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

5:5-91. Establishment of sire stakes program 1. There is hereby established in the State of New Jersey a Sire Stakes Program for standardbred horses that are the product of a registered New Jersey stallion, registered with the Standardbred Breeders' and Owners' Association of New…

5:5-91.1 Standardbred Development Program. 1. There is hereby established a Standardbred Development Program to be administered by the Sire Stakes Program board of trustees. Horses eligible to race under the Standardbred Development Program shall be any foal otherwise eligible to…

5:5-92. Horsemen's benevolent and protective, standardbred breeders' and owners', and thoroughbred breeders' associations; annual audit; filing The New Jersey Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association, the Standardbred Breeders' and Owners' Association of New Jersey, and t…

5:5-93. Standards for determination of New Jersey ownership The Standardbred Breeders' and Owners' Association, in the case of standardbred horses, and the Thoroughbred Breeders Association, in the case of thoroughbred horses, shall promulgate standards for determining New Jersey…

5:5-94. Legislative findings The Legislature finds and declares: a. The destruction by fire of the Garden State Racetrack in the spring of 1977 was a severe blow to the economic well-being of the area surrounding the racetrack and of the larger South Jersey area, most importantly…

5:5-95. Acquisition of Garden State Racetrack by Sports and Exposition Authority; suspension Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1978, c. 1 (C. 5:10-27 et seq.) to the contrary, the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority shall not acquire the Garden State Racetrack during t…

5:5-96. Private purchase of Garden State Racetrack; application for racing permits Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1940, c. 17 (C. 5:5-22 et seq.) to the contrary, if a private buyer purchases the Garden State Racetrack during the period of one year following the effective …

5:5-97. Racing date allocation; renewal allotment In granting a permit to the applicant to conduct a horse race meeting, the commission shall not be subject to any limitation as to the number of tracks authorized for the conduct of horse race meetings pursuant to any provision of…

5:5-98. Garden State Racetrack 5. The permitholder shall distribute the sums deposited in parimutuel pools to winners thereof in accordance with section 44 of P.L.1940, c.17 (C.5:5-64) and shall dispose of the deposits remaining undistributed as follows: a. In the case of harness…

5:5-99. Conduct of meetings and wagering; standards, rules, regulations and conditions Except as otherwise provided in this act, the horse race meetings and parimutuel wagering conducted by the permitholder shall be conducted in the manner and subject to compliance with the stand…

5:5-99.1 Appropriation for horse racing purse subsidies. 1. There shall be appropriated out of the General Fund of the State in the current fiscal year 2019 and in each of the ten fiscal years thereafter $20,000,000 annually to the New Jersey Racing Commission to be used for hors…

5:5-99.2 Requirements for receipt of funds. 4. The recipient of any funds appropriated or allocated pursuant to P.L.2019, c.36 (C.5:5-99.1 et al.), as amended, as a condition of receiving any such funds in the subsequent fiscal year thereafter, shall file an annual report with th…

5:7-10. Guard or hub rail; fence; compliance with rules and regulations No license shall be issued for the operation or conduct of any such track or other place unless (a) There is provided and maintained on the outer circumference of the track and around the entire outer circumf…

5:7-11. License; expiration date; revocation; reinstatement Each license so issued shall expire on the thirty-first of December following the date of its issuance. Any such license may be revoked at any time, however, for failure of the licensee to comply with the requirements of…

5:7-12. License for race or exhibition; compliance with rules; guard personnel No license shall be issued for the holding of any motor vehicle race or exhibition of motor vehicle driving skill unless the department is satisfied that all provisions of this act and of the rules and…

5:7-13. License for race or exhibition; liability insurance No license shall be issued for the holding of any motor vehicle race or exhibition of motor vehicle driving skill until the person applying for the license shall have filed with the department evidence satisfactory to it…

5:7-14. Rules and regulations The department shall formulate and prescribe rules and regulations not inconsistent with this act, which shall be formulated in each year after holding a public hearing in the months of January or February, notice whereof shall be sent by mail to eac…

5:7-15. Inspection by department The department shall have power at all convenient times to inspect any race track or place of exhibition, licensed by it or for which application for license has been made to it, for which any license for the holding of any motor vehicle race or e…

5:7-16. Employees The department is authorized and directed, insofar as possible, to utilize the services of employees of the several divisions of the department to perform the functions and duties charged to it under this act and to appoint and remove, subject to the provisions …

5:7-17. Disposition of fees All fees received by the department pursuant to this act shall be paid and accounted for by it to the State Treasurer for credit to the general funds of the State. L.1953, c. 174, p. 1444, s. 10.

5:7-18. Violations Any person, partnership, association or corporation managing, operating, or conducting a motor vehicle race or exhibition of motor vehicle driving skill, except in accordance with a license issued therefor, or violating any of the provisions of this act, shall …

5:7-19. Repeal "An act concerning motor vehicle racing and exhibitions of motor vehicle driving skill, providing for the issuance of licenses therefor, the inspection of tracks and maintenance of guard rails and fences for the protection of spectators and prescribing penalties fo…

5:7-8. License required; fee No person shall operate or conduct any motor vehicle races or exhibitions of motor vehicle driving skill, or any track or other place for the holding of such races or exhibitions, unless a license to operate and conduct the same shall be first obtaine…

5:7-9. Application for license Application for a license to operate or conduct a track or other place for the holding of such races or exhibitions shall be made in writing to the department at least thirty days prior to the date on which any race or exhibition, or series of races…

5:8-1. Commission created; members There is hereby constituted the "Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission," in the Department of Law and Public Safety, which shall consist of five citizens of the State, who are not holders of any public office, and who shall be appointed b…

5:8-1.1. Method of transfer of commission to department of law and public safety The transfer of the commission to the Department of Law and Public Safety as provided by this act shall be effected pursuant to the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L.1971, c. 375 (C. 52:14D-1 et seq.)…

5:8-10. Institution of prosecutions The commission shall have power to institute prosecutions for the punishment of violations of either of said laws. L.1954, c. 7, p. 48, s. 10.

5:8-100. Short title This act shall be known as and may be cited as the "Amusement Games Licensing Law." L.1959, c. 109, p. 507, s. 1.

5:8-101 Licensing of owner, operator of amusement games; terms defined. 2. It shall be lawful for the governing body of any municipality, at any time after this act shall become operative and except when prohibited by this act, to license the owner and operator of any amusement g…

5:8-101.1 Issuance of amusement games license to certain holders of a special concessionaire permit. 1. The holder of a special concessionaire permit, as provided for in R.S.33:1-42, whose licensed premises is located in the post-security checkpoint area of the departure level of…

5:8-102. Application for municipal license; filing; contents; state license; annual fees 3. Each applicant for such a license shall file with the clerk of the municipality a written application therefor in the form prescribed by the Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission, d…

5:8-103. Investigation by municipality; issuance of license; fees; removal of disqualification; notice of change in facts The governing body of the municipality shall make an investigation of the qualifications of each applicant and the merits of each application, with due expedi…

5:8-104. Refusal to issue license; notice; hearing; additional licenses Where the issuance of licenses is authorized by the municipality 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 applican…

5:8-105. Form of license; contents; display Each license shall be in such form as shall be prescribed in the rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner and shall contain a description of the kind of amusement games authorized to be held, operated and conducted thereund…

5:8-106 Control, supervision by municipality of amusement games, offer of electronic amusements. 7. a. The governing body of any municipality issuing any license under this act shall have and exercise control and supervision over all amusement games held, operated or conducted un…

5:8-107. Maximum charges; value, determination and award of prizes 8. The Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission shall determine the amount for any 1 game which shall be charged or accepted by any licensee from any 1 player or participant as an entry fee or payment for the …

5:8-108. Examination of books and records The governing body of the municipality and the Control Commissioner shall have power to examine or cause to be examined the books and records of any licensee so far as they may relate to any transactions connected with the holding and con…

5:8-109. Appeals to amusement games control commissioner 10. Any applicant for, or holder of, any license issued or to be issued under this act aggrieved by any action of the municipal governing body of the municipality to which such application has been made or by which such lic…

5:8-11. Appeals The commission shall hear appeals from the determinations and action of the municipal governing bodies in connection with the refusal to issue licenses and the suspension and revocation of licenses in the manner prescribed in said laws and the action and determina…

5:8-110. Exemption from gaming and lottery laws No person or corporation (1) lawfully conducting, or participating in the conduct of, (2) possessing, selling or in any manner disposing of, any shares, tickets or rights to participate in, or (3) permitting the conduct upon any pre…

5:8-111. Offenses; violators as disorderly persons; forfeiture of licenses Any person, association or corporation who or which shall make any false statement in any application for such license or shall fail to keep such books and records as shall fully and truly record all trans…

5:8-112. Exceptions; bingo and raffles Nothing contained in this act shall be deemed to authorize the playing of bingo hereunder or to modify, change or supersede the bingo licensing law (P.L.1954, c. 6), or the raffles licensing law (P.L.1954, c. 5), except in regard to such raf…

5:8-113. Exceptions; playing other games or devices for money Nothing contained in this act shall be deemed to authorize the playing for money, or other valuable thing at roulette wheels, at cards, dice or other game, with 1 or more dice, or with any other instrument, engine or d…

5:8-115. Issuance of licenses after municipal approval of act; municipal referendum Licenses issuable by a municipality under the provisions of this act may be issued only where in such municipality a majority of the votes cast therein upon the question whether this act shall be …

5:8-116. Petition; number of signers; question 17. Upon a petition signed by qualified voters of any municipality equal in number to at least 15 percent of the total number of votes cast therein at the latest preceding general election for members of the General Assembly and file…

5:8-117. Submission of act for approval by people For the purpose of complying with the provisions of the State Constitution this act shall be submitted to the people for their approval or rejection at the next general election. L.1959, c. 109, p. 518, s. 18.