not considered a minor subdivision pursuant to local ordinance, or site plan not considered a minor site plan pursuant to local ordinance requiring waivers or exceptions pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-51, shall, for applications made after the effective date of this article, include in the application contribution disclosure statements for all developers, all associates of said developers who would be subject to disclosure pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-48.1 or 40:55D-48.2 and all professionals who apply for or provide testimony, plans or reports in support of said variance and who have an enforceable proprietary interest in the property or development which is the subject of the application or whose fee, in whole or part, is contingent upon the outcome of the application. Regardless of whether the owner of the property which is the subject of the variance application falls in any of the categories established in the preceding sentence, the applicant shall include in the application a contribution disclosure statement for said owner.
(2) 
During the pendency of the application process for applications made after the effective date of this article, until final site plan approval is granted, any applicant required to comply with this article shall amend its contribution disclosure statements to include continuing disclosure of all contributions within the scope of disclosure requirement of the above subsection.
B. 
Inclusion of contribution disclosure statements as an element of the application checklist.
(1) 
An application checklist is hereby adopted pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-10.3 to require that the contribution disclosure statements specified in Subsection A of this section shall be submitted by the applicant for all applications for variance relief pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70d as well as for relief pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70c or N.J.S.A. 40:55D-51 in applications for site plan and subdivision approval not considered to be minor site plans or minor subdivisions pursuant to local ordinance.
(2) 
The Municipal Planning Board and Board of Adjustment shall amend its application checklist for variances pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70d as well as for relief pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70c or N.J.S.A. 40:55D-51 in applications for site plan and subdivision approval not considered to be minor site plans or minor subdivisions pursuant to local ordinance to include the contribution disclosure statements specified in Subsection A of this section.
(3) 
An application shall not be deemed complete by the administrative official or accepted for public hearing by the municipal agency until the required contribution disclosure statements are submitted.
C. 
Availability of the disclosure statement. All contribution disclosure statements shall be available in the office of the administrative officer for review by any member of the public.
D. 
Intent of the disclosure statement. It is the intent of this article that the disclosure statement shall serve to inform the public and not serve as evidence relevant to the decision criteria for variance applications pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70d as well as for relief pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70c or N.J.S.A. 40:55D-51 in applications for site plan and subdivision approval not considered to be minor site plans or minor subdivisions pursuant to local ordinance.