No contribution of money or any other thing
of value, including in-kind contributions, made by a licensed establishment
or applicant to any municipal candidate for Mayor or Council, or municipal
party committee, or county party committee shall be deemed a violation
of this article, nor shall an agreement for property, goods, or services,
of any kind whatsoever, be disqualified thereby, if that contribution
was made by a licensed establishment or applicant prior to the effective
date of this article.
Any applicant for a liquor license or licensed
establishment who knowingly makes a contribution or who fails to reveal
a contribution made in violation of this article, or who knowingly
makes or solicits contributions through intermediaries for the purpose
of concealing or misrepresenting the source of the contribution, shall
be disqualified from eligibility for holding or applying for any liquor
license in the Borough of Spring Lake or otherwise sanctioned pursuant
to the New Jersey Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, N.J.S.A. 33:1-1
et seq.