Title 5, Title 5: AMUSEMENTS, PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS AND MEETINGS

5:8-52. Application Each applicant for such a license shall file with the clerk of the municipality a written application therefor in the form prescribed in said rules and regulations, duly executed and verified, in which shall be stated the name and address of the applicant toge…

5:8-53. Issuance of licenses to conduct games of chance; fees 4. The governing body of the municipality shall make an investigation of the qualifications of each applicant and the merits of the application, with due expedition after the filing of the application, and if it shall …

5:8-54. Duration of license; games within Bingo Licensing Law No license for the holding, operation or conduct of any game or games of chance shall be issued under this act which shall be effective for a period of more than 1 year and no license shall be issued under this act for…

5:8-55. Hearing; amendment of license No application for the issuance of a license shall be refused by the governing body until after a hearing is held on due notice to the applicant, at which the applicant shall be entitled to be heard upon the qualifications of the applicant an…

5:8-56. Form and contents of license; display of license Each license shall be in such form as shall be prescribed in the rules and regulations promulgated by the Control Commission and shall contain a description of the kind or kinds of game or games of chance authorized to be h…

5:8-57. Control and supervision over all games; violations, penalties 8. The governing body of any municipality issuing any license under this act shall have and exercise control and supervision over all games of chance held, operated or conducted under such license, to the end t…

5:8-57.1. Violations, injunctions, proceedings, penalties 14. Whenever it shall appear to the control commission that a violation of a law, including the unlicensed conduct or practice of a regulated activity, or regulation administered by the control commission has occurred, is …

5:8-57.2. Civil penalties 15. Any person violating any provision of a law or regulation administered by the control commission shall, in addition to any other sanctions provided in section 8 of P.L.1954, c.5 (C.5:8-57), be liable to a civil penalty of not more than $7,500 for the…

5:8-58. Sunday; conduct of games on No games of chance shall be conducted under any license issued under this act on the first day of the week, commonly known and designated as Sunday, unless it shall be otherwise provided in the license issued for the holding, operating and cond…

5:8-59 Age limit, exceptions. 10. a. No person under the age of 18 years shall be permitted to participate in any manner in any game or games of chance not conducted by a drawing, except that a person under the age of 18 years shall be permitted to play a game of chance not condu…

5:8-6 Duties of commission. 6. It shall be the duty of the commission to supervise the administration of the Bingo Licensing Law and the Raffles Licensing Law and to adopt, amend and repeal rules and regulations governing the issuance and amendment of licenses thereunder and the …

5:8-60. Limits on frequency of games 11. No game or games of chance shall be held, operated or conducted under any license issued under this act more often than authorized by regulation promulgated by the control commission. L.1954,c.5,s.11; amended 1994,c.63,s.17.

5:8-60.1 Findings, declarations relative to conduct of raffles. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that it is the purpose of this act to assist charitable, civic and service organizations, including volunteer fire companies, first-aid squads, church organizations, school group…

5:8-60.2 "Penny auction" defined. 3. As used in P.L.1954, c.5 (C.5:8-50 et seq.), as amended and supplemented, "Penny auction" means an event at which multiple items of merchandise, or gift certificates therefor, but not cash, are raffled by drawing the winning ticket from a cont…

5:8-60.3 Certain regulations pertaining to raffles. 4. The Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission shall promulgate regulations allowing qualified organizations to: a. offer as a raffle prize any personal or professional service, or a gift certificate for any personal or pro…

5:8-60.4 Pamphlet describing rights, duties, responsibilities of conducting raffles. 5. The Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission shall prepare, publish and make available to any qualified organization, upon request, a pamphlet which describes in plain and simple language …

5:8-60.5 Verbal or written warning prior to administrative action, charges. 6. Prior to initiating administrative action or bringing charges against an organization qualified to conduct raffles for a violation which relates to the conduct of games or the awarding of prizes, the L…

5:8-61. Operation of game restricted 12. a. No person shall hold, operate or conduct any game or games of chance under any license issued under this act except an active member of, or a person approved by the control commission who is compensated by, the organization, association…

5:8-62. Limitations on prizes 13. No prize shall be offered and given in cash except as authorized by regulation promulgated by the control commission. a. The aggregate retail value of all prizes to be offered and given by raffles held, operated and conducted under any license is…

5:8-63. Advertising of games prohibited, exceptions 14. No game of chance to be conducted under any license issued under this act shall be advertised as to its location, the time when it is to be or has been played, or the prizes awarded or to be awarded, by means of newspapers, …

5:8-63.1. Regulations governing advertising of game of chance 3. The Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission shall promulgate regulations to govern the advertising of any game of chance occurring in any municipality in which the majority of voters voting therein have voted i…

5:8-64. Verified report filed, contents 15. No later than the 15th day of the calendar month immediately following a calendar month in which any such game of chance was held, operated or conducted, the organization, association, church, congregation, society, club, fire company, …

5:8-65. Examination authority The governing body of the municipality and the control commission shall have power to examine or to cause to be examined the books and records of any organization, association, church, congregation, society, fire company, first-aid or rescue squad or…

5:8-66. Appeal from governing body to control commission Any applicant for, or holder of, any license issued or to be issued under this act aggrieved by any action of the governing body of the municipality to which such application has been made or by which such license has been …

5:8-67. Immunity from prosecution; exceptions No person, association or corporation (1) Possessing, selling or in any manner disposing of, in any municipality which has adopted the provisions of this act, any shares, tickets or rights to participate in any game or games of chance…

5:8-68. Offenses; violators as disorderly persons; forfeiture of license; ineligibility to apply for license Any person, association or corporation who or which shall make any false statement in any application for a license under this act or in any statement annexed thereto or s…

5:8-69. Act inoperative until adopted by voters The provisions of this act shall remain inoperative in any municipality unless and until the same shall be adopted by the legal voters of the municipality as herein provided. L.1954, c. 5, p. 27, s. 20.

5:8-7. Filing and availability of rules and regulations A copy of every rule and regulation adopted and promulgated by the commission shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State before it shall become effective and copies thereof shall be made available to the various …

5:8-70. Submission to voters; time; ballots; voting machines; count, return and canvass The question of the adoption of the provisions of this act, in the form set forth in section 23 of this act, shall be submitted to the legal voters of every municipality in this State at a spe…

5:8-71. Resubmission if majority against question In event that in any municipality a majority of all the votes cast both for and against the question shall be cast against the question at any election at which said question is submitted, said question may again be submitted to t…

5:8-72. Contents of ballots; voting machines There shall be printed on each official ballot to be used at any election at which said question shall be submitted, the following: If you favor the proposition printed below make a cross (X), plus (+) or check (/) in the square opposi…

5:8-73. Majority vote determines whether act operative If at any election at which such question is submitted as provided in this act the majority of all the votes cast, both for and against such question, shall be cast in favor of the question, the provisions of this act shall b…

5:8-74. Submission of question of rescinding adoption of act If in any municipality in which the provisions of this act shall have become operative in the manner hereinbefore provided, there shall be filed with the clerk of the municipality a petition signed by at least 15% of th…

5:8-75. Ballots on question of rescinding adoption There shall be printed upon the official ballot to be used at such general election the following: If you favor the proposition printed below, make a cross (X), plus (+) or check (/) in the square opposite the word "Yes." If you …

5:8-76. Majority vote determines question of rescission; resubmission If at such election a majority of all the votes cast, for and against the rescission of the adoption of this act, in said municipality shall be cast in favor of the rescission thereof, the said adoption of this…

5:8-77. Severability In case for any reason any provision of the act to which this act is a supplement shall be questioned in any court and shall be held to be unconstitutional or invalid, the same shall not affect any other provision of said act except so far as the provision so…

5:8-78.1 Eligibility for amusement game license. 1. The holder of a plenary retail consumption license, as defined in R.S.33:1-12, whose licensed premises is at least 20,000 square feet, shall be eligible to be issued for the licensed premises an amusement game license pursuant t…

5:8-78.2 Issuance of amusement game license to certain bowling alleys. 1. The operator of a bowling alley located anywhere in this State, including a bowling alley for which a plenary retail consumption license as defined in R.S.33:1-12 has been issued , whose premises include no…

5:8-79. Supervision of administration of Amusement Games Licensing Law; rules and regulations The said commissioner shall supervise the administration of the Amusement Games Licensing Law and he shall from time to time make and promulgate rules and regulations governing licenses …

5:8-79.1. Rules and regulations of amusement games control commissioner 1. The rules and regulations to be made and promulgated by the Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission, in addition to provisions authorized by any other law, shall also provide for applications to, and …

5:8-79.2. Effective date; operative upon approval by voters of Amusement Games Licensing Law This act shall take effect immediately, but shall be inoperative unless and until an "Amusement Games Licensing Law" is enacted by the Legislature and is approved by a majority of the leg…

5:8-8. Investigations The commission shall conduct investigations of the administration of said laws in such of the municipalities of this State as it shall deem desirable and as shall serve to furnish a cross section of all of the municipalities operating under said laws in this…

5:8-80. Filing of rules and regulations; availability of copies to municipalities A copy of every rule and regulation made and promulgated by the commissioner shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State before it shall become effective and copies thereof shall be made …

5:8-81. Investigation of administration of Amusement Games Licensing Law in municipalities The commissioner shall conduct investigations of the administration of said law in such of the municipalities of this State as he shall deem desirable and as shall serve to furnish a cross …

5:8-82. License suspension or revocation; penalties The commissioner shall have power to suspend and revoke licenses, after hearing, for violation of the law under which the license is issued or for violation of any provision of applicable law or of the rules and regulations made…

5:8-83. Prosecutions The commissioner shall have power to institute prosecutions for the punishment of violations of said law or said rules and regulations. L.1959, c. 108, p. 502, s. 6.