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2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-102 - Application for municipal license; filing; contents; state license; annual fees

5:8-102. Application for municipal license; filing; contents; state license; annual fees
3. Each applicant for such a license shall file with the clerk of the municipality a written application therefor in the form prescribed by the Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission, duly executed and verified, in which shall be stated the name and address of the applicant, together with sufficient facts relating to its incorporation and organization if the applicant be a corporation or organization; the specific kind of amusement games intended to be held, operated and conducted by the applicant, and the place or places where, the period, term, date or dates and the time or times when, such amusement games are intended to be conducted by the applicant, under the license applied for; and that no prize or prizes will be offered and given under said license except of merchandise only and same shall be of a value not in excess of the sum or value authorized to be offered and given by this act and such other information as shall be prescribed by the commission.
Every such municipal license so issued shall be inoperative unless the licensee named therein shall also, within 90 days from the issuance thereof and prior to the conduct or operation of amusement games thereunder, procure a State license authorizing the licensee holding the municipal license to operate and conduct certain games according to the terms of such municipal license. The said State license shall be issued by the State Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission, if the commission finds that all of the conditions, terms and requirements of this act and of said rules and regulations have been fully met and complied with. As a condition of granting any such State license the applicant therefor shall pay to the said commission an annual fee of $250.00. An applicant who is the owner of an arcade shall pay an additional annual fee of $10.00 per machine for each machine over 50 machines. If any such municipal license authorizes the licensee to conduct and operate games at more than one place or of more than one specific kind the applicant for the State license shall pay the said annual fee of $250.00 for each such place and for each such specific kind.
For the purposes of this section, "arcade" means a place where a single player upon payment of a fee is permitted to play a machine or device to obtain a prize, ticket or token redeemable for a prize, or attain a score upon the basis of which a prize, ticket or token is awarded.
L.1959, c. 109, p. 508, s. 3. Amended by L.1962, c. 200, s. 1; L.1963, c. 131, s. 1; L.1971, c. 129, s. 1, approved May 6, 1971; L.1983, c. 255, s. 1, eff. July 7, 1983; 2022, c.80, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-104 - Refusal to issue license; notice; hearing; additional licenses

5:8-104. Refusal to issue license; notice; hearing; additional licenses
Where the issuance of licenses is authorized by the municipality no application for the issuance of a license shall be refused by the governing body until after a hearing is held on due notice to the applicant, at which the applicant shall be entitled to be heard upon the qualifications of the applicant and the merits of the application.
Any license issued under this act may be amended, upon application made to the governing body of the municipality which issued it, if the subject matter of the proposed amendment could lawfully and properly have been included in the original license and upon payment of such additional license fee, if any, as would have been payable, if it had been so included.
L.1959, c. 109, p. 511, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-105 - Form of license; contents; display

5:8-105. Form of license; contents; display
Each license shall be in such form as shall be prescribed in the rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner and shall contain a description of the kind of amusement games authorized to be held, operated and conducted thereunder, a statement of the name and address of the licensee, and the place or places where and the period, term or date or dates and time or times when, such amusement games are to be conducted and any other information which may be required by said rules and regulations to be contained therein, and each license issued for the conduct of any game or games of amusement shall be conspicuously displayed at the place or places where the same is to be conducted at all times during the conduct thereof.
L.1959, c. 109, p. 511, s. 6. Amended by L.1962, c. 200, s. 3, eff. Dec. 18, 1962.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-106 - Control, supervision by municipality of amusement games, offer of electronic amusements.

5:8-106 Control, supervision by municipality of amusement games, offer of electronic amusements.
7. a. The governing body of any municipality issuing any license under this act shall have and exercise control and supervision over all amusement games held, operated or conducted under such license, to the end that the same are fairly held, operated and conducted in accordance with the provisions of such license, the rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner and the provisions of this act governing the holding, operation and conduct of the same and such governing body and the commissioner shall have power and authority to suspend any license issued by such governing body and to revoke the same, after hearing, for any violation of any such provision, and shall have the right of entry, by its officers and agents at all times into any premises where any such amusement game is being held, operated and conducted or where it is intended that any such amusement game shall be held, operated and conducted, or where any equipment being used or intended to be used in the conduct thereof is found, for the purpose of inspecting the same.
b. No licensee shall be permitted to offer an electronic amusement, as defined in section 2 of P.L.1959, c.109 (C.5:8-101), unless the licensee first establishes, to the satisfaction of the commission, that the electronic amusement will not violate the provisions of section 14 of P.L.1959, c.109 (C.5:8-113) and that the proposed electronic amusement to be offered and the device sought to be utilized are suitable for use after an appropriate test or experimental period under such terms and conditions as the commission deems appropriate. The commission may utilize, in its discretion, the services of another public entity or a private entity, or both, for the purposes of conducting any testing, analysis, or review of the electronic device on which the amusement may be offered to make this determination, the cost of which shall be borne by the licensee.
L.1959, c.109, s.7; amended 2017, c.47, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-107 - Maximum charges; value, determination and award of prizes

5:8-107. Maximum charges; value, determination and award of prizes
8. The Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission shall determine the amount for any 1 game which shall be charged or accepted by any licensee from any 1 player or participant as an entry fee or payment for the privilege of participating therein. No prize or prizes shall be offered or given in any single game except of merchandise and the amount of the value of the merchandise prize or prizes so to be offered and given in any such game shall be determined by the commission and all winners shall be determined and all prizes shall be awarded in any game forthwith upon the completion of the game and before making or accepting any charge for participation in any subsequent game.
The commission shall make the determination pursuant to this section after a public hearing has been held thereon and subject to the provisions of P.L.1981, c. 27 (C.52:14B-4.1 et seq.).
L.1959, c. 109, p. 512, s. 8. Amended by L.1981, c. 291, s. 2; 2022, c.80, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-108 - Examination of books and records

5:8-108. Examination of books and records
The governing body of the municipality and the Control Commissioner shall have power to examine or cause to be examined the books and records of any licensee so far as they may relate to any transactions connected with the holding and conducting of any amusement game thereunder and to examine any manager, officer, director, agent or employee thereof under oath in relation to the conduct of any such amusement game 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.1959, c. 109, p. 513, s. 9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-109 - Appeals to amusement games control commissioner

5:8-109. Appeals to amusement games control commissioner
10. 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 Legalized Games of Chance 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 commission upon said appeal shall be binding upon said governing body and all parties to said appeal.
L.1959, c. 109, p. 513, s. 10; amended 2022, c.80, s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-110 - Exemption from gaming and lottery laws

5:8-110. Exemption from gaming and lottery laws
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 amusement game conducted or to be conducted in compliance with any license lawfully issued and in force pursuant to this act, and in compliance with the rules and regulations of the Control Commissioner, 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 amusement game 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 amusement game conducted under any license known to him or it to have been obtained by any such false or fraudulent pretense or statement.
L.1959, c. 109, p. 513, s. 11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-111 - Offenses; violators as disorderly persons; forfeiture of licenses

5:8-111. Offenses; violators as disorderly persons; forfeiture of licenses
Any person, association or corporation who or which shall make any false statement in any application for such license 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 amusement games 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 amusement game 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.
L.1959, c. 109, p. 514, s. 12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-112 - Exceptions; bingo and raffles

5:8-112. Exceptions; bingo and raffles
Nothing contained in this act shall be deemed to authorize the playing of bingo hereunder or to modify, change or supersede the bingo licensing law (P.L.1954, c. 6), or the raffles licensing law (P.L.1954, c. 5), except in regard to such raffles, other than draw raffles, where the prizes or awards to be given shall be of merchandise only of an aggregate retail value not in excess of $15.00.
L.1959, c. 109, p. 514, s. 13, as amended L.1962, c. 115, s. 1, eff. July 17, 1962.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-113 - Exceptions; playing other games or devices for money

5:8-113. Exceptions; playing other games or devices for money
Nothing contained in this act shall be deemed to authorize the playing for money, or other valuable thing at roulette wheels, at cards, dice or other game, with 1 or more dice, or with any other instrument, engine or device in the nature of dice, having 1 or more figures or numbers, or at billiards, pool, tennis, bowls, or shuffleboard, or A.B.C. or E.O. tables, or at faro bank, or other bank of a like nature by whatever name known, or with any slot machine or device in the nature of a slot machine. Nothing contained in this act shall be deemed to authorize bookmaking, off-track betting, pool selling, or the keeping of a gambling resort, or the racing for money or other valuable thing, by running, pacing or trotting of horses, mares or geldings, or the making or acceptance of any wager for money or other valuable thing conditioned in any way upon any occurrence at or upon the outcome of any athletic or sporting game or contest in which the person or player does not actively participate. For the purpose of this section "slot machines" or "devices in the nature of slot machines" are defined to be machines which operate mechanically, with the result principally controlled by the mechanical operation of the machines.
L.1959, c. 109, p. 515, s. 14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-115 - Issuance of licenses after municipal approval of act; municipal referendum

5:8-115. Issuance of licenses after municipal approval of act; municipal referendum
Licenses issuable by a municipality under the provisions of this act may be issued only where in such municipality a majority of the votes cast therein upon the question whether this act shall be approved upon the submission of the question to the voters of all the State shall have been cast in favor of the adoption of this act. If the majority of the votes cast upon the said question of the adoption of this act in any municipality is against such adoption, then no license may be issued under this act by such municipality unless authorized by the votes cast on the question, in the municipality, by a municipal referendum as hereinafter provided in this act. If, in the municipality, a majority of the votes cast therein upon the question of whether this act shall be adopted is in the affirmative, such action by the voters of the said municipality shall be deemed to be an approval of the authority to the municipality to grant licenses under this act and such approval shall continue unless this act shall become inoperative in the municipality upon a referendum to the voters of the municipality as provided in this act.
L.1959, c. 109, p. 516, s. 16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-117 - Submission of act for approval by people

5:8-117. Submission of act for approval by people
For the purpose of complying with the provisions of the State Constitution this act shall be submitted to the people for their approval or rejection at the next general election.
L.1959, c. 109, p. 518, s. 18.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-118 - Public question; voting instructions

5:8-118. Public question; voting instructions
19. There shall be printed on each official ballot to be used at such election the following:
If you favor making the act entitled below operative within the State, and operative within this municipality, make a cross X, plus + or check / in the square opposite the word "Yes."
If you are opposed to making the act entitled below so operative, make a cross X, plus + or check / in the square opposite the word "No."
Yes
Shall the act entitled "An act authorizing the conducting, operating and playing of certain amusement games, whether of chance or skill, or both, where the prizes or awards to be given shall be of merchandise only, of a value to be determined by the Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission, and the charge for the privilege of playing shall be determined by the commission; providing for the licensing, regulation and control by the commission, of the conducting and operating of such games; providing restrictions as to the places where such games may be conducted and operated; providing that certain playing for money or other valuable things is not authorized; providing for the operation and inoperation of the act in any municipality when so determined by referendum vote therein; and providing for the submission of this act to the legal voters of the State for their approval or rejection before the same shall become operative within this State," become operative within this State?
No
The date of the approval or passage of this act, as the case may be, shall be inserted in the appropriate place after the title.
In any election district in which voting machines are used the question shall be placed upon the official ballot to be used upon the voting machines with the foregoing instructions to the voters but with instructions to vote "Yes" or "No" by the use of such machines and without marking as aforesaid.
L.1959, c. 109, p. 518, s. 19, eff. June 16, 1959; amended 2022, c.80, s.7; amended 2022, c.80, s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-119 - Act effective upon approval by majority of votes cast

5:8-119. Act effective upon approval by majority of votes cast
If at such election a majority of all the votes cast both for and against the approval of this act shall be cast in favor of the approval thereof, then all of its provisions shall forthwith take effect.
L.1959, c. 109, p. 520, s. 20, eff. June 16, 1959.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-120 - Effective date

5:8-120. Effective date
This section and sections 18, 19 and 20 of this act shall take effect immediately and the remainder of this act shall take effect as hereinbefore provided.
L.1959, c. 109, p. 520, s. 21.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-121 - Extension of Amusement Games Licensing Law to include agricultural fairs and exhibitions

5:8-121. Extension of Amusement Games Licensing Law to include agricultural fairs and exhibitions
The "Amusement Games Licensing Law," to which this act is a supplement, is hereby extended to include associations organized for the purpose of holding agricultural fairs and exhibitions and the places where such agricultural fairs and exhibitions are held.
L.1961, c. 103, p. 673, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-122 - Eligibility of licensee; approval of department of agriculture

5:8-122. Eligibility of licensee; approval of department of agriculture
Any association organized for the purpose of holding agricultural fairs and exhibitions, which is approved by the State Department of Agriculture for participation in any or all State sponsored programs relative to the promotion of agriculture and the advancement of agricultural interests in this State, shall be eligible to be a licensee under the "Amusement Games Licensing Law." Any such approval shall be evidenced by a certificate thereof issued by the said Department of Agriculture.
L.1961, c. 103, p. 673, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-123 - Authority to conduct games; place of conducting games

5:8-123. Authority to conduct games; place of conducting games
A licensee under the "Amusement Games Licensing Law" may conduct an amusement game or games at a place or places where any such approved association holds an agricultural fair and exhibition.
L.1961, c. 103, p. 673, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-124 - Applicability of Amusement Games Licensing Law

5:8-124. Applicability of Amusement Games Licensing Law
Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of the "Amusement Games Licensing Law" shall be applicable to the said associations and places.
L.1961, c. 103, p. 674, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-125 - State license; annual fee

5:8-125. State license; annual fee
As a condition of granting a State license to any such association, where the said association is itself to operate an amusement game or amusement games, the association shall pay an annual fee of $50.00 per game ; except that, any association which is nonprofit shall be exempt from payment of any State license fee if the proceeds from the games are used for charitable purposes. Where the operator of the game at an agricultural fair and exhibition conducted under the auspices of such an association is to be a person holding a concession to operate at the fair and exhibition from the association holding the same, such operator shall pay for the State license an annual fee of $50.00 for each game to be operated at the fair and exhibition, but if said operator is a licensee under the "Amusement Games Licensing Law" and has paid the annual fee of $250.00 for a State license, he shall not be required to pay the said fee of $50.00 for each game to be operated unless he operates more than five games, in which case he shall pay for the State license an additional annual fee of $50.00 for each game in excess of five.
L.1961, c. 103, p. 674, s. 5. Amended by L.1983, c. 255, s. 2, eff. July 7, 1983; L.1983, c. 501, s. 1, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-126 - Municipal license; fee

5:8-126. Municipal license; fee
Where in any 1 year the agricultural fair and exhibition is held for a period not in excess of 30 days, the fee for the municipal license shall be $5.00 or less for any 1 license.
L.1961, c. 103, p. 674, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-127 - Act operative in municipalities adopting Amusement Games Licensing Law without further referendum

5:8-127. Act operative in municipalities adopting Amusement Games Licensing Law without further referendum
This supplemental act shall be operative in any municipality in which heretofore the "Amusement Games Licensing Law" has become operative or which shall hereafter become operative by the action of the voters of the municipality upon the municipal referendum as provided in the said "Amusement Games Licensing Law" without any further referendum to the voters of the municipality in respect to this supplemental act.
L.1961, c. 103, p. 674, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-128 - Submission of act for approval by people

5:8-128. Submission of act for approval by people
For the purpose of complying with the provisions of the State Constitution this supplemental act shall be submitted to the people for their approval or rejection at the next general election.
L.1961, c. 103, p. 674, s. 8, eff. Aug. 31, 1961.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-129 - Voting instructions; question

5:8-129. Voting instructions; question
There shall be printed on each official ballot to be used at such election the following:
If you favor making the act entitled below operative within the State, make a cross (X), plus (+) or check (/) in the square opposite the word "Yes."
If you are opposed to making the act entitled below so operative, make a cross (X), plus (+) or check (/) in the square opposite the word "No."
Shall the act entitled "An Act extending the
"Amusement Games Licensing Law,' being chapter
109 of the laws of 1959, (approved June 16, 1959
Yes. and effective November 3, 1959 by the approval
of the voters of the State) to include associations
organized for the purpose of holding agricultural
fairs and exhibitions and the places where such
No. agricultural fairs and exhibitions are held,
supplementing said law, and providing for the
submission of this act to the legal voters of the
State for their approval or rejection before the same
shall become operative within this State" become
operative within this State?
The date of the approval or passage of this act, as the case may be, shall be inserted in the appropriate place after the title.
In any election district in which voting machines are used the question shall be placed upon the official ballot to be used upon the voting machines with the foregoing instructions to the voters but with instructions to vote "Yes" or "No" by the use of such machines and without marking as aforesaid.
L.1961, c. 103, p. 675, s. 9, eff. Aug. 31, 1961.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-130 - Act effective upon approval by majority of votes cast

5:8-130. Act effective upon approval by majority of votes cast
If at such election a majority of all the votes cast both for and against the approval of this act shall be cast in favor the approval thereof, then all of its provisions shall forthwith take effect.
L.1961, c. 103, p. 676, s. 10, eff. Aug. 31, 1961.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:9-2 - Purpose of act

5:9-2. Purpose of act
This act is enacted to implement the amendment of Article IV, Section VII, paragraph 2, of the Constitution of New Jersey, approved by the people in the general election of November, 1969, and to carry out the mandate thereof by establishing a lottery to be operated by the State, the entire net proceeds of which are to be used for State institutions and State aid for education.
L.1970, c. 13, s. 2, eff. Feb. 16, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:9-3 - Definitions.

5:9-3 Definitions.
3. For the purposes of this act:
a. "Commission" shall mean the State Lottery Commission established by this act.
b. "Division" shall mean the Division of the State Lottery created by this act.
c. "Lottery" or "State lottery" shall mean the lottery established and operated pursuant to this act and includes all lottery games organized or conducted by the division prior to and after the effective date of P.L.2017, c.98 (C.5:9-22.5 et al.).
d. "Director" shall mean the Director of the Division of the State Lottery.
L.1970, c.13, s.3; amended 2017, c.98, s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:9-4 - Division of the state lottery; establishment

5:9-4. Division of the state lottery; establishment
There is hereby established in the Department of the Treasury a Division of the State Lottery, which shall include a State Lottery Commission and a director.
L.1970, c. 13, s. 4, eff. Feb. 16, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:9-6 - Director of division

5:9-6. Director of division
The division shall be under the immediate supervision and direction of a director, who shall be a person qualified by training and experience to direct the work of such division. The director shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.
Any vacancy occurring in the office of the director shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
The director of said division shall devote his entire time and attention to the duties of his office and shall not be engaged in any other profession or occupation. He shall receive such salary as shall be provided by law.
L.1970, c. 13, s. 6, eff. Feb. 16, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:9-7.1 - Video machines

5:9-7.1. Video machines
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no lottery or type of lottery or lottery game shall be authorized or conducted which uses any video mechanical, electrical or other video device, contrivance or machine which, upon the insertion by the participant of a coin, token or similar object therein, or upon payment of any consideration whatsoever, is available to play or operate, the play or operation of which, whether by reason of the skill of the operator or application of the element of chance, or both, may deliver or entitle the person playing or operating the machine to receive cash, tokens to be exchanged for cash, or any other prize, whether the payoff is made automatically from the machine or in any other manner whatsoever.
L.1983, c. 80, s. 1, eff. March 1, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:9-9 - Meetings of commission; quorum; transmission of minutes to governor and return

5:9-9. Meetings of commission; quorum; transmission of minutes to governor and return
No action of the commission shall be binding unless taken at a meeting at which at least four of the seven members are present and shall vote in favor thereof. The minutes of every meeting of the commission, including any rules and regulations promulgated by the commission or any amendments, revisions, supplements or repeal thereof, shall be forthwith transmitted, by and under the certification of the secretary thereof, to the Governor at the Executive Chamber, State House, Trenton. The Governor shall, within 10 days after said minutes shall have been so delivered, cause the same to be returned to the commission, either with or without his veto of any action therein recited as having been taken by the commission. If the Governor shall not return the minutes within said 10 days, any action recited therein shall have force and effect according to the wording thereof.
L.1970, c. 13, s. 9, eff. Feb. 16, 1970. Amended by L.1983, c. 60, s. 3, eff. Feb. 7, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:9-10 - Subpoenas; failure to appear

5:9-10. Subpoenas; failure to appear
The commission shall have the power to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents, papers, books, records and other evidence before it in any matter over which it has jurisdiction, control or supervision. The commission shall have the power to administer oaths and affirmations to persons whose testimony is required. If a person subpoenaed to attend in any such proceeding or hearing fails to obey the command of the subpoena without reasonable cause, or if a person in attendance in any such proceeding 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 commission, 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, 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.
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 director, 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.1970, c. 13, s. 10, eff. Feb. 16, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:9-11 - Lottery sales agents; licensing

5:9-11. Lottery sales agents; licensing
No license as an agent to sell lottery tickets or shares shall be issued to any person to engage in business exclusively as a lottery sales agent. Before issuing such license the director shall consider such factors as (a) the financial responsibility and security of the person and his business or activity, (b) the accessibility of his place of business or activity to the public, (c) the sufficiency of existing licenses to serve the public convenience, and (d) the volume of expected sales.
For the purposes of this section, the term "person" shall be construed to mean and include an individual, association, corporation, club, trust, estate, society, company, joint stock company, receiver, trustee, assignee, referee, or any other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, whether appointed by a court or otherwise, and any combination of individuals. "Person" shall also be construed to mean and include all departments, commissions, agencies and instrumentalities of the State, including counties and municipalities and agencies and instrumentalities thereof.
L.1970, c. 13, s. 11, eff. Feb. 16, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:9-12 - Lottery sales agents; authority to act

5:9-12. Lottery sales agents; authority to act
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person licensed as provided in this act is hereby authorized and empowered to act as a lottery sales agent.
L.1970, c. 13, s. 12, eff. Feb. 16, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:9-12.1 - Additional sanctions against licensees

5:9-12.1. Additional sanctions against licensees
In addition to any penalty, fine or term of imprisonment authorized by law, the commission shall, after appropriate hearings and factual determinations, have the authority to impose the following sanctions upon any person licensed pursuant to P.L.1970, c. 13 (C. 5:9-1 et seq.):
a. Assess such civil penalties as may be necessary to punish misconduct and to deter future violations, which penalties may not exceed $10,000.00;
b. Order restitution of any moneys or property unlawfully obtained or retained by a licensee;
c. Enter a cease and desist order which specifies the conduct which is to be discontinued, altered or implemented by the licensee;
d. Issue letters of reprimand or censure, which letters shall be made a permanent part of the file of each licensee so sanctioned; or
e. Impose any or all of the foregoing sanctions in combination with each other.
L.1983, c. 429, s. 1, eff. Jan. 5, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:9-13.1 - Initiation of data exchange; prohibition on assignments, certain.

5:9-13.1 Initiation of data exchange; prohibition on assignments, certain.
1. a. The Director of the Division of the State Lottery in the Department of the Treasury and the Director of the Division of Family Development in the Department of Human Services shall initiate an ongoing data exchange in the Office of Telecommunications and Information Systems in the Department of the Treasury before a payment is made of a State lottery prize in excess of $600.
b. A delinquent Title IV-D obligor who is an annuity award winner shall be prohibited from assigning the annuity award.
L.1991,c.384,s.1; amended 1995, c.333; 1998, c.1, s.32.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:9-13.2 - Provision of child support arrears and public assistance overpayment lists.

5:9-13.2 Provision of child support arrears and public assistance overpayment lists.
2. The Commissioner of Human Services shall periodically supply the Office of Telecommunications and Information Systems with a list of:
a. those individuals in arrears of a court ordered child support obligation; and
b. those former recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children, pursuant to P.L.1959, c.86 (C.44:10-1 et seq.) or Work First New Jersey, pursuant to P.L.1997, c.38 (C.44:10-55 et seq.), food stamp benefits issued pursuant to Pub.L. 95-113, Title XIII (7 U.S.C. s.2011 et seq.), or low-income home energy assistance benefits issued pursuant to Pub.L. 97-35, Title XXVI (42 U.S.C. s.8621 et seq.) who incurred an overpayment which has not been repaid.
L.1991,c.384,s.2; amended 1998, c.1, s.33.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:9-13.3 - Provision of list of prize winners

5:9-13.3. Provision of list of prize winners
3. The Director of the Division of the State Lottery shall promptly provide the Office of Telecommunications and Information Systems with a prize winners list, which shall include the prize claimant's name, address and social security number and the amount of the pending payment.
L.1991,c.384,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:9-13.4 - Cross check of social security numbers with lottery list.

5:9-13.4 Cross check of social security numbers with lottery list.
4. The Office of Telecommunications and Information Systems shall cross check the lottery list with the data supplied by the Commissioner of Human Services for a social security number match. If a match is made, the Office of Telecommunications and Information Systems shall notify the Commissioner of Human Services.
L.1991,c.384,s.4; amended 1998, c.1, s.34.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:9-13.5 - Withholding of certain lottery winnings.

5:9-13.5 Withholding of certain lottery winnings.
5. If a lottery prize claimant is in arrears of a child support order, or is a former recipient of Aid to Families with Dependent Children or Work First New Jersey, food stamp benefits or low-income home energy assistance benefits who has incurred an overpayment which has not been repaid, the Department of Human Services shall promptly notify the Department of the Treasury and the Division of the State Lottery of the claimant's name, address, social security number and amount due on an arrears child support order or the amount due on an overpayment. The Department of the Treasury shall withhold this amount from the pending lottery payment and transmit same to the Department of Human Services or the Probation Division, as the case may be, in accordance with regulations promulgated by the State Treasurer.
L.1991,c.384,s.5; amended 1998, c.1, s.35.