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NJ Rev Stat § 5:7-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:7-12 - License for race or exhibition; compliance with rules; guard personnel

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 regulations made under this act governing the physical conditions surrounding or relating to such track or place have been complied with, that all gateways into the track will be provided with guard personnel sufficient in the judgment of the department for the protection of spectators, but not more than one guard shall be required for a single gate or two guards for a double gate, and that provision is made for the protection of spectators against accident by the carrying of appropriate insurance as hereinafter provided. L.1953, c. 174, p. 1441, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:7-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:7-13 - License for race or exhibition; liability insurance

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 of the issuance of an insurance policy approved by the department and conditioned, in the case of a race or exhibition at a track or other place accommodating less than one thousand people, for the payment of not less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) to any one person obtaining judgment, and not less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) on all judgments recovered, and for the payment of not less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) to any one person obtaining judgment, and not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) on all judgments recovered, in the case of all other races or exhibitions, upon a claim or claims arising out of the same transaction or transactions, connected with the same subject of action (to be apportioned ratably among judgment creditors according to the amount of their respective judgments) for damages because of bodily injury, including death at any time resulting therefrom, caused to any person or persons, other than the driver, and all pit area personnel as the result of an accident occurring as a result of the conduct of any motor vehicle race or exhibition of motor vehicle driving skill, for which the license is granted, under which policy the liability of the company shall become absolute when loss or damage covered by the policy occurs, and satisfaction by the insured of a final judgment for the loss or damage shall not be a condition precedent to the right or duty of said company to make payment on account of the loss or damage and which policy shall not be cancellable or annulled as to any loss or damage by an agreement between the carrier and the insured after the insured has become responsible for the loss or damage or in any other event, except on ten days prior notice to the department. L.1953, c. 174, p. 1442, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:7-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:7-14 - Rules and regulations

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 each licensed track owner of the preceding year at least ten days before the hearing. Said rules and regulations shall prescribe the types or character of protective devices designed to protect participants in and spectators attending any such race or exhibition, including, but not limited to, the matters of track construction and condition, guard rails, pit facilities, lighting, inspection of vehicles and equipment, physical conditions of drivers, fire protection and medical and ambulance facilities and generally governing the conduct of all motor vehicle races and exhibitions of motor vehicle driving skill to be held within this State and governing the issuance of licenses therefor. L.1953, c. 174, p. 1443, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:7-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:7-15 - Inspection by department

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 exhibition of motor vehicle driving skill has been applied for or issued. L.1953, c. 174, p. 1443, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:7-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:7-16 - Employees

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 of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes, such additional personnel necessary to assist it in the performance of the duties imposed by this act. L.1953, c. 174, p. 1443, s. 9.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:7-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:7-17 - Disposition of fees

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.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:7-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:7-18 - Violations

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 be a disorderly person, and upon conviction shall be punished for each such offense, by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. L.1953, c. 174, p. 1444, s. 11.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:7-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:7-19 - Repeal

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 for violations thereof," approved May twenty-seventh, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-two, is repealed but all licenses and permits issued thereunder shall continue in full force and effect until the expiration thereof. L.1953, c. 174, p. 1444, s. 12.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-1 - Commission created; members

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 by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, not more than three of whom shall be members of any one political party. L.1954, c. 7, p. 46, s. 1. Amended by L.1972, c. 96, s. 1, eff. July 18, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-1.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-1.1 - Method of transfer of commission to department of law and public safety

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.). L.1972, c. 96, s. 2, eff. July 18, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-2 - Terms of office

5:8-2. Terms of office  The first members of the commission shall be appointed, 1 for 1 year, 1 for 2 years, 1 for 3 years, 1 for 4 years and 1 for 5 years, and their successors shall be appointed for terms of 5 years, and the members may hold over and serve on the commission after the termination of their respective terms, until their respective successors are appointed and shall qualify. L.1954, c. 7, p. 46, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-3 - Vacancies

5:8-3. Vacancies  Vacancies created by expiration of term or otherwise shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments were made, but for the unexpired terms only, notwithstanding that the previous incumbents may be holding over in office. L.1954, c. 7, p. 46, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-4 - Compensation; expenses

5:8-4. Compensation; expenses  The members of the commission shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to be reimbursed for their actual expenses within the limits of available appropriations. L.1954, c. 7, p. 47, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-5 - First meeting; organization

5:8-5. First meeting; organization  The commission shall hold its first meeting at the call of the Governor and shall organize by electing a chairman and appointing a secretary who may or may not be a member of the commission. L.1954, c. 7, p. 47, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-7 - Filing and availability of rules and regulations

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 municipalities operating under said laws. L.1954, c. 7, p. 47, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-8 - Investigations

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 State and shall receive and investigate complaints as to violations and evasions of said laws in any municipality or municipalities. L.1954, c. 7, p. 48, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-9 - Suspension and revocation of licenses

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 commission. L.1954, c. 7, p. 48, s. 9.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-9.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-9.1 - Exemptions for certain savings promotions.

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 unlawful gambling under the laws of this State, and shall not subject the participant or the sponsor of the promotion, or any officer, employee, or agent of the sponsor, to any civil or criminal liability under the laws of this State that prohibit gambling; and b. be subject to any of the provisions of chapter 8 of Title 5 of the Revised Statutes. L.2015, c.236, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-10 - Institution of prosecutions

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.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-11 - Appeals

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 determination of the commission upon any such appeal shall be binding upon the municipal governing body and all parties thereto. L.1954, c. 7, p. 48, s. 11.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-12 - Continuous study of operation of licensing laws

5:8-12. Continuous study of operation of licensing laws  It shall be the duty of the commission to carry on continuous study and investigation of the operation of the Bingo Licensing Law and the Raffles Licensing Law, and the administration thereof by the several municipalities of the State, throughout the State, for the purpose of ascertaining from time to time any defects in said laws, which may be discovered, by reason whereof any abuses in the administration thereof and any evasions of the terms thereof may arise or be practiced, and for the purpose of formulating and recommending improvements and changes in said laws and in any other laws of the State, which the commission may determine to be desirable to prevent such abuses and evasions and to guard against the use of said laws as a cloak for the carrying on of organized gambling and crime, and to insure that said laws shall be in such form and be so administered as to serve the true purposes for which they were enacted, namely the operation and conduct of the games of chance therein described for educational, charitable, patriotic, religious or public spirited uses only. L.1954, c. 7, p. 48, s. 12.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-13 - Continuous study as to similar laws of other states

5:8-13. Continuous study as to similar laws of other states  The commission 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 time to time may be published or be available. L.1954, c. 7, p. 49, s. 13.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-14 - Place of investigations and hearings; witnesses; books and documents

5:8-14. Place of investigations and hearings; witnesses; books and documents  The majority of the members of the commission 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 with the holding and conducting of games of chance under either or both of said laws, and transactions, relating thereto, with those conducting the same, by the issuance of subpoena signed by the chairman of the commission, which may be served by any person of full age. L.1954, c. 7, p. 49, s. 14.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-15 - Incriminating evidence

5:8-15. Incriminating evidence  No person shall be excused from testifying or producing any book or document in any investigation or hearing, when ordered so to do by the members of the commission holding the same, upon the ground that testimony or documentary evidence required of him may tend to incriminate or subject him to penalty or forfeiture, but no person shall be prosecuted, punished or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture on account of any matter or thing concerning which he shall, under oath, have testified or produced documentary evidence, except that he shall not be exempt from prosecution or punishment for any perjury committed by him in his testimony. L.1954, c. 7, p. 49, s. 15.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-16 - Application to judge for show cause order

5:8-16. Application to judge for show cause order  If a person subpoenaed to attend in any such investigation or hearing fails to obey the command of the subpoena without reasonable cause, or if a person in attendance in any such investigation or hearing refuses, without lawful cause, to be examined or to answer a legal or pertinent question or to exhibit any book, account, record or other document when ordered so to do by the commissioners holding such investigation or hearing, the commission may apply to any judge of the Superior Court, upon proof by affidavit of the facts, for an order returnable in not less than 2 nor more than 10 days directing such person to show cause before the judge why he should not comply with such subpoena or such order. L.1954, c. 7, p. 49, s. 16. Amended by L.1955, c. 162, p. 708, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-17 - Examination and determination by judge; order; contempt

5:8-17. Examination and determination by judge; order; contempt  Upon return of the order, the judge before whom the matter shall come on for hearing shall examine such person under oath, and if the judge shall determine, after giving such person an opportunity to be heard, that he refused without legal excuse to comply with such subpoena or such order of the commissioners holding such investigation, the judge may order such person to comply therewith forthwith and any failure to obey the order of the judge may be punished as a contempt of the Superior Court. L.1954, c. 7, p. 50, s. 17.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-18 - Privilege from arrest

5:8-18. Privilege from arrest  A witness shall be privileged from arrest, in all civil actions and no other, during necessary attendance before the commission, at any place required by subpoena previously duly served, and during his going to and returning therefrom, allowing one day for every 30 miles from his place of residence. L.1954, c. 7, p. 50, s. 18.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-19 - Payment of witness fees

5:8-19. 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.1954, c. 7, p. 50, s. 19.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-20 - Amount of witness fees

5:8-20. Amount of witness fees  Each witness attending any hearing or investigation shall be entitled to the following fees: a. In his own county, per day of attendance, 50 cents; b. From a foreign county, at the rate of $1.00 per day, together with, for each day of attendance, an allowance of $1.00 for every 30 miles of travel in going to the place of attendance from his place of residence and in returning. L.1954, c. 7, p. 50, s. 20.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-21 - Expenses, personnel, fees

5:8-21. Expenses, personnel, fees  21. The commission is authorized to incur such necessary expenses, and engage and appoint an executive officer and such competent and expert advisors, and clerical and stenographic assistants and investigators, as it may deem necessary to the proper performance of the purpose of this act, and may fix their compensation and that of its secretary, if he is not a member of the commission, within the limits of any sums appropriated or made available to it for such purposes.  Fees shall be established, prescribed or changed by regulation promulgated by the commission to the extent necessary to defray all proper expenses incurred by the commission and any staff employed to administer the Bingo Licensing Law or the Raffles Licensing Law, except that no fee shall be set at a level that will raise funds in excess of the amount necessary for these purposes. All fees payable to the commission and the proceeds of any civil penalties imposed by the commission or any court shall be deposited in the Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission Fund created pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1994, c.63 (C.5:8-21.1).  In addition to the fees to be paid to the commission, licensed organizations shall pay a licensing fee, as established by the commission, to the municipality in which any game or games of chance are conducted. No investigator employed by the commission need be employed in accordance with the provisions of, or shall be in any manner subject to, the provisions of Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes.  L.1954,c.7,s.21; amended 1994,c.63,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-21.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-21.1 - Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission Fund

5:8-21.1. Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission Fund  3. There is created in the Department of the Treasury a special nonlapsing fund, to be known as the Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission Fund. Except as otherwise provided by law, all monies from fees, penalties or fines collected by the Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission pursuant to the "Bingo Licensing Law" (P.L.1954, c.6; C.5:8-24 et seq.) and the "Raffles Licensing Law" (P.L.1954, c.5; C.5:8-50 et seq.) on and after the effective date of this section shall be deposited in the fund. The money in the fund shall be administered by the State Treasurer and all interest on monies in the fund shall be credited to the fund. At the end of each fiscal year there shall be appropriated from the fund to the Department of Law and Public Safety, or its successor, such sums as may be necessary for the Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission to implement and enforce the provisions of the "Bingo Licensing Law" and the "Raffles Licensing Law," as amended and supplemented.  L.1994,c.63,s.3.