N.J. Admin. Code § 13:48-2.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024
Section 13:48-2.1 - Fee schedule
(a) The following fees shall be charged by the Division for registration of charitable organizations (which includes for purposes of this subchapter, federated fund raising organizations), fund raising counsel, independent paid fund raisers and solicitors, and for filing of contracts and other documents:
1. A charitable organization, that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Act, but pursuant to 13:48-3.3(a)7 elects to register by filing a short form registration statement shall pay an annual registration fee of $ 30.00. A late fee of $ 25.00 shall be incurred by any organization that elects to file a registration statement but fails to submit the complete annual registration filing within 30 days of the annual filing deadline.
2. A charitable organization that is required under the Act to file a short form registration statement shall pay an annual registration fee of $ 30.00 with the annual filing, unless a filing extension was granted pursuant to 13:48-3.4. A late fee of $ 25.00 shall be incurred by any organization that fails to submit a complete annual registration filing along with the applicable annual registration fee within 30 days of the annual filing deadline.
3. A charitable organization that is required under the Act to file a long form registration statement and received gross contributions of not more than $ 100,000 during the most recently filed fiscal year of the organization, shall pay an annual registration fee of $ 60.00 with the annual filing unless a filing extension was granted pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:48-3.4. A late fee of $ 25.00 shall be incurred by any organization that fails to submit a complete annual registration filing along with the applicable annual registration fee within 30 days of the annual filing deadline.
4. A charitable organization that is required under the Act to file a long form registration statement and received gross contributions of more than $ 100,000 but not more than $ 500,000 during the most recently filed fiscal year of the organization shall pay an annual registration fee of $ 150.00 with the annual filing unless a filing extension was granted pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:48-3.4. A late fee of $ 25.00 shall be incurred by any organization that fails to submit a complete annual registration filing along with the applicable annual registration fee within 30 days of the annual filing deadline.
5. A charitable organization that is required under the Act to file a long form registration statement and received gross contributions of more than $ 500,000 during the most recently filed fiscal year of the organization, shall pay an annual registration fee of $ 250.00 with the annual filing unless a filing extension was granted pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:48-3.4. A late fee of $ 25.00 shall be incurred by any organization that fails to submit a complete annual registration filing along with the applicable annual registration fee within 30 days of the annual filing deadline.
6. A parent organization that registers local units in accordance with the Act shall pay its own fee and an additional fee of $ 10.00 for each local unit.
7. All fund raising counsel and independent paid fund raisers shall pay an annual registration fee of $ 250.00, payable upon initial registration and on July 1 of each renewal year thereafter. A partnership or corporation that offers either fund raising counsel or independent paid fund raiser services, or both types of services, shall pay a single annual registration fee, payable upon initial registration and on July 1 of each renewal year thereafter. Any fund raising counsel or independent paid fund raiser that fails to submit a complete annual registration filing along with the applicable annual registration fee within 30 days of July 1 shall pay a late fee of $ 25.00.
8. In addition to the registration fee paid by independent paid fund raisers under (a)7 above, an independent paid fund raiser shall pay a registration fee of $ 15.00 for each solicitor it registers pursuant to 13:48-8.1 upon initial registration and on July 1 of each renewal year thereafter. Upon renewal of registration, failure to submit a complete annual registration filing along with the applicable fee within 30 calendar days of July 1 shall result in a late fee of $ 25.00.
9. The fee for filing a contract, or for the renewal or the extension thereof, defined for purposes of this subsection as any written agreement between a charitable organization and a fund raising counsel, independent paid fund raiser or commercial co-venturer, shall be $ 30.00 and shall be paid at least 10 days prior to commencement of any solicitation activity in the State set forth in that contract.
10. The fee for filing a contract, or for the renewal or the extension thereof, defined for purposes of this paragraph as any written agreement between fund raising counsel or independent paid fund raiser and any other fund raising counsel or independent paid fund raiser shall be $ 30.00 and shall be paid at least 10 days prior to the commencement of any solicitation activity in the State as set forth in that contract.
11. The fee for filing a final report, required to be filed by the charitable organization under N.J.S.A. 45:17A-29b at the conclusion of a charitable sales promotion conducted by a commercial co-venturer on behalf of a charitable organization, shall be $ 10.00.
12. The fee for filing a financial report required to be filed by a fund raising counsel or independent paid fund raiser under N.J.S.A. 45:17A-27g(3) for a solicitation campaign, shall be $ 10.00.
13. The fee for filing a written commitment, required to be filed by a fund raising counsel or independent paid fund raiser under N.J.S.A. 45:17A-32e(1), confirming a charitable organization's acceptance of donated tickets to an event, shall be $ 10.00.
14. The fee for filing a 10-day notice, required to be filed under N.J.S.A. 45:17A-30d(1) by a law officers' organization to provide notice of any campaign involving multiple solicitations, shall be $ 10.00.
15. The fees for photocopies of any public record maintained pursuant to the Act shall be in accordance with the "Open Public Records Act," 47:1A-1 et seq.
(b) Where the fee imposed is based upon the gross contributions received during the most recently filed fiscal year, and a charitable organization failed to make a required filing which reports gross contributions, the fee shall be based upon the gross contributions received in the prior fiscal year.
(c) A late fee shall be deemed a primary, but not exclusive, remedy for any registration statement or other document which is not filed in a timely fashion. Any failure to file in a timely fashion is a violation of the Act and may be enforced accordingly.
(d) All fee payments shall be in the form of a check or money order made out to "The N.J. Division of Consumer Affairs," and sent to:

Division of Consumer Affairs

Charities Registration Section

PO Box 45021

Newark, NJ 07101

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:48-2.1

Amended by R.1999 d.385, effective 11/15/1999.
See: 30 N.J.R. 4115(a), 31 N.J.R. 3751(b).
In (a)9, inserted "or for the renewal or the extension thereof," following "contract", inserted "shall be $ 30.00 and shall be paid" following "co-venturer", and deleted ", shall be $ 30.00" at the end; and in (d), substituted a reference to the Charities Registration Section for a reference to the Regulated Business Section.
Amended by R.2005 d.70, effective 2/22/2005.
See: 36 N.J.R. 4370(a), 37 N.J.R. 618(a).
In (a), substituted "submit a complete annual registration filing" for "submit he annual filing" in 1, substituted "submit a complete annual registration filing along with the applicable" for "pay any" and "pay the" in 2 through 5 and 7 and 8 respectively, and rewrote 14.
Amended by R.2006 d.432, effective 12/18/2006.
See: 38 N.J.R. 2632(a), 38 N.J.R. 5393(a).
Rewrote (a)1; in (a)2, (a)3, (a)4 and (a)5, updated the N.J.A.C. references and substituted "that" for ", which" and "which" throughout.
Amended by R.2011 d.061, effective 2/22/2011.
See: 42 N.J.R. 1676(a), 43 N.J.R. 439(a).
Rewrote the introductory paragraph of (a) and (a)7 and (a)8; in (a)1, substituted ", but" for the first occurrence of "and", "may nevertheless" for the first occurrence of "elects to" and "shall pay" for "and paying"; in (a)2, (a)3, (a)3, (a)4 and (a)5, deleted "a year" preceding "with the annual"; in (a)2, inserted a comma following the first occurrence of "filing"; in (a)3, (a)4 and (a)5, deleted "that' preceding "received"; added new (a)10; recodified former (a)10 through (a)14 as (a)11 through (a)15; in (a)11, substituted "N.J.S.A. 45:17A-29b" for "Section 12b of the Act"; in (a)12, substituted "N.J.S.A. 45:17A-27g(3)" for "Section 10g(3) of the Act"; in (a)13, substituted "N.J.S.A. 45:17A-32e(1)" for "Section 15e(1) of the Act"; and in (a)14, substituted "10-day" for "10 day" and "under N.J.S.A. 45:17A-30d(1)" for "by Section 13d(1) of the Act".