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

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.

5:8-84. Hearing appeals The commissioner 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 by said law and the action and …

5:8-85. Study and investigation of operation and administration of Amusement Games Licensing Law It shall be the duty of the commissioner to carry on continuous study and investigation of the operation of the Amusement Games Licensing Law, and the administration thereof by the se…

5:8-86. Study and investigation of similar laws The commissioner shall make a continuous study and investigation also of the operation and administration of similar laws which may be in effect in other States of the United States, and of any literature on the subject which from t…

5:8-87. Holding of investigations and hearings; subpoena power The commissioner may hold investigations and hearings within or without the State and shall have power to compel the attendance of witnesses, the production of books and documents relating to transactions connected wi…

5:8-88. Self-incrimination No person shall have the privilege to refuse to disclose, in any proceeding before the commissioner, any matter which the Amusement Games Licensing Law or this act or the rules and regulations promulgated under said laws require him to record or report …

5:8-89. Failure to obey subpoena or order; application for order to show cause If a person subpoenaed to attend any such investigation or hearing fails to obey the command of the subpoena with reasonable cause, or if a person in attendance in any such investigation or hearing ref…

5:8-9. Suspension and revocation of licenses The commission 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 the rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the com…

5:8-9.1 Exemptions for certain savings promotions. 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, a savings promotion offered pursuant to sections 1 through 3 of P.L.2015, c.236 (C.17:9A-224.1, C.17:12B-112.1 and C.17:13-101.1) shall not: a. constitute unlawf…

5:8-90. Return of order to show cause; examination under oath; order to comply with subpoena or order; contempt Upon return of the order, the court before whom the matter shall come on for hearing shall examine such person under oath, and if the court shall determine, after givin…

5:8-91. Privilege from arrest A witness shall be privileged from arrest, in any civil action but not otherwise, during necessary attendance before the commissioner, at any place required by subpoena previously duly served, and during his going to and returning therefrom allowing …

5:8-92. Payment of witness fees Every witness shall be entitled to be paid for attendance or attendance and travel, by the party on whose behalf he is subpoenaed, at the rates prescribed by law, before being required to testify. L.1959, c. 108, p. 504, s. 15.

5:8-93. Witness fee schedule Each witness attending any hearing or investigation shall be entitled to the following fees: (a) In his own county, per day of attendance, $0.50; (b) From a foreign county, at the rate of $1.00 per day, together with, for each day of attendance, an al…

5:8-94. Expenses of commissioner; appointment of executive officer, advisors, assistants and investigators The commissioner is authorized to incur such necessary expenses, and engage and appoint an executive officer and such competent and expert advisors, and clerical and stenogr…

5:8-95. Filing of municipal licensing ordinances with commissioner; reports by municipalities Each municipality, in which the Amusement Games Licensing Law shall be operative, shall file with the commissioner a copy of each ordinance enacted pursuant thereto, within 10 days after…

5:8-96. Report of commissioner to governor and legislature; recommendations The commissioner shall report to the Governor and the Legislature annually with his recommendations, if any, and if in the meantime he shall discover any matters which shall require immediate change in sa…

5:8-97. Delegation of taking of testimony to member of staff; recommendations to commissioner Whenever the commissioner is authorized to hold a hearing he may delegate the actual taking of testimony to any available member of the staff of the commissioner who shall hear the matte…

5:8-98. Reports by licensees The commissioner may require periodical reports to be made to him by any licensees. The reports may call for information with respect to the amounts received from operation of the games, the time, character and cost of the prizes given to the players …

5:8-99. Effective dates; operative upon enactment by legislature and 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 approv…

5:9-1. Short title This act shall be known and may be cited as the "State Lottery Law." L.1970, c. 13, s. 1, eff. Feb. 16, 1970.

5:9-10. Subpoenas; failure to appear The commission shall have the power to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents, papers, books, records and other evidence before it in any matter over which it has jurisdiction, control or supervis…

5:9-11. Lottery sales agents; licensing No license as an agent to sell lottery tickets or shares shall be issued to any person to engage in business exclusively as a lottery sales agent. Before issuing such license the director shall consider such factors as (a) the financial res…

5:9-12. Lottery sales agents; authority to act Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person licensed as provided in this act is hereby authorized and empowered to act as a lottery sales agent. L.1970, c. 13, s. 12, eff. Feb. 16, 1970.