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NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-78 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-78 - Amusement games control commissioner

5:8-78. Amusement games control commissioner  The office of Amusement Games Control Commissioner is hereby created. The director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control shall be the Amusement Games Control Commissioner and shall serve during the term of office of the Governor appointing him and until the director's successor is appointed and has qualified. In the event of the absence or inability of the director to act for any cause or in the event of the death of the director, 1 of the deputy directors of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control designated by the director shall have power to perform all of the duties of the Amusement Games Control Commissioner until a successor has been appointed and qualified. The director shall perform the duties of the Amusement Games Control Commissioner without salary therefor. All fees paid to the Amusement Games Control Commissioner pursuant to law shall be remitted by him to the State Treasurer. The office of Amusement Games Control Commissioner shall be allocated within and be a bureau of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control within the Department of Law and Public Safety. L.1959, c. 108, p. 499, s. 1. Amended by L.1960, c. 11, p. 29, s. 1, eff. March 21, 1960.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-78.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-78.1 - Eligibility for amusement game license.

5:8-78.1 Eligibility for amusement game license.  1. The holder of a plenary retail consumption license, as defined in R.S.33:1-12, whose licensed premises is at least 20,000 square feet, shall be eligible to be issued for the licensed premises an amusement game license pursuant to P.L.1959, c.109 (C.5:8-100 et seq.), provided that the licensed premises includes at least 100 amusement games and all other requirements for licensure to conduct amusement games are met. L.2015, c.149, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-78.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-78.2 - Issuance of amusement game license to certain bowling alleys.

5:8-78.2 Issuance of amusement game license to certain bowling alleys.  1. The operator of a bowling alley located anywhere in this State, including a bowling alley for which a plenary retail consumption license as defined in R.S.33:1-12 has been issued , whose premises include no less than 16 United States Bowling Congress (USBS) sanctioned bowling lanes and no less than 40 amusement games, shall be eligible to be issued for that premises an amusement game license pursuant to P.L.1959, c.109 (C.5:8-100 et seq.), provided that all other requirements for licensure to conduct amusement games are met. In any bowling alley that has been issued an amusement game license: not more than 50 percent of the amusement games shall be games that allow a player to attempt to win merchandise by manipulating a mechanical claw or crane; and a redemption center at which players may exchange tickets they have won for prizes shall be open at all times that the facility is open to the public. L.2017, c.152, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-79.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-79.1 - Rules and regulations of amusement games control commissioner

5:8-79.1. Rules and regulations of amusement games control commissioner  The rules and regulations to be made and promulgated by the Amusement Games Control Commissioner, in addition to provisions authorized by any other law, shall also provide for applications to, and certifications by, the commissioner with respect to the specific kind of game or games intended to be held, operated and conducted, and the rules for the playing of the game or games and that they are of the character permitted by the Amusement Games Licensing Law. Whenever the commissioner shall deem it to be necessary, the said rules, regulations and certifications may impose a limit or limits on the number of places or the number of specific kinds of games which may be held, operated or conducted by any 1 licensee, directly or indirectly, or in which such licensee, or any other person having an interest therein, may have an interest, and also for such other controls as the commissioner shall deem to be suitable and proper, particularly such as shall be ascertained from the experience of operations under said law and this act and for the purposes thereof. The said certifications shall also be designed to prevent monopoly, undue or unfair competition among licensees or with operations conducted pursuant to the Bingo Licensing Law (P.L.1954, c. 6) or the Raffles Licensing Law (P.L.1954, c. 5), and to prevent false, misleading or uninformative representations or concealment and to restrict excessive advertising or other acts, conduct or behavior which may tend to a misuse of the activities permitted by the Amusement Games Licensing Law or the participation in the benefits of the carrying on of activities thereunder, directly or indirectly, by or for the benefit of any person or persons not eligible to receive licenses thereunder. The said rules and regulations may also provide for and establish procedures, forms and other documents in connection with the application for, and the issuance of, licenses, determinations thereon, hearings, appeals, grants, refusals, suspensions or revocations of licenses, reports, questionnaires, and any other matters connected with the exercise of any power vested in said commissioner by law. L.1959, c. 113, p. 523, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-79.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-79.2 - Effective date; operative upon approval by voters of Amusement Games Licensing Law

5:8-79.2. Effective date; operative upon approval by voters of Amusement Games Licensing Law  This act shall take effect immediately, but shall be inoperative unless and until an "Amusement Games Licensing Law" is enacted by the Legislature and is approved by a majority of the legally qualified voters of the State voting on the question of such approval at a general election. L.1959, c. 113, p. 524, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-80 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-80 - Filing of rules and regulations; availability of copies to municipalities

5:8-80. Filing of rules and regulations; availability of copies to municipalities  A copy of every rule and regulation made and promulgated by the commissioner 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 law. L.1959, c. 108, p. 501, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-81 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-81 - Investigation of administration of Amusement Games Licensing Law in municipalities

5:8-81. Investigation of administration of Amusement Games Licensing Law in municipalities  The commissioner shall conduct investigations of the administration of said law in such of the municipalities of this State as he shall deem desirable and as shall serve to furnish a cross section of all of the municipalities operating under said law in this State and shall receive and investigate complaints as to violations and evasions of said law in any municipality or municipalities. L.1959, c. 108, p. 501, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-82 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-82 - License suspension or revocation; penalties

5:8-82. License suspension or revocation; penalties  The commissioner 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 applicable law or of the rules and regulations made and promulgated by the commissioner.  As an alternative to any other sanctions herein or otherwise provided by law, any such violator shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $250.00 for the first offense and not more than $500.00 for the second and each subsequent offense.  The Superior Court and every municipal court shall have jurisdiction of proceedings for the collection and enforcement of a penalty imposed because of such violation, within the territorial jurisdiction of the court. The penalty shall be collected and enforced in a summary proceeding pursuant to "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S.2A:58-1 et seq.). Process shall be either in the nature of a summons or warrant and shall issue in the name of the State upon the complaint of the commissioner.  Upon receiving evidence of any such violation, the commissioner is empowered to hold hearings upon said violation and upon finding the violation to have been committed, to assess a penalty against the person alleged to have committed such violation, in such amount within the limits of this act as he deems proper under the circumstances. Any such amounts collected by the commissioner shall be paid forthwith into the State Treasury for the general purposes of the State.  L.1959,c.108,s.5; amended 1967, c.90; 1991,c.91,s.185.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-83 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-83 - Prosecutions

5:8-83. Prosecutions  The commissioner shall have power to institute prosecutions for the punishment of violations of said law or said rules and regulations. L.1959, c. 108, p. 502, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-84 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-84 - Hearing appeals

5:8-84. Hearing appeals  The commissioner 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 by said law and the action and determination of the commissioner upon any such appeal shall be binding upon the municipal governing body and all parties thereto. L.1959, c. 108, p. 502, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-85 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-85 - Study and investigation of operation and administration of Amusement Games Licensing Law

5:8-85. Study and investigation of operation and administration of Amusement Games Licensing Law  It shall be the duty of the commissioner to carry on continuous study and investigation of the operation of the Amusement Games 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 law, 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 law and in any other laws of the State, which the commissioner 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 amusement games therein described. L.1959, c. 108, p. 502, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-86 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-86 - Study and investigation of similar laws

5:8-86. Study and investigation of similar laws  The commissioner 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.1959, c. 108, p. 502, s. 9.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-87 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-87 - Holding of investigations and hearings; subpoena power

5:8-87. Holding of investigations and hearings; subpoena power  The commissioner 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 amusement games under said law, and transactions, relating thereto, with those conducting the same by the issuance of subpoena signed by the commissioner which may be served by any person of full age. L.1959, c. 108, p. 503, s. 10.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-88 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-88 - Self-incrimination

5:8-88. Self-incrimination  No person shall have the privilege to refuse to disclose, in any proceeding before the commissioner, any matter which the Amusement Games Licensing Law or this act or the rules and regulations promulgated under said laws require him to record or report or disclose, upon the ground that the same may tend to incriminate him or expose him to a penalty or forfeiture, in connection with any activity or occupation or calling of his which is governed by said laws or governing the corporation or association of which he is an officer, agent or employee. L.1959, c. 108, p. 503, s. 11.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-89 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-89 - Failure to obey subpoena or order; application for order to show cause

5:8-89. Failure to obey subpoena or order; application for order to show cause  If a person subpoenaed to attend any such investigation or hearing fails to obey the command of the subpoena with 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 commissioner holding such investigation or hearing, the commissioner 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, or as the court shall prescribe, directing such person to show cause before the court why he should not comply with such subpoena or such order. L.1959, c. 108, p. 503, s. 12.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-90 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-90 - Return of order to show cause; examination under oath; order to comply with subpoena or order; contempt

5:8-90. Return of order to show cause; examination under oath; order to comply with subpoena or order; contempt  Upon return of the order, the court before whom the matter shall come on for hearing shall examine such person under oath, and if the court 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 commissioner holding such investigation, the court may order such person to comply therewith forthwith and any failure to obey the order of the court may be punished as a contempt of the Superior Court. L.1959, c. 108, p. 504, s. 13.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-91 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-91 - Privilege from arrest

5:8-91. Privilege from arrest  A witness shall be privileged from arrest, in any civil action but not otherwise, during necessary attendance before the commissioner, at any place required by subpoena previously duly served, and during his going to and returning therefrom allowing 1 day for every 30 miles from his place of residence. L.1959, c. 108, p. 504, s. 14.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-92 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-92 - Payment of witness fees

5:8-92. 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.1959, c. 108, p. 504, s. 15.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-93 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-93 - Witness fee schedule

5:8-93. Witness fee schedule  Each witness attending any hearing or investigation shall be entitled to the following fees: (a) In his own county, per day of attendance, $0.50; (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.1959, c. 108, p. 504, s. 16.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-94 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-94 - Expenses of commissioner; appointment of executive officer, advisors, assistants and investigators

5:8-94. Expenses of commissioner; appointment of executive officer, advisors, assistants and investigators  The commissioner 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 he may deem necessary to the proper performance of the purposes of this act, and may fix their compensation within the limits of any sums appropriated or made available to the commissioner for such purposes. No investigator employed by the commissioner need be employed in accordance with the provisions of, or in any manner shall be subject to, the provisions of Title 11, Civil Service, of the Revised Statutes. L.1959, c. 108, p. 504, s. 17.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-95 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-95 - Filing of municipal licensing ordinances with commissioner; reports by municipalities

5:8-95. Filing of municipal licensing ordinances with commissioner; reports by municipalities  Each municipality, in which the Amusement Games Licensing Law shall be operative, shall file with the commissioner a copy of each ordinance enacted pursuant thereto, within 10 days after the same is adopted, and on or before February 1 in each year, or at any other time or times which the commissioner may determine, make report to the commissioner of the number of licenses issued therein under said law, and the names and addresses of the licensees, the aggregate amount of license fees collected, the names and addresses of all persons detected of violation of said law or of the rules and regulations made by the commissioner pursuant hereto, and of all persons prosecuted for such violations and the result of each such prosecution, and the penalties imposed therein, during the preceding calendar year, or the period for which the report is required, as well as such other data or information as may from time to time be required by the rules and regulations of the commissioner, which report may contain any recommendations for improvement of said law or the administration thereof, which the governing body of the municipality shall deem to be desirable. L.1959, c. 108, p. 505, s. 18.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-96 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-96 - Report of commissioner to governor and legislature; recommendations

5:8-96. Report of commissioner to governor and legislature; recommendations  The commissioner shall report to the Governor and the Legislature annually with his recommendations, if any, and if in the meantime he shall discover any matters which shall require immediate change in said law in order to prevent abuses and evasions thereof or rectify undesirable conditions in connection with the administration thereof, the commissioner shall make an interim report immediately to the Governor and the Legislature with his recommendations in order to afford opportunity for the Legislature to take immediate action thereon, if such action appears to be necessary. L.1959, c. 108, p. 505, s. 19.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-97 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-97 - Delegation of taking of testimony to member of staff; recommendations to commissioner

5:8-97. Delegation of taking of testimony to member of staff; recommendations to commissioner  Whenever the commissioner is authorized to hold a hearing he may delegate the actual taking of testimony to any available member of the staff of the commissioner who shall hear the matter for the commissioner and report the same to the commissioner who, alone, shall have the final decision in the matter. The person so designated to hear the matter for the commissioner may make recommendations to the commissioner in respect to the matter so heard, but the commissioner shall in nowise be bound by any such recommendation. L.1959, c. 108, p. 505, s. 20.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-98 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-98 - Reports by licensees

5:8-98. Reports by licensees  The commissioner may require periodical reports to be made to him by any licensees. The reports may call for information with respect to the amounts received from operation of the games, the time, character and cost of the prizes given to the players of such games, and such other matters as the commissioner may specify. Reports so required shall be filed at such times and upon such forms as the commissioner shall prescribe. L.1959, c. 108, p. 506, s. 21. Amended by L.1962, c. 199, s. 1, eff. Dec. 18, 1962.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-99 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-99 - Effective dates; operative upon enactment by legislature and approval by voters of Amusement Games Licensing Law

5:8-99. Effective dates; operative upon enactment by legislature and approval by voters of Amusement Games Licensing Law  This act shall take effect immediately but shall be inoperative unless and until an "Amusement Games Licensing Law" is enacted by the Legislature and is approved by a majority of the legally qualified voters of the State voting on the question of such approval at a general election. L.1959, c. 108, p. 506, s. 22.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-100 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-100 - Short title

5:8-100. Short title  This act shall be known as and may be cited as the "Amusement Games Licensing Law." L.1959, c. 109, p. 507, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-101.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-101.1 - Issuance of amusement games license to certain holders of a special concessionaire permit.

5:8-101.1 Issuance of amusement games license to certain holders of a special concessionaire permit.  1. The holder of a special concessionaire permit, as provided for in R.S.33:1-42, whose licensed premises is located in the post-security checkpoint area of the departure level of an international airport terminal and is at least 20,000 square feet in the aggregate, shall be eligible to be issued an amusement games license pursuant to P.L.1959, c.109 (C.5:8-100 et seq.), provided that all other requirements for licensure to conduct amusement games are met. L.2017, c.47, s.1.