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NJ Rev Stat § 5:12-55 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:12-55 - Division of gaming enforcement.

5:12-55 Division of gaming enforcement.  55. Division of gaming enforcement. There is hereby established in the Department of Law and Public Safety the Division of Gaming Enforcement. The division shall be under the immediate supervision of a director who shall also be sworn as an Assistant Attorney General and who shall administer the work of the division under the direction and supervision of the Attorney General. The director shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall serve during the term of office of the Governor, except that the first director shall be appointed for a term of 2 years. The director may be removed from office by the Attorney General for cause upon notice and opportunity to be heard.  The director and any employee or agent of the division shall be subject to the duty to appear and testify and to removal from his office, position or employment in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1970, c.72 (C.2A:81-17.2a et seq.). The Attorney General shall be responsible for the exercise of the duties and powers assigned to the division.  The division shall be located in Atlantic City, except that the division may maintain a secondary satellite office in Trenton, which shall not be the primary office, if deemed necessary for the effective performance of its duties and responsibilities. If, as a result of the transfer of duties and responsibilities from the Casino Control Commission to the division in accordance with P.L.2011, c.19 (C.5:12-6.1 et al.), the division needs to employ an individual to fill a position, former employees of the commission who performed the duties of the position to be filled shall be given a one-time right of first refusal offer of employment with the division, and such employees may be removed by the division for cause or if deemed unqualified to hold the position, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary. An individual formerly employed by the commission who becomes employed by the division shall retain as an employee of the division the seniority, and all rights related to seniority, that the employee had with the commission as of the last day of employment with the commission; provided, however, that such seniority and seniority rights shall be retained only by an employee who was transferred from employment with the commission to employment with the division, and shall not be retained by an employee who was removed from employment with the commission due to layoff procedures or who resigned from a position with the commission prior to being hired by the division. L.1977, c.110, s.55; amended 1980, c.69, s.1; 1995, c.18, s.11; 2011, c.19, s.124; 2012, c.34, s.11.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:12-56 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:12-56 - Organization and employees

5:12-56. Organization and employees  a. The Attorney General shall organize the work of the division in such bureaus and other organizational units as he may determine to be necessary for efficient and effective operation and shall assign to the division such employees of the Department of Law and Public Safety as may be necessary to assist the director in the performance of his duties. Subject to the approval of the Attorney General, the Superintendent of State Police shall assign such supervisory and investigative personnel and other resources to the Division of Gaming Enforcement as may be necessary to fulfill its obligations under this act. b. All employees of the division, except for secretarial and clerical personnel, shall be in the unclassified service of the Civil Service. All employees of the division shall be deemed confidential employees for the purposes of the "New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act" (P.L.1941, c. 100; C. 34:13A-1 et seq.), as amended. L.1977, c. 110, s. 56, eff. June 2, 1977.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:12-57 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:12-57 - Expenses; limits

5:12-57. Expenses; limits  The division may incur expenses within the limits of funds available to it. L.1977, c. 110, s. 57, eff. June 2, 1977.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:12-61 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:12-61 - Applicant and licensee liability for violations.

5:12-61 Applicant and licensee liability for violations.  61. a. No applicant or person or organization licensed by or registered under this act shall employ or offer to employ, or provide, transfer or sell, or offer to provide, transfer or sell any interest, direct or indirect, in any person licensed by or registered under this act to any person restricted from such transactions by the provisions of sections 58, 59, and 60 of P.L.1977, c.110 (C.5:12-58, 5:12-59 and 5:12-60). b. The division shall impose such sanctions upon an applicant or a licensed or registered person for violations of this section as authorized by Article 9 of this act. L.1977, c.110, s.61; amended 2011, c.19, s.32.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:12-62 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:12-62 - Enforcement.

5:12-62 Enforcement.  62. Enforcement. a. The State Ethics Commission, established pursuant to the "New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law," P.L.1971, c.182 (C.52:13D-12 et seq.) shall enforce the provisions of sections 58, 59, and 60 of this act. b. Penalties for violation of sections 58, 59, and 60 shall be those set forth in P.L.1971, c.182 (C.52:13D-12 et seq.). In addition, for violations of section 60 occurring after the effective date of P.L.2005, c.382, the commission shall impose a civil penalty of not less than $500 nor more than $10,000, which penalty may be collected in a summary proceeding pursuant to the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.). L.1977,c.110,s.62; amended 2005, c.382, s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:12-63 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:12-63 - Duties of the commission.

5:12-63 Duties of the commission.  63. Duties of the Commission. (1) The Casino Control Commission shall have the following responsibilities under this act: a. To hear and decide promptly and in reasonable order (1) all applications for a casino license, including applications filed by all persons required individually to qualify in connection therewith; (2) all applications for interim casino authorization, including but not limited to applications filed by persons required individually to qualify in connection therewith; (3) statements of compliance issued pursuant to section 81 of P.L.1977, c.110 (C.5:12-81); and (4) all applications for a casino key employee license; b. To review and decide any appeal from: (1) a notice of violation and penalty assessment issued by the director upon any applicant, qualifier, licensee or registrant under this act; (2) any determination made by the director regarding: (i) any ruling on an application for a casino service industry enterprise license; (ii) any ruling on an application for any other license or qualification under this act; (iii) a revocation of a license or registration; (iv) any ruling on a request for statement of compliance; or (v) placement on an exclusion list; c. To promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to conduct hearings under subsections a. and b. of this section; d. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2011, c.19) e. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2011, c.19) f. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2011, c.19) g. To refer to the division for investigation and prosecution any evidence of a violation of P.L.1977, c.110 (C.5:12-1 et seq.) or the regulations promulgated thereunder; h. To review and rule upon any complaint by a casino licensee regarding any investigative procedures of the division which are unnecessarily disruptive of casino or simulcasting facility operations. The need to inspect and investigate shall be presumed at all times. The disruption of a licensee's operations shall be proved by clear and convincing evidence, which evidence shall establish that: (1) the procedures had no reasonable law enforcement purpose, and (2) the procedures were so disruptive as to inhibit unreasonably casino or simulcasting facility operations; and i. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2011, c.19) j. To refer to the division for investigative hearing matters concerning the conduct of gaming and gaming operations as well as the enforcement of the provisions of P.L.1977, c.110 (C.5:12-1 et seq.). (2) The Casino Control Commission shall proceed promptly, along with the division, to take all actions as may be deemed necessary and appropriate, including the promulgation of regulations, for the expeditious implementation of Internet wagering when such wagering is permitted by State and federal law. L.1977, c.110, s.63; amended 1981, c.503, s.4; 1985, c.539, s.3; 1987, c.137, s.2; 1991, c.182, s.13; 1993, c.292, s.6; 1995, c.18, s.14; 2008, c.23, s.1; 2011, c.19, s.33.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:12-66 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:12-66 - Investigative hearings.

5:12-66 Investigative hearings.  66. Investigative hearings. The division shall have the authority to conduct investigative hearings concerning the conduct of gaming and gaming operations as well as the enforcement of the provisions of P.L.1977, c.110 (C.5:12-1 et seq.), as amended and supplemented, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the act and any applicable implementing regulations. L.1977, c.110, s.66; amended 1995, c.18, s.15; 2011, c.19, s.34.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:12-68 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:12-68 - Collection of fees, penalties or tax.

5:12-68 Collection of fees, penalties or tax.  68. Collection of Fees, Penalties or Tax. At any time within five years after any amount of fees, interest, penalties or tax required to be collected pursuant to the provisions of this act shall become due and payable, the division may bring a civil action in the courts of this State or any other state or of the United States, in the name of the State of New Jersey, to collect the amount delinquent, together with penalties and interest. An action may be brought whether or not the person owing the amount is at such time an applicant, licensee or registrant pursuant to the provisions of this act. If such action is brought in this State, a writ of attachment may be issued and no bond or affidavit prior to the issuance thereof shall be required. In all actions in this State, the records of the commission and the division shall be prima facie evidence of the determination of the fee or tax or the amount of the delinquency. Each debt that is due and payable as a result of fees, interest, penalties, or taxes required to be collected pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1977, c.110 (C.5:12-1 et seq.) or the regulations promulgated thereunder, including any compensation authorized pursuant to section 33 of P.L.1978, c.7 (C.5:12-130.3), and each regulatory obligation imposed as a condition upon the issuance or renewal of a casino license which requires the licensee to maintain, as a fiduciary, a fund for a specific regulatory purpose, shall constitute a lien on the real property in this State owned or hereafter acquired by the applicant, licensee, or registrant owing such a debt or on whom such an obligation has been imposed. Except as otherwise provided in R.S.54:5-9, such a lien shall be a first lien paramount to all prior or subsequent liens, claims, or encumbrances on that property. L.1977, c.110, s.68; amended 1987, c.354, s.6; 1991, c.182, s.14; 2011, c.19, s.35.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:12-71.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:12-71.1 - Exclusion, ejection of certain persons

5:12-71.1. Exclusion, ejection of certain persons  40. A casino licensee may exclude or eject from its casino hotel any person who is known to it to have been convicted of a crime, disorderly persons offense, or petty disorderly persons offense committed in or on the premises of any casino hotel. Nothing in this section or in any other law of this State shall limit the right of a casino licensee to exercise its common law right to exclude or eject permanently from its casino hotel any person who disrupts the operations of its premises, threatens the security of its premises or its occupants, or is disorderly or intoxicated.  L.1993,c.292,s.40; amended 1995,c.18,s.18.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:12-71.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:12-71.2 - List of persons self-excluded from gaming activities.

5:12-71.2 List of persons self-excluded from gaming activities.  1. a. The division shall provide by regulation for the establishment of a list of persons self-excluded from gaming activities at all licensed casinos and simulcasting facilities. Any person may request placement on the list of self-excluded persons by agreeing that, during any period of voluntary exclusion, the person may not collect any winnings or recover any losses resulting from any gaming activity at such casinos and facilities. b. The regulations of the division shall establish procedures for placements on, and removals from, the list of self-excluded persons. Such regulations shall establish procedures for the transmittal to licensed casinos and simulcasting facilities of identifying information concerning self-excluded persons, and shall require licensed casinos and simulcasting facilities to establish procedures designed, at a minimum, to remove self-excluded persons from targeted mailings or other forms of advertising or promotions and deny self-excluded persons access to credit, complimentaries, check cashing privileges club programs, and other similar benefits. c. A licensed casino or simulcasting facility or employee thereof shall not be liable to any self-excluded person or to any other party in any judicial proceeding for any harm, monetary or otherwise, which may arise as a result of: (1) the failure of a licensed casino or simulcasting facility to withhold gaming privileges from, or restore gaming privileges to, a self-excluded person; or (2) otherwise permitting a self-excluded person to engage in gaming activity in such licensed casino or simulcasting facility while on the list of self-excluded persons. d. Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1977, c.110 (C.5:12-1 et seq.) or any other law to the contrary, the division's list of self-excluded persons shall not be open to public inspection. Nothing herein, however, shall be construed to prohibit a casino licensee from disclosing the identity of persons self-excluded pursuant to this section to affiliated gaming entities in this State or other jurisdictions for the limited purpose of assisting in the proper administration of responsible gaming programs operated by such gaming affiliated entities. e. A licensed casino or simulcasting facility or employee thereof shall not be liable to any self-excluded person or to any other party in any judicial proceeding for any harm, monetary or otherwise, which may arise as a result of disclosure or publication in any manner, other than a willfully unlawful disclosure or publication, of the identity of any self-excluded person. L.2001, c.39, s.1; amended 2002, c.65, s.12; 2011, c.19, s.37; 2014, c.20, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:12-71.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:12-71.3 - Penalties for gaming by prohibited persons.

5:12-71.3 Penalties for gaming by prohibited persons.  2. a. A person who is prohibited from gaming in a licensed casino or simulcasting facility by any provision of P.L.1977, c.110 (C.5:12-1 et seq.) or any order of the director, commission, or court of competent jurisdiction, including any person on the self-exclusion list pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2001, c.39 (C.5:12-71.2), shall not collect, in any manner or proceeding, any winnings or recover any losses arising as a result of any prohibited gaming activity. b. For the purposes of P.L.1977, c.110 (C.5:12-1 et seq.), any gaming activity in a licensed casino or simulcasting facility which results in a prohibited person obtaining any money or thing of value from, or being owed any money or thing of value by, the casino or simulcasting facility shall be considered, solely for purposes of this section, to be a fully executed gambling transaction. c. In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any money or thing of value which has been obtained by, or is owed to, any prohibited person by a licensed casino or simulcasting facility as a result of wagers made by a prohibited person shall be subject to forfeiture following notice to the prohibited person and opportunity to be heard. A licensed casino or simulcasting facility shall inform a prohibited person of the availability of such notice on the division's Internet website when ejecting the prohibited person and seizing any chips, vouchers or other representative of money owed by a casino to the prohibited person as authorized by this subsection. Of any forfeited amount under $100,000, one-half shall be deposited into the State General Fund for appropriation by the Legislature to the Department of Human Services to provide funds for compulsive gambling treatment and prevention programs in the State and the remaining one-half shall be deposited into the Casino Revenue Fund. Of any forfeited amount of $100,000 or more, $50,000 shall be deposited into the State General Fund for appropriation by the Legislature to the Department of Human Services to provide funds for compulsive gambling treatment and prevention programs and the remainder shall be deposited into the Casino Revenue Fund. d. In any proceeding brought by the division against a licensee or registrant pursuant to section 108 of P.L.1977, c.110 (C.5:12-108) for a willful violation of the commission's self-exclusion regulations, the division may order, in addition to any other sanction authorized by section 129 of P.L.1977, c.110 (C.5:12-129), the forfeiture of any money or thing of value obtained by the licensee or registrant from any self-excluded person. Any money or thing of value so forfeited shall be disposed of in the same manner as any money or thing of value forfeited pursuant to subsection c. of this section. L.2001, c.39, s.2; amended 2011, c.19, s.38; 2012, c.17, s.16.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:12-72 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:12-72 - Commission reports and recommendations.

5:12-72 Commission reports and recommendations.  72. Commission reports and recommendations. The commission, in consultation with the division, shall carry on a continuous study of the operation and administration of casino control laws which may be in effect in other jurisdictions, literature on this subject which may from time to time become available, federal laws which may affect the operation of casino gaming in this State, and the reaction of New Jersey citizens to existing and potential features of casino gaming under this act. It shall be responsible for ascertaining any defects in this act or in the rules and regulations issued thereunder, formulating recommendations for changes in this act to prevent abuses thereof, guarding against the use of this act as a cloak for the carrying on of illegal gambling or other criminal activities, and insuring that this act and the rules and regulations shall be in such form and be so administered as to serve the true purposes of this act. The commission, after consultation with the division, shall make to the Governor and the Legislature an annual report of all revenues, expenses and disbursements, and shall include therein such recommendations for changes in this act as the commission or division deems necessary or desirable. The commission, after consultation with the division, shall also report recommendations that promote more efficient operations of the division and the commission. The commission, after consultation with the division, shall report immediately to the Governor and the Legislature any matters which in its judgment require immediate changes in the laws of this State in order to prevent abuses and evasions of this act or of rules and regulations promulgated hereunder, or to rectify undesirable conditions in connection with the operation and regulation of casino gaming. L.1977, c.110, s.72; amended 1995, c.18, s.19; 2011, c.19, s.39.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:12-73 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:12-73 - Meetings and quorum.

5:12-73 Meetings and quorum.  73. Meetings and Quorum. a. Meetings of the commission will be held at the discretion of the chairman at such times and places as he may deem necessary and convenient, or at the call of a majority of the members of the commission. b. The commission shall in all respects comply with the provisions of the "Senator Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act," P.L.1975, c.231 (C.10:4-6 et seq.). c. Any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding, the commission shall take all necessary steps to ensure that all interested persons are given adequate notice of commission meetings, and the agenda of such meetings, through the utilization of all media engaged in the dissemination of information. d. (1) So long as the commission consists of five members pursuant to subsection a. of section 50 of P.L.1977, c.110 (C.5:12-50), a majority of the full commission shall determine any action of the commission, except that no casino license or interim casino authorization may be issued without the approval of four members.  (2) Upon the reduction of the commission to four members, and then to three members, pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection c. of section 52 of P.L.1977, c.110 (C.5:12-52), a majority of the full commission shall determine any action of the commission, including the issuance of a casino license or interim casino authorization. L.1977, c.110, s.73; amended 1980, c.28, ss.4,10(s.10 amended 1980, c.159, s.2; 1981, c.142, s.5); 1987, c.409, s.2; 2011, c.196, s.4.