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NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-102 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-102 - Application for municipal license; filing; contents; state license; annual fees

5:8-102. Application for municipal license; filing; contents; state license; annual fees  Each applicant for such a license shall file with the clerk of the municipality a written application therefor in the form prescribed by the Amusement Games Control Commissioner, duly executed and verified, in which shall be stated the name and address of the applicant, together with sufficient facts relating to its incorporation and organization if the applicant be a corporation or organization; the specific kind of amusement games intended to be held, operated and conducted by the applicant, and the place or places where, the period , term, date or dates and the time or times when, such amusement games are intended to be conducted by the applicant, under the license applied for; and that no prize or prizes will be offered and given under said license except of merchandise only and same shall be of a value not in excess of the sum or value authorized to be offered and given by this act and such other information as shall be prescribed by the Amusement Games Control Commissioner. Every such municipal license so issued shall be inoperative unless the licensee named therein shall also, within 90 days from the issuance thereof and prior to the conduct or operation of amusement games thereunder, procure a State license authorizing the licensee holding the municipal license to operate and conduct certain games according to the terms of such municipal license. The said State license shall be issued by the State Amusement Games Control Commissioner, if he finds that all of the conditions, terms and requirements of this act and of said rules and regulations have been fully met and complied with. As a condition of granting any such State license the applicant therefor shall pay to the said commissioner an annual fee of $250.00. An applicant who is the owner of an arcade shall pay an additional annual fee of $10.00 per machine for each machine over 50 machines. If any such municipal license authorizes the licensee to conduct and operate games at more than one place or of more than one specific kind the applicant for the State license shall pay the said annual fee of $250.00 for each such place and for each such specific kind. For the purposes of this section, "arcade" means a place where a single player upon payment of a fee is permitted to play a machine or device to obtain a prize, ticket or token redeemable for a prize, or attain a score upon the basis of which a prize, ticket or token is awarded. L.1959, c. 109, p. 508, s. 3. Amended by L.1962, c. 200, s. 1; L.1963, c. 131, s. 1; L.1971, c. 129, s. 1, approved May 6, 1971; L.1983, c. 255, s. 1, eff. July 7, 1983.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-104 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-104 - Refusal to issue license; notice; hearing; additional licenses

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 applicant, at which the applicant shall be entitled to be heard upon the qualifications of the applicant and the merits of the application. Any license issued under this act may be amended, upon application made to the governing body of the municipality which issued it, if the subject matter of the proposed amendment could lawfully and properly have been included in the original license and upon payment of such additional license fee, if any, as would have been payable, if it had been so included. L.1959, c. 109, p. 511, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-105 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-105 - Form of license; contents; display

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 thereunder, a statement of the name and address of the licensee, and the place or places where and the period, term or date or dates and time or times when, such amusement games are to be conducted and any other information which may be required by said rules and regulations to be contained therein, and each license issued for the conduct of any game or games of amusement shall be conspicuously displayed at the place or places where the same is to be conducted at all times during the conduct thereof. L.1959, c. 109, p. 511, s. 6. Amended by L.1962, c. 200, s. 3, eff. Dec. 18, 1962.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-106 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-106 - Control, supervision by municipality of amusement games, offer of electronic amusements.

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 under such license, to the end that the same are fairly held, operated and conducted in accordance with the provisions of such license, the rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner and the provisions of this act governing the holding, operation and conduct of the same and such governing body and the commissioner shall have power and authority to suspend any license issued by such governing body and to revoke the same, after hearing, for any violation of any such provision, and shall have the right of entry, by its officers and agents at all times into any premises where any such amusement game is being held, operated and conducted or where it is intended that any such amusement game shall be held, operated and conducted, or where any equipment being used or intended to be used in the conduct thereof is found, for the purpose of inspecting the same. b. No licensee shall be permitted to offer an electronic amusement, as defined in section 2 of P.L.1959, c.109 (C.5:8-101), unless the licensee first establishes, to the satisfaction of the commission, that the electronic amusement will not violate the provisions of section 14 of P.L.1959, c.109 (C.5:8-113) and that the proposed electronic amusement to be offered and the device sought to be utilized are suitable for use after an appropriate test or experimental period under such terms and conditions as the commission deems appropriate. The commission may utilize, in its discretion, the services of another public entity or a private entity, or both, for the purposes of conducting any testing, analysis, or review of the electronic device on which the amusement may be offered to make this determination, the cost of which shall be borne by the licensee. L.1959, c.109, s.7; amended 2017, c.47, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-107 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-107 - Maximum charges; value, determination and award of prizes

5:8-107. Maximum charges; value, determination and award of prizes  The Amusement Games Control Commissioner 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 privilege of participating therein. No prize or prizes shall be offered or given in any single game except of merchandise and the amount of the value of the merchandise prize or prizes so to be offered and given in any such game shall be determined by the commissioner and all winners shall be determined and all prizes shall be awarded in any game forthwith upon the completion of the game and before making or accepting any charge for participation in any subsequent game. The commissioner shall make his determination pursuant to this section after a public hearing has been held thereon and subject to the provisions of P.L.1981, c. 27 (C. 52:14B-4.1 et seq.). L.1959, c. 109, p. 512, s. 8. Amended by L.1981, c. 291, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-108 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-108 - Examination of books and records

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 conducting of any amusement game thereunder and to examine any manager, officer, director, agent or employee thereof under oath in relation to the conduct of any such amusement game under any such license but any information so received shall not be disclosed except so far as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act. L.1959, c. 109, p. 513, s. 9.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-109 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-109 - Appeals to amusement games control commissioner

5:8-109. Appeals to amusement games control commissioner  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 license has been issued, may appeal to the Amusement Games Control Commissioner from the determination of said governing body by filing with the governing body a written notice of appeal within 30 days after the determination or action appealed from, and upon the hearing of such appeal the evidence, if any, taken before the governing body and any additional evidence may be produced and shall be considered in arriving at a determination of the matters in issue, and the action of the Control Commissioner upon said appeal shall be binding upon said governing body and all parties to said appeal. L.1959, c. 109, p. 513, s. 10.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-110 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-110 - Exemption from gaming and lottery laws

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 premises owned by him or it, of any amusement game conducted or to be conducted in compliance with any license lawfully issued and in force pursuant to this act, and in compliance with the rules and regulations of the Control Commissioner, shall be liable to prosecution or conviction for violation of any provision of chapters 112 and 121 of Title 2A, or of section 2A:170-18 of the New Jersey Statutes, but this immunity shall not extend to any person or corporation knowingly conducting or participating in the conduct of any amusement game under any license obtained by any false pretense or statement made in any application for such license or otherwise, or possessing, selling or disposing of shares, tickets or rights to participate in, or permitting the conduct upon any premises owned by him or it of, any amusement game conducted under any license known to him or it to have been obtained by any such false or fraudulent pretense or statement. L.1959, c. 109, p. 513, s. 11.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-111 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-111 - Offenses; violators as disorderly persons; forfeiture of licenses

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 transactions connected with the holding, operating or conducting of amusement games under any such license or shall falsify or make any false entry in any books or records so far as they relate to any transaction connected with the holding, operating and conducting of any amusement game under any such license or shall violate any of the provisions of this act or of any term of such license shall be a disorderly person and if convicted as such shall, in addition to suffering any other penalties which may be imposed, forfeit any license issued to it under this act. L.1959, c. 109, p. 514, s. 12.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-112 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-112 - Exceptions; bingo and raffles

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 raffles, other than draw raffles, where the prizes or awards to be given shall be of merchandise only of an aggregate retail value not in excess of $15.00. L.1959, c. 109, p. 514, s. 13, as amended L.1962, c. 115, s. 1, eff. July 17, 1962.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-113 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-113 - Exceptions; playing other games or devices for money

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 device in the nature of dice, having 1 or more figures or numbers, or at billiards, pool, tennis, bowls, or shuffleboard, or A.B.C. or E.O. tables, or at faro bank, or other bank of a like nature by whatever name known, or with any slot machine or device in the nature of a slot machine. Nothing contained in this act shall be deemed to authorize bookmaking, off-track betting, pool selling, or the keeping of a gambling resort, or the racing for money or other valuable thing, by running, pacing or trotting of horses, mares or geldings, or the making or acceptance of any wager for money or other valuable thing conditioned in any way upon any occurrence at or upon the outcome of any athletic or sporting game or contest in which the person or player does not actively participate. For the purpose of this section "slot machines" or "devices in the nature of slot machines" are defined to be machines which operate mechanically, with the result principally controlled by the mechanical operation of the machines. L.1959, c. 109, p. 515, s. 14.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-115 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-115 - Issuance of licenses after municipal approval of act; municipal referendum

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 approved upon the submission of the question to the voters of all the State shall have been cast in favor of the adoption of this act. If the majority of the votes cast upon the said question of the adoption of this act in any municipality is against such adoption, then no license may be issued under this act by such municipality unless authorized by the votes cast on the question, in the municipality, by a municipal referendum as hereinafter provided in this act. If, in the municipality, a majority of the votes cast therein upon the question of whether this act shall be adopted is in the affirmative, such action by the voters of the said municipality shall be deemed to be an approval of the authority to the municipality to grant licenses under this act and such approval shall continue unless this act shall become inoperative in the municipality upon a referendum to the voters of the municipality as provided in this act. L.1959, c. 109, p. 516, s. 16.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-117 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-117 - Submission of act for approval by people

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.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-118 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-118 - Public question; voting instructions

5:8-118. Public question; voting instructions  There shall be printed on each official ballot to be used at such election the following:  If you favor making the act entitled below operative within the State, and operative within this municipality, make a cross X, plus + or check / in the square opposite the word "Yes."  If you are opposed to making the act entitled below so operative, make a cross X, plus + or check / in the square opposite the word "No."  Shall the act entitled "An act authorizing the conducting, operating and playing of certain amusement Yes. games, whether of chance or skill, or both, where the prizes or awards to be given shall be of merchandise only, of a retail value not in excess of $15.00, and the charge for the privilege of playing shall not exceed $0.25; providing for the licensing, regulation and control by a commissioner, of the conducting and operating of such games; providing restrictions as to the places where such games may be conducted and operated; providing that certain playing for money or No. other valuable things is not authorized; providing for the operation and inoperation of the act in any municipality when so determined by referendum vote therein; and providing for the submission of this act to the legal voters of the State for their approval or rejection before the same shall become operative within this State," become operative within this State? The date of the approval or passage of this act, as the case may be, shall be inserted in the appropriate place after the title.  In any election district in which voting machines are used the question shall be placed upon the official ballot to be used upon the voting machines with the foregoing instructions to the voters but with instructions to vote "Yes" or "No" by the use of such machines and without marking as aforesaid. L.1959, c. 109, p. 518, s. 19, eff. June 16, 1959.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-119 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-119 - Act effective upon approval by majority of votes cast

5:8-119. Act effective upon approval by majority of votes cast  If at such election a majority of all the votes cast both for and against the approval of this act shall be cast in favor of the approval thereof, then all of its provisions shall forthwith take effect. L.1959, c. 109, p. 520, s. 20, eff. June 16, 1959.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-120 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-120 - Effective date

5:8-120. Effective date  This section and sections 18, 19 and 20 of this act shall take effect immediately and the remainder of this act shall take effect as hereinbefore provided. L.1959, c. 109, p. 520, s. 21.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-121 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-121 - Extension of Amusement Games Licensing Law to include agricultural fairs and exhibitions

5:8-121. Extension of Amusement Games Licensing Law to include agricultural fairs and exhibitions  The "Amusement Games Licensing Law," to which this act is a supplement, is hereby extended to include associations organized for the purpose of holding agricultural fairs and exhibitions and the places where such agricultural fairs and exhibitions are held. L.1961, c. 103, p. 673, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-122 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-122 - Eligibility of licensee; approval of department of agriculture

5:8-122. Eligibility of licensee; approval of department of agriculture  Any association organized for the purpose of holding agricultural fairs and exhibitions, which is approved by the State Department of Agriculture for participation in any or all State sponsored programs relative to the promotion of agriculture and the advancement of agricultural interests in this State, shall be eligible to be a licensee under the "Amusement Games Licensing Law." Any such approval shall be evidenced by a certificate thereof issued by the said Department of Agriculture. L.1961, c. 103, p. 673, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-123 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-123 - Authority to conduct games; place of conducting games

5:8-123. Authority to conduct games; place of conducting games  A licensee under the "Amusement Games Licensing Law" may conduct an amusement game or games at a place or places where any such approved association holds an agricultural fair and exhibition. L.1961, c. 103, p. 673, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-124 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-124 - Applicability of Amusement Games Licensing Law

5:8-124. Applicability of Amusement Games Licensing Law  Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of the "Amusement Games Licensing Law" shall be applicable to the said associations and places. L.1961, c. 103, p. 674, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-125 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-125 - State license; annual fee

5:8-125. State license; annual fee  As a condition of granting a State license to any such association, where the said association is itself to operate an amusement game or amusement games, the association shall pay an annual fee of $50.00 per game ; except that, any association which is nonprofit shall be exempt from payment of any State license fee if the proceeds from the games are used for charitable purposes. Where the operator of the game at an agricultural fair and exhibition conducted under the auspices of such an association is to be a person holding a concession to operate at the fair and exhibition from the association holding the same, such operator shall pay for the State license an annual fee of $50.00 for each game to be operated at the fair and exhibition, but if said operator is a licensee under the "Amusement Games Licensing Law" and has paid the annual fee of $250.00 for a State license, he shall not be required to pay the said fee of $50.00 for each game to be operated unless he operates more than five games, in which case he shall pay for the State license an additional annual fee of $50.00 for each game in excess of five. L.1961, c. 103, p. 674, s. 5. Amended by L.1983, c. 255, s. 2, eff. July 7, 1983; L.1983, c. 501, s. 1, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-126 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-126 - Municipal license; fee

5:8-126. Municipal license; fee  Where in any 1 year the agricultural fair and exhibition is held for a period not in excess of 30 days, the fee for the municipal license shall be $5.00 or less for any 1 license. L.1961, c. 103, p. 674, s. 6.