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NJ Rev Stat § 5:5-44.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:5-44.6 - Books and records; annual audit; access for examination

5:5-44.6. Books and records; annual audit; access for examination  The New Jersey State Developmental Disabilities Council shall keep books and records to clearly show the number of children and adults served by the organizations receiving moneys under the provisions of this act and shall submit no later than December 15 of each year said books and records to the Office of Fiscal Affairs for a complete audit by said office. The Office of Fiscal Affairs shall at all reasonable times have access to said books and records of the council for the purpose of examining and checking the same and ascertaining whether or not the bases prescribed in this supplemental act for the distribution of the moneys received pursuant to this supplemental act have been correctly applied. Any organization which has received more than the amount to which it is entitled shall refund the amount in excess, and said amount shall be distributed among the remaining eligible organizations in the manner prescribed in this supplemental act. L.1977, c. 200, s. 5, eff. Jan. 1, 1977.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:5-44.8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:5-44.8 - "Charity Racing Day for Backstretch Benevolency Programs," fund

5:5-44.8. "Charity Racing Day for Backstretch Benevolency Programs," fund  1. a. The New Jersey Racing Commission shall designate one of the racing days authorized each year to a holder of a permit to hold or conduct a horse race meeting pursuant to P.L.1940, c.17 (C.5:5-22 et seq.) as "Charity Racing Day for Backstretch Benevolency Programs" or shall allot to each such permit holder one additional racing day to be known as "Charity Racing Day for Backstretch Benevolency Programs."  b. All moneys received by the commission as its share of the total contributions to all parimutuel pools conducted or made on the racing day designated or allotted pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall be deposited in a separate fund to be known as the Backstretch Benevolency Programs Fund, which is hereby created in the Department of the Treasury. The moneys in the fund shall be appropriated exclusively to the commission to be used by it to fund programs which promote the health, safety, or welfare of backstretch employees. As used in this subsection, "backstretch employee" means any person employed at a racetrack as a stable hand, groom, walker or exerciser or in any similar position designated by the commission which involves the handling or care of horses.  L.1993,c.15,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:5-44.8a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:5-44.8a - Penalty deposited in Backstretch Fund

5:5-44.8a. Penalty deposited in Backstretch Fund  1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, whenever the New Jersey Racing Commission imposes a monetary penalty on any licensee for a violation of the provisions of P.L.1940, c.17 (C.5:5-22 et seq.), or any regulation promulgated thereunder, the penalty shall be deposited in the Backstretch Fund established pursuant to subsection b. of section 1 of P.L.1993, c.15 (C.5:5-44.8).  L.1995,c.15.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:5-44.9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:5-44.9 - "Charity Racing Day for the Horse Park of New Jersey and for the Care of Retired Horses", designated

5:5-44.9 "Charity Racing Day for the Horse Park of New Jersey and for the Care of Retired Horses", designated  1. a. The New Jersey Racing Commission shall designate one of the racing days authorized each year to a holder of a permit to hold or conduct a horse race meeting pursuant to P.L.1940, c.17 (C.5:5-22 et seq.) as "Charity Racing Day for the Horse Park of New Jersey and for the Care of Retired Horses" or shall allot to each such permit holder one additional racing day to be known as "Charity Racing Day for the Horse Park of New Jersey and for the Care of Retired Horses." b. All moneys received by the commission as its share of the total contributions to all parimutuel pools conducted or made on the racing day designated or allotted pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall be deposited in a separate fund to be known as the Horse Park of New Jersey and the Care of Retired Horses Fund, which is hereby created in the Department of the Treasury. Fifty percent of the moneys in the fund shall be appropriated to the Department of Agriculture to be used as a grant to the Horse Park of New Jersey, and 50% shall be appropriated to the Department of Agriculture for grants to organizations which care for retired racehorses. L.1997,c.80,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:5-45 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:5-45 - Meetings on not more than certain number of tracks; conflict in dates

5:5-45. Meetings on not more than certain number of tracks; conflict in dates  Permits shall be granted by the commission to operate a running race meeting on not more than three tracks and harness race meetings on not more than four tracks. No person, partnership, association or corporation shall be granted a permit to operate a harness race meeting on any day or days for which a prior permit holder has been granted a permit to conduct a harness race meeting located within twenty-five miles of any track already licensed without the consent of such prior licensee. L.1940, c. 17, p. 79, s. 25. Amended by L.1941, c. 137, p. 463, s. 9; L.1949, c. 26, p. 86, s. 3; L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 445, p. 2435, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:5-46 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:5-46 - Notice of allotment of racing dates; acceptance; bond or deposit

5:5-46. Notice of allotment of racing dates; acceptance; bond or deposit  At the time of allotting any racing dates to any applicant, the commission shall notify such applicant of the dates allotted which notice shall be in writing and sent by registered mail addressed to such applicant at the address stated in his application, and shall be mailed on the date such allotment is so made. Each applicant so notified shall within 10 days after the mailing of such notice of allotment or within such period of time as the commission shall otherwise direct, comply with the following conditions: (1) File with the commission an acceptance of such allotment in the form prescribed by the commission; (2) Execute and deliver to it in case of running and harness races a bond, payable to the State of New Jersey, in such amount as the commission shall direct which shall be sufficient to secure payment to the commission of the amounts of contributions to parimutuel pools and breaks required to be paid to the commission every seventh day of every race meeting, with sufficient surety or sureties to be approved by the commission and conditioned for the payment of all sums due and payable as in this act provided and for the observance in all respects of the provisions of this act. In lieu of any such bond there may be delivered to the commission for deposit negotiable securities in such amount as the commission shall direct as security for said payments. L.1940, c. 17, p. 79, s. 26. Amended by L.1941, c. 137, p. 463, s. 10; L.1971, c. 85, s. 2, eff. April 8, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:5-47.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:5-47.1 - Emergency permit

5:5-47.1. Emergency permit  In the event that any licensed race meeting cannot be held or completed at the time prescribed by the license for the holding thereof, because of the occurrence of an event beyond the permit holder's control, such as a fire, hurricane, tornado or other catastrophe, the permit holder shall be entitled to an emergency permit to hold or complete the said race meeting at any other available race track, upon such terms and conditions as shall be fixed by the New Jersey Racing Commission. L.1952, c. 222, p. 758, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:5-48 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:5-48 - Admission of spectators; fees; admission tax; free passes

5:5-48. Admission of spectators; fees; admission tax; free passes  Every permit that shall be granted for the holding of a horse race meeting shall be upon the express condition and agreement that no person shall be admitted as a spectator without the payment of an admission fee in such amount as the permit holder may determine but in no event less than the price to be from time to time established by the commission, plus an admission tax of $0.05 per person for every paid admission, and that no free passes shall be issued except to the commissioners, employees of the commission, employees of the permit holders engaged in and about the operation of the permit holder's track, the owners of horses actually racing, their actual employees, and duly accredited members of the press; should the permit holder desire to issue free passes for admission to a horse race meeting other than those herein specified it shall be done only upon the approval of the commission. The permit holder shall, at the same times payments are made to the commission pursuant to section 46 (C. 5:5-66), pay to the State Treasurer for deposit in an account to be known as a Local Expense Fund, hereby created, amounts collected by reason of the collection of an admission tax imposed by ordinance adopted pursuant to this section, which receipts shall be distributed as shall be provided by law. The admission tax authorized under this section shall not be imposed, charged or collected except pursuant to an ordinance adopted by the governing body of the municipality in which the race meeting is held or, if the said race meeting is held at a site comprising parts of two or more municipalities, by substantially similar ordinances adopted by the governing bodies of each such municipality. Such ordinance or ordinances shall set forth the intention of the municipality that the admission tax authorized under this section shall be imposed at every race meeting held in the municipality subsequent to the adoption thereof, and shall remain in effect until repealed by the governing body. An admission tax imposed pursuant to similar ordinances adopted by two or more governing bodies shall remain in effect until the said ordinances have been repealed by all of them. L.1940, c. 17, p. 81, s. 28. Amended by L.1974, c. 181, s. 2, eff. Dec. 16, 1974.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:5-48.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:5-48.1 - Local expense fund; distribution

5:5-48.1. Local expense fund; distribution  Moneys deposited in the local expense fund created pursuant to section 28 of P.L.1940, c. 17 (C. 5:5-48) as amended by section 2 of P.L.1974, c. 181 shall be held for distribution to those municipalities at or in reasonable proximity to the site of race meetings, and which, in the determination of the commission, have incurred expenses as a result of said meetings, in accordance with the following: a. The commission shall notify said municipalities of their eligibility for a share of said moneys; b. Thereupon, said municipalities may submit claims setting forth the nature of the services performed and the amount expended for said services; c. The commission shall evaluate and determine the validity of the claims based upon reasonable increases to said municipalities in police, fire and court costs, and the costs of other municipal services; d. The commission shall distribute the moneys deposited in the fund to each municipality to the extent said moneys are available, and if not, then in the proportion that the valid claim bears to the total valid claims so submitted; and e. Distributions shall be made to a municipality at or in reasonable proximity to the site of a race meeting from only those moneys deposited in the fund by the racing permit holders conducting the race meeting. Distribution of moneys in the fund shall be subject to the approval of the State Treasurer. Moneys undistributed in any year shall remain in the fund which shall continue from year to year. L.1977, c. 313, s. 1, eff. Jan. 6, 1978.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:5-49 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:5-49 - Running race permitholder; one race per day limited to registered New Jersey bred foals

5:5-49. Running race permitholder; one race per day limited to registered New Jersey bred foals  Every running race permitholder shall program to run at least one race per day which shall be limited to registered New Jersey bred foals. These races shall provide opportunities for all classes of horses to participate and shall carry a purse 25% higher than corresponding open races. If in the opinion of the commission sufficient competition cannot be had among such class of horses, said race may be eliminated for said day and a substitute race provided instead. L.1940, c. 17, p. 81, s. 29. Amended by L.1981, c. 118, s. 1, eff. April 9, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:5-50 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:5-50 - Permit and compliance with statute as condition precedent to horse race meeting

5:5-50. Permit and compliance with statute as condition precedent to horse race meeting  No person, partnership, association or corporation shall hold or conduct, or assist, aid or abet in holding or conducting any meeting within the State of New Jersey whereat horse race meetings shall be permitted for any stake, purse or reward whereat pari-mutuel betting is licensed, except and unless such person, partnership, association or corporation shall first comply with the provisions of this act and be granted a permit by the commission to conduct a horse race meeting as provided by this act. L.1940, c. 17, p. 81, s. 30.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:5-51 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:5-51 - Races or meetings subject to rules, regulations and conditions; revocation or refusal of permits and licenses; notice; hearing

5:5-51. Races or meetings subject to rules, regulations and conditions; revocation or refusal of permits and licenses; notice; hearing  All horse races or horse race meetings conducted under any such permit and all licenses issued shall be subject to the rules, regulations and conditions from time to time prescribed by the commission, and every permit to conduct a horse race meeting and all licenses issued by the commission shall contain such recital as a condition therein and shall be revocable by the commission for any violation thereof or of any of the provisions of this act. The commission shall forthwith, after it has refused or revoked any such permit or license or taken such other action, give notice thereof to the party against whom any such action has been taken, in writing, addressed to the party or parties affected, at its or their addresses as stated in the last application filed with the commission. In case any permit or license is revoked by the commission or in case any applicant is aggrieved at the action of the commission, the party or parties affected by said revocation or action shall be entitled to a hearing in the manner hereinafter provided. L.1940, c. 17, p. 82, s. 31.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:5-52 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:5-52 - Hearing on revocation or refusal of permits or licenses; when revocation or suspension effective

5:5-52. Hearing on revocation or refusal of permits or licenses; when revocation or suspension effective  Such person feeling aggrieved may within three days after service of such notice of the action of the commission request a hearing by petition in writing, which hearing shall be held within four days after such petition has been served upon the chairman or secretary of the commission. In case of a revocation of a permit for a horse race meeting, it shall not be deemed to be in effect until after such hearing shall have taken place and the commission shall have affirmed its order of revocation; provided, however, a license of any pari-mutuel employee and all horse owners, riders, agents, trainers, stewards, timers, judges, grooms, and others, acting in any capacity in connection with the training of the horses or the actual running of the horse races in any such horse race meeting may be suspended pending such hearing by one or more of the members of the commission for violation of any provision of this act or of any rule or regulation of the commission. L.1940, c. 17, p. 82, s. 32.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:5-53 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:5-53 - Place of hearing; service of notice; continuance; evidence; record of case; counsel

5:5-53. Place of hearing; service of notice; continuance; evidence; record of case; counsel  Such hearing by the commission shall be held at such place in the State of New Jersey as the commission may designate, and any notice herein provided for shall be served by mailing the same postage prepaid by registered mail to the party or parties affected. Any such notice so mailed shall be deemed to have been served on the secular day next following the date of said mailing. The commission may continue such hearing from time to time for the convenience of all parties or for a more thorough investigation and in conducting such hearing shall not be bound by technical rules of evidence, but all evidence offered before the commission shall be reduced to writing and shall, with the petition and exhibits, if any, and the findings of the commission, be permanently preserved, and shall constitute the record of the commission in such case. Any of the parties affected by such hearing may be represented by counsel and shall have the right to introduce evidence. L.1940, c. 17, p. 83, s. 33.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:5-54 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:5-54 - Oaths and witnesses; subpenas; misconduct, failure to attend or produce records

5:5-54. Oaths and witnesses; subpenas; misconduct, failure to attend or produce records  34. Each member of the commission and the executive director shall have power to administer oaths and examine witnesses, and shall have the power to issue subpenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of all necessary reports, books, papers, documents, correspondence and other evidence at any designated place of hearing. The subpenas shall be authenticated by the seal of the commission, and any party to a proceeding before the commission may secure from it subpenas without charge. Misconduct on the part of a person attending a hearing or the failure of a witness when duly subpenaed to attend, give testimony or produce any records, shall be punishable by the Superior Court in the county wherein the offense is committed in the same manner as such failure is punishable by that court in a case therein pending.  L.1940,c.17,s.34; amended 1953, c.6, s.8; 1974, c.181, s.6; 1991,c.91,s.184.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:5-55 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:5-55 - Reference to executive director or member of commission to take testimony and report

5:5-55. Reference to executive director or member of commission to take testimony and report  The commission may, as occasion shall require, by order, refer to the executive director or to one or more of its members the duty of taking testimony in a matter pending before it, and to report thereon to the commission, but no determination shall be made therein except by the commission. L.1940, c. 17, p. 83, s. 35. Amended by L.1974, c. 181, s. 7, eff. Dec. 16, 1974.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:5-56 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:5-56 - Fees for attendance of witnesses

5:5-56. Fees for attendance of witnesses  The fees for the attendance of witnesses shall be the same as for the attendance of witnesses in other civil cases and shall be paid by such aggrieved party. L.1940, c. 17, p. 84, s. 36.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:5-57 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:5-57 - False testimony as perjury

5:5-57. False testimony as perjury  A person who, having been sworn or affirmed as a witness in any such proceeding, shall willfully give false testimony shall be guilty of perjury. L.1940, c. 17, p. 84, s. 37.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:5-58 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:5-58 - Depositions of witnesses

5:5-58. Depositions of witnesses  The commission, or any member thereof, or any applicant, may in connection with any hearing before the commission cause the deposition of witnesses within or without the State to be taken on oral or written interrogatories in the manner prescribed by statute for depositions in suits at law in the courts of record in this State. L.1940, c. 17, p. 84, s. 38.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:5-59 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:5-59 - Findings

5:5-59. Findings  At the conclusion of such hearing the commission shall within thirty days make its findings (such findings to be the basis of the revocation of the permit or other action taken by the commission). L.1940, c. 17, p. 84, s. 39.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:5-60 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:5-60 - Review

5:5-60. Review  The action of the commission and the propriety thereof shall be subject to review by a proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ in the Superior Court. L.1940, c. 17, p. 84, s. 40. Amended by L.1953, c. 6, p. 60, s. 9.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:5-61 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:5-61 - Costs and expense of commission at hearing or investigation; bond for costs

5:5-61. Costs and expense of commission at hearing or investigation; bond for costs  The actual costs and expense of the commission incurred in connection with any such hearing or investigation shall be paid by the applicant upon the commission's delivering to the applicant a statement thereof. The commission, in its discretion, may require the applicant, before he shall be entitled to a hearing as hereinbefore provided, to give a surety bond or other satisfactory assurance that such applicant will pay all costs of such hearing. L.1940, c. 17, p. 84, s. 41.