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NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-38 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-38 - Examination of books and records; examination of managers, etc.; disclosure of information

5:8-38. Examination of books and records; examination of managers, etc.; disclosure of information  The governing body of the municipality and the control commission shall have power to examine or cause to be examined the books and records of any organization or association, church, congregation, society, fire company first aid or rescue squad, or senior citizen association or club to which any such license is issued so far as they may relate to any transactions connected with the holding, operating and conducting of any game of chance thereunder and to examine any manager, officer, director, agent, member or employee thereof under oath in relation to the conduct of any such game of chance 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.1954, c. 6, p. 40, s. 15. Amended by L.1955, c. 160, p. 690, s. 8; L.1973, c. 127, s. 4, eff. May 10, 1973.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-39 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-39 - Appeals from governing body to control commission

5:8-39. Appeals 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 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 control commission 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 commission upon said appeal shall be binding upon said governing body and all parties to said appeal. L.1954, c. 6, p. 40, s. 16. Amended by L.1955, c. 160, p. 690, s. 9.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-40 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-40 - Immunity from prosecution; exceptions

5:8-40. Immunity from prosecution; exceptions  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 game of chance conducted or to be conducted under any license lawfully issued pursuant to this act, 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 game of chance 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 game of chance conducted under any license known to him or it to have been obtained by any such false pretense or statement. L.1954, c. 6, p. 41, s. 17. Amended by L.1955, c. 160, p. 691, s. 10.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-41 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-41 - Offenses; disorderly persons; forfeiture of license; ineligibility to apply for license

5:8-41. Offenses; 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 any such license or in any statement annexed thereto or shall pay any rental for the use of any premises for holding, operating or conducting any game of chance under this act or for any other purpose in connection with the holding, operating or conducting thereof, unless the amount of such rental is stated in a statement annexed to the application for the license as provided in section 3 of this act, or shall pay or receive any sum for such rental in excess of the sum stated as the rental to be charged therefor in such a statement, executed by him or on its behalf, 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 games of chance 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 game of chance 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 and shall be ineligible to apply for a license under this act for 1 year thereafter. L.1954, c. 6, p. 41, s. 18. Amended by L.1955, c. 160, p. 691, s. 11.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-42 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-42 - Act inoperative until adopted by voters

5:8-42. 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. 6, p. 42, s. 19.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-43 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-43 - Submission to voters; special ballots; voting machines; count, return and canvass

5:8-43. Submission to voters; special 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 22 of this act, shall be submitted to the legal voters of every municipality in this State at a special election to be held therein at the same time as the primary election for the general election which will be held on the third Tuesday in April in the year 1954 in such manner that every voter qualified to vote at such special election upon said question may vote at said special election for or against such question separately and whether or not he is qualified to vote, or desires to vote, for any candidate on any party ballot to be voted at said primary election. In every election district in which paper ballots are used the clerk of the municipality shall provide a sufficient number of special ballots to be voted separately upon said question at said special election by the voters who are qualified to vote upon said question whether or not they are qualified to vote, or desire to vote, for any candidate on any party ballot to be used at said primary election. The special ballots shall be in such form as shall be determined by the clerk of the county in which the municipality is situated and shall so far as practicable correspond in form and detail to the provisions of Title 19, Elections, of the Revised Statutes but they shall not contain the names of any candidates to be voted upon at any such election. The special ballots when voted shall be deposited by the election officers in either of the ballot boxes used at such election. In election districts in which voting machines are used the officers charged with the duty of preparing and placing the ballots upon the machines shall cause the question to be so placed upon every machine used in such primary election that any voter qualified to vote upon said question may vote thereon separately in such special election whether or not he desires or is qualified to vote a party ballot at said primary election, and special voting authorities shall be provided for use in cases where they are required or are used in such form as shall be determined by the county board of elections of the county in which the respective municipalities are situate and which shall be furnished and paid for in the same manner as are other voting authorities used at said election. All of the ballots cast at said election on said question in each municipality shall be counted and the result thereof shall be returned and canvassed in the manner provided by law in the case of public questions submitted in the several municipalities of this State. L.1954, c. 6, p. 42, s. 20.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-44 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-44 - Resubmission

5:8-44. Resubmission  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 the legal voters of the municipality at a general election held not earlier than the date upon which the third general election, following the date of the election at which the question was submitted, is to be held, if there shall be filed with the clerk of the municipality not less than 45 days prior to such general election a petition requesting the submission of the same signed by at least 15% of the qualified legal voters of the municipality as evidenced by the total number of votes cast at the then next preceding general election held therein. L.1954, c. 6, p. 43, s. 21. Amended by L.1955, c. 160, p. 692, s. 12.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-45 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-45 - Form of official ballots

5:8-45. Form of official ballots  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 opposite the word "Yes." If you are opposed thereto make a cross (X), plus (+) or check (/) in the square opposite the word "No." Yes. Shall the "Bingo Licensing Law" (P.L. 1954, No. c. ) be adopted within this municipality? The chapter number of this act shall be inserted in the appropriate blank in said question.  In any municipality in which voting machines are used, the question shall be placed upon the official ballots to be used upon the voting machines without the foregoing instructions to the voters and shall be voted upon by the use of such machines without marking as aforesaid.  L.1954, c. 6, p. 43, s. 22.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-46 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-46 - Majority of votes determines whether act operative

5:8-46. Majority of votes 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 become operative in such municipality but if a majority of all such votes shall be cast against the question, the provisions of this act shall not become operative in such municipality unless the same shall be again submitted and this act shall be adopted as provided in this act. L.1954, c. 6, p. 44, s. 23.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-47 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-47 - Submission of question of rescinding adoption

5:8-47. Submission of question of rescinding adoption  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 the qualified legal voters of the municipality, as evidenced by the total number of votes cast at the then next preceding general election in such municipality, requesting that there shall be submitted to the voters of the municipality the question of rescinding the adoption of the provisions of this act by the municipality, the said question shall be submitted to the legal voters of the municipality at the next general election succeeding the forty-fourth day following the date of the filing of said petition. L.1954, c. 6, p. 44, s. 24. Amended by L.1955, c. 160, p. 693, s. 13.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-48 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-48 - Ballots on question of rescinding adoption

5:8-48. 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 are opposed thereto, make a cross (X), plus (+) or check (/) in the square opposite the word "No."  Yes. Shall the adoption of the "Bingo Licensing Law" No. (P.L.1954, c. ) within the municipality be rescinded? The chapter number of this act shall be inserted in the appropriate blank in said question.  In any municipality in which voting machines are used, the question shall be placed upon the official ballots to be used upon the voting machines without the foregoing instructions to the voters and shall be voted upon by the use of such machines without marking as aforesaid.  L.1954, c. 6, p. 45, s. 25.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-49 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-49 - Majority of votes controlling; resubmission

5:8-49. Majority of votes controlling; resubmission  If at such election a majority of all the votes cast, both 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 act shall thereby be rescinded and thereupon this act shall cease to be operative within such municipality and no petition shall be received for the submission of the question of the adoption of the provisions of this act to the voters of said municipality, and no such question shall be submitted to them, at any election earlier than the general election to be held in the third calendar year following the date of such election. If at such election the majority of all the votes so cast shall be against the rescission of said adoption, no petition for such submission of the question of the rescission of such adoption shall be received and no such question shall be again submitted at any election earlier than the general election to be held in the third calendar year following the date of such election. L.1954, c. 6, p. 45, s. 26. Amended by L.1955, c. 160, p. 693, s. 14.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-49.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-49.1 - Severability

5:8-49.1. 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 provisions so declared unconstitutional or invalid shall be inseparable from such other provision. L.1955, c. 160, p. 693, s. 15, eff. July 21, 1955.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-49.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-49.2 - Definitions

5:8-49.2. Definitions  As used in this act: "Commission" shall mean the Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission; "Organization" shall mean any organization licensed to hold, operate or conduct games of chance under the Bingo Licensing Law (P.L.1954, c. 6, as amended and supplemented); "Person" shall mean not only a natural person but also any partnership, joint venture, association, corporation or any other legal entity; "Premises" shall mean any land, building, enclosure or part thereof used for the purpose of operating or conducting games of chance under the Bingo Licensing Law; "Rentor" shall mean and include the owner, lessor, and supplier of premises furnished or supplied to, or used by, an organization for the purpose of holding, operating or conducting games of chance under the Bingo Licensing Law; "Rental" shall mean the amount paid or payable by an organization to a rentor for the use of premises including janitorial services, tables and chairs rented, furnished or supplied to said organization for the purpose of holding, operating or conducting games of chance under the Bingo Licensing Law. L.1957, c. 57, p. 104, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-49.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-49.3 - Rental or use of premises not owned by organization; payment for rental; approved rentors

5:8-49.3. Rental or use of premises not owned by organization; payment for rental; approved rentors  An organization may, for the purpose of holding, operating and conducting games of chance under the Bingo Licensing Law rent or use premises not owned by such organization upon compliance with the provisions of this act. No such rental or use shall be permitted unless the commission shall determine that the payment to be made for such rental or use of the premises is fair and reasonable and that the rentors of said premises are approved rentors under this act. L.1957, c. 57, p. 105, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-49.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-49.4 - Persons entitled to act as rentors

5:8-49.4. Persons entitled to act as rentors  From and after the effective date of this act, no person shall act as, or be, a rentor unless said person (a) is itself licensed to hold, operate or conduct games of chance under the Bingo Licensing Law or (b) has first obtained from the commission a license as an approved rentor. L.1957, c. 57, p. 105, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-49.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-49.5 - Application for approved rentor's license; form and requisites

5:8-49.5. Application for approved rentor's license; form and requisites  A person seeking a license as an approved rentor shall file in the office of the commission a written application for such license. The application shall specify the premises to be rented and be in such form and require such information as the commission shall deem necessary for the purpose of effectuating the provisions of chapters 6 and 7 of the laws of 1954 and amendments and supplements thereof. L.1957, c. 57, p. 105, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-49.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-49.6 - Denial of license; grounds

5:8-49.6. Denial of license; grounds  No license as an approved rentor shall be granted: (a) If any person whose signature or name appears in the application is not the real party in interest or if the person so signing or named in the application is an undisclosed agent or trustee for any such real party in interest; and, (b) Unless the commission shall determine that (1) the applicant and, (2) if the applicant is not the owner, the owners of said premises, and (3) if said applicant or the owner is a corporation, all of its officers and each of its stockholders who own 10% or more of its issued and outstanding stock, are of good moral character and have not been convicted of a crime. The commission may, among other things, and without limitation, consider a violation of chapters 5, 6 or 7 of the laws of 1954 or any amendment of or supplement to said acts as evidence of lack of good moral character. L.1957, c. 57, p. 105, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-49.7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-49.7 - Issuance of license; fee; duration; temporary permit

5:8-49.7. Issuance of license; fee; duration; temporary permit  6. When the application shall have been examined and such further inquiry and investigation made as the commission shall deem proper and when the commission shall be satisfied therefrom that the persons named in section 5(b) hereof possess the qualifications prescribed in this act, the commission shall issue and deliver a license to such applicant as an approved rentor for the premises stated in the application upon payment by the applicant of a license fee as prescribed by regulation promulgated by the control commission and the approved rentor shall pay a fee as prescribed by regulation promulgated by the control commission for each occasion on which bingo games are held in the licensed premises. Said license shall be valid until revoked, suspended or modified by the commission. The commission may issue a temporary permit to any applicant for such license pending final action on the application. Any such temporary permit shall be valid for a period not in excess of 180 days.  L.1957,c.57,s.6; amended 1969,c.207; 1994,c.63,s.11.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-49.8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-49.8 - Revocation or suspension of license; grounds

5:8-49.8. Revocation or suspension of license; grounds  Any license as approved rentor issued pursuant to this act may be revoked or suspended for such period as the commission deems in the public interest for any of the following offenses on the part of the licensee, its agent or employees, or any person required by this act to sign or be identified in an original application for a license: (a) Any cause which would permit or require disqualification of the licensee from receiving a license upon original application; (b) Fraud, deceit or misrepresentation in securing the license or in the conduct of the licensed activity or in connection with any application submitted to, or any interview, hearing or proceeding conducted by, the commission. (c) Failure by the licensee to maintain a complete set of books and records containing a true and accurate account of the licensee's receipts and disbursements arising out of his activities; (d) Failure to keep said books and records available during business hours for inspection by the commission and its duly designated representatives until the expiration of the second calendar year following the calendar year during which occurred the transactions recorded therein; (e) Violation of any provisions of this act, the Bingo Licensing Law or the rules and regulations adopted by the commission. L.1957, c. 57, p. 106, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-49.9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-49.9 - Rules and regulations

5:8-49.9. Rules and regulations  The commission shall have power to make and enforce such reasonable rules and regulations as it may deem necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act and the powers conferred upon it hereunder and to prevent the circumvention or evasion thereof. Said rules and regulations may, among other things, require that all rental or use agreements be in writing and in form approved by the commission and may provide for the form of application and the information to be furnished the commission on any application for approval, but shall not impose limitations on the number of days a month the premises may be used for purposes authorized by the act hereby supplemented. L.1957, c. 57, p. 107, s. 8.