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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-55 - Hearing; amendment of license

5:8-55. Hearing; amendment of license
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.1954, c. 5, p. 21, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-56 - Form and contents of license; display of license

5:8-56. Form and contents of license; display of license
Each license shall be in such form as shall be prescribed in the rules and regulations promulgated by the Control Commission and shall contain a description of the kind or kinds of game or games of chance authorized to be held, operated and conducted thereunder, a statement of the name and address of the licensee, of the names and addresses of the member or members of the applicant under whom such game or games of chance will be held, operated and conducted, of the number of times, or the hours during which, such game or games of chance are authorized to be conducted and the place or places where and the date or dates and time or times when, such game or games of chance are to be conducted and of the specific purposes to which the entire net proceeds of such game or games of chance are to be devoted, a statement of the value and character of the prizes authorized to be offered and given, 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 of chance shall be conspicuously displayed at the place where any game is to be conducted thereunder at all times during the conduct thereof.
L.1954, c. 5, p. 21, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-57 - Control and supervision over all games; violations, penalties

5:8-57. Control and supervision over all games; violations, penalties
8. The governing body of any municipality issuing any license under this act shall have and exercise control and supervision over all games of chance 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 control commission and the provisions of this act governing the holding, operation and conduct of the same, and such governing body and the control commission 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 by their respective officers and agents have the right of entry at all times into any premises where any such game of chance is being held, operated and conducted or where it is intended that any such game of chance 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.
In addition to or in lieu of revoking or suspending or refusing to renew any license or registration certificate issued by it or any municipality, the control commission may, after providing a licensee the opportunity to be heard:
a. issue a letter of warning, reprimand or censure with regard to any action, conduct or practice which, in the judgment of the control commission upon consideration of all relevant facts and circumstances, does not warrant the initiation of formal action;
b. assess civil penalties in accordance with the provisions of section 15 of P.L.1994, c.63 (C.5:8-57.2);
c. order any person found to have violated any provision of a law, rule or regulation administered by the control commission to desist from future violations thereof or to take such affirmative corrective action as may be necessary with regard to any action found to be unlawful by the control commission;
d. order any person found to have violated any provision of a law, rule or regulation administered by the control commission to restore to any person aggrieved by an unlawful act or practice, any monies or property, real or personal, acquired by means of such action or practice, except that the control commission shall not order restoration of a dollar amount greater than those monies received by a licensee or the agent of a licensee or any other person violating the law, rule or regulation administered by the control commission; and
e. order any person, as a condition for continued, reinstated or renewed licensure, to secure medical or other professional treatment as may be necessary to properly discharge licensee functions.
L.1954,c.5,s.8; amended 1955,c.161,s.4; 1994,c.63,s.13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-57.1 - Violations, injunctions, proceedings, penalties

5:8-57.1. Violations, injunctions, proceedings, penalties
14. Whenever it shall appear to the control commission that a violation of a law, including the unlicensed conduct or practice of a regulated activity, or regulation administered by the control commission has occurred, is occurring, or will occur, the control commission in addition to any other proceeding authorized by law, may seek and obtain in a summary proceeding in Superior Court an injunction prohibiting such action, conduct or practice. In any such proceeding the court may assess a civil penalty in accordance with the provisions of section 15 of P.L.1994, c.63 (C.5:8-57.2), may order restoration to any person in interest of any monies or property, real or personal, acquired by means of an unlawful action, conduct or practice and may enter such orders as may be necessary to prevent the performance of an unlawful action, conduct or practice in the future and to remedy any past unlawful activity. In any action brought pursuant to this section, the court shall not suspend or revoke any license or registration certificate issued by the control commission.
L.1994,c.63,s.14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-57.2 - Civil penalties

5:8-57.2. Civil penalties
15. Any person violating any provision of a law or regulation administered by the control commission shall, in addition to any other sanctions provided in section 8 of P.L.1954, c.5 (C.5:8-57), be liable to a civil penalty of not more than $7,500 for the first offense and not more than $15,000 for the second and each subsequent offense. For the purpose of construing this section, each statutory violation shall constitute a separate offense, except that a second and subsequent offense shall not be deemed to exist unless an administrative or court order has been entered in a prior, separate and independent proceeding. In lieu of an administrative proceeding or an action in the Superior Court, the Attorney General may bring an action in the name of the control commission for the collection or enforcement of civil penalties for the violation of any provision of a law or regulation administered by the control commission. Such action may be brought in a summary manner pursuant to "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S.2A:58-1 et seq.) and the rules of court governing actions for the collection of civil penalties in the municipal court or Superior Court where the offense occurred. Process in such action may be a summons or warrant and in the event that the defendant in such action fails to answer such action, the court shall, upon finding an unlawful action, conduct or practice to have been committed by the defendant, issue a warrant for the defendant's arrest in order to bring such person before the court to satisfy the civil penalties imposed. In any action commenced pursuant to this section, the court may order restored to any person in interest any monies or property, real or personal, acquired by means of an unlawful action, conduct or practice. Any action alleging the unlicensed conduct or practice of an activity regulated by any law or regulation administered by the control commission shall be brought pursuant to this section, or where injunctive relief is sought, by an action commenced in Superior Court. In any action brought pursuant to P.L.1954, c.5 (C.5:8-50 et seq.), as amended and supplemented, the control commission or the court may order the payment of costs to the State.
Organizations registered with the control commission, holding a valid identification number, and not suspended or revoked at the time of any such action, conduct or practice shall not be subject to the provisions of this section.
L.1994,c.63,s.15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-58 - Sunday; conduct of games on

5:8-58. Sunday; conduct of games on
No games of chance shall be conducted under any license issued under this act on the first day of the week, commonly known and designated as Sunday, unless it shall be otherwise provided in the license issued for the holding, operating and conducting thereof, pursuant to the provisions of an ordinance duly adopted by the governing body of the municipality issuing the license, authorizing the conduct of such games of chance under this act on said day.
L.1954, c. 5, p. 23, s. 9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-59 - Age limit, exceptions.

5:8-59 Age limit, exceptions.
10. a. No person under the age of 18 years shall be permitted to participate in any manner in any game or games of chance not conducted by a drawing, except that a person under the age of 18 years shall be permitted to play a game of chance not conducted by a drawing when the prize offered and awarded consists of merchandise only and does not include cash or money.
b. No person under the age of 18 years shall be permitted to participate in any manner in any game or games of chance conducted by a drawing, held, operated or conducted pursuant to any license issued under this act, except that a person under the age of 18 years shall be permitted to play an on-premises draw raffle, including a Penny auction, when any prize offered and awarded consists of merchandise only.
L.1954,c.5,s.10; amended 1955, c.161, s.5; 1994, c.63, s.16; 1997, c.386, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-60 - Limits on frequency of games

5:8-60. Limits on frequency of games
11. No game or games of chance shall be held, operated or conducted under any license issued under this act more often than authorized by regulation promulgated by the control commission.
L.1954,c.5,s.11; amended 1994,c.63,s.17.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-60.1 - Findings, declarations relative to conduct of raffles.

5:8-60.1 Findings, declarations relative to conduct of raffles.
1. The Legislature finds and declares that it is the purpose of this act to assist charitable, civic and service organizations, including volunteer fire companies, first-aid squads, church organizations, school groups, veterans' organizations and senior citizen clubs, in conducting raffles to raise funds for educational, charitable, patriotic, religious and public-spirited purposes.
L.1997,c.386,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-60.2 - "Penny auction" defined.

5:8-60.2 "Penny auction" defined.
3. As used in P.L.1954, c.5 (C.5:8-50 et seq.), as amended and supplemented, "Penny auction" means an event at which multiple items of merchandise, or gift certificates therefor, but not cash, are raffled by drawing the winning ticket from a container designated for each item into which players seeking to win that item have placed tickets, with all tickets having been sold for the same price or different prices and each ticket placed in a container having an equal chance of winning.
L.1997,c.386,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-60.3 - Certain regulations pertaining to raffles.

5:8-60.3 Certain regulations pertaining to raffles.
4. The Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission shall promulgate regulations allowing qualified organizations to:
a. offer as a raffle prize any personal or professional service, or a gift certificate for any personal or professional service, which is a lawful activity and which the commission determines to be an appropriate raffle prize, and the value of which is within the limits set by the commission for raffle prizes;
b. offer as a raffle prize a gift certificate redeemable for live, edible seafood the value of which is within the limits set by the commission for raffle prizes;
c. offer a discount to any person purchasing two or more tickets for a draw raffle; and
d. use a big six wheel, a big eight wheel or other wheel to determine the winner of a non-draw raffle.
L.1997,c.386,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-60.4 - Pamphlet describing rights, duties, responsibilities of conducting raffles.

5:8-60.4 Pamphlet describing rights, duties, responsibilities of conducting raffles.
5. The Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission shall prepare, publish and make available to any qualified organization, upon request, a pamphlet which describes in plain and simple language the rights, duties and responsibilities of organizations conducting raffles and the exact manner in which games of chance are to be conducted.
L.1997,c.386,s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-60.5 - Verbal or written warning prior to administrative action, charges.

5:8-60.5 Verbal or written warning prior to administrative action, charges.
6. Prior to initiating administrative action or bringing charges against an organization qualified to conduct raffles for a violation which relates to the conduct of games or the awarding of prizes, the Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission shall first issue a verbal or written warning and offer the organization the opportunity to cease the conduct which constitutes the violation.
L.1997,c.386,s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-62 - Limitations on prizes

5:8-62. Limitations on prizes
13. No prize shall be offered and given in cash except as authorized by regulation promulgated by the control commission.
a. The aggregate retail value of all prizes to be offered and given by raffles held, operated and conducted under any license issued under P.L.1954, c.5 (C.5:8-50 et seq.) in any calendar year shall not exceed $500,000.00, but the limit so fixed shall not apply to any raffle with respect to which all tickets, shares or rights to participate are sold only to persons present, the winners determined, and the prizes awarded, on the same occasion or if the prizes are wholly donated.
b. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of this section, the maximum prize that may be offered and awarded in a golf hole-in-one contest shall not exceed $1,000,000. Any prizes above $25,000 shall be offered and awarded only when the entire amount is insured by a company licensed to conduct business in this State and approved by the control commission. The prize shall be paid as an annuity with a payout over a maximum period of 20 years. Ancillary prizes awarded shall have an aggregate retail value no greater than that provided by subsection a. of this section and shall also be subject to the provisions of subsection c. of this section.
c. No prize having a retail value greater than that prescribed by regulation promulgated by the control commission shall be awarded in any raffle conducted by a drawing, or for each spin of the wheel or other allotment by chance.
L.1954,c.5,s.13; amended 1955, c.161, s.7; 1969, c.15; 1982, c.109, s.1; 1982, s.110, s.2; 1986, c.154; 1994, c.63, s.19; 1996,c.36,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-63 - Advertising of games prohibited, exceptions

5:8-63. Advertising of games prohibited, exceptions
14. No game of chance to be conducted under any license issued under this act shall be advertised as to its location, the time when it is to be or has been played, or the prizes awarded or to be awarded, by means of newspapers, radio, television or sound truck, or by means of billboards, posters or handbills or any other means addressed to the general public in any municipality in which the majority of voters voting therein have not voted in favor of the adoption of the provisions of P.L.1954, c.5 (C.5:8-50 et seq.) or in any municipality in which the majority of voters voting therein have voted in favor of rescinding the adoption of the provisions of this act.
L.1954,c.5,s.14; amended 1955, c.161, s.8; 1996,c.36,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-63.1 - Regulations governing advertising of game of chance

5:8-63.1. Regulations governing advertising of game of chance
3. The Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission shall promulgate regulations to govern the advertising of any game of chance occurring in any municipality in which the majority of voters voting therein have voted in favor of the adoption of the "Raffles Licensing Law," P.L.1954, c.5 (C.5:8-50 et seq.) and in which the game of chance is held, operated or conducted under any license issued by the control commission pursuant to the provisions of that act.
The regulations shall prohibit:
a. any advertisement from containing any false, deceptive, misleading or fraudulent statement regarding the holding, operation or conduct of a game of chance;
b. any advertisement from causing undue or unfair competition between organizations registered with the control commission that are holding competing games of chance; and
c. the use, to an extent deemed excessive, of the proceeds derived from the conduct of any individual game of chance for advertising subsequent games of chance.
L.1996,c.36,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-64 - Verified report filed, contents

5:8-64. Verified report filed, contents
15. No later than the 15th day of the calendar month immediately following a calendar month in which any such game of chance was held, operated or conducted, the organization, association, church, congregation, society, club, fire company, first-aid or rescue squad, or senior citizen association or club which held, operated or conducted the same and its member or members who were in charge thereof shall furnish to the control commission a duly verified statement showing the amount of the gross receipts derived from each such game of chance held, operated or conducted in the preceding month, which shall include receipts from the sale of shares, tickets or rights in any manner connected with participation in said game or the right to participate therein, each item of expense incurred or paid, and each item of expenditure made or to be made, name and address of each person to whom each such item has been or is to be paid, with a detailed description of the merchandise purchased or the services rendered therefor, the net profit derived from each such game of chance, and the uses to which such net profit has been or is to be applied and a list of prizes offered or given, with the respective values thereof and it shall be the duty of each licensee to maintain and keep such books and records as may be necessary to substantiate the particulars of each such report.
L.1954,c.5,s.15; amended 1955,c.161,s.9; 1985,c.299,s.4; 1994,c.63,s.20.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-65 - Examination authority

5:8-65. Examination authority
The governing body of the municipality and the control commission shall have power to examine or to cause to be examined the books and records of any organization, association, church, congregation, society, fire company, first-aid or rescue squad or senior citizen association or club to which any such license is issued so far as they may relate to any transactions connected with the holding and conducting of any game of chance thereunder and to examine any manager, officer, director, agent, member or employee thereof under oath in relation to the conduct of any such game of chance under any such license but any information so received shall not be disclosed except so far as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act.
L. 1954, c. 5, p. 25, s. 16. Amended by L. 1955, c. 161, p. 702, s. 10; L. 1985, c. 299, s. 5, eff. Aug. 23, 1985.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-66 - Appeal from governing body to control commission

5:8-66. Appeal from governing body to control commission
Any applicant for, or holder of, any license issued or to be issued under this act aggrieved by any action of the governing body of the municipality to which such application has been made or by which such license has been issued, may appeal to the control commission from the determination of said governing body by filing with the governing body a written notice of appeal within 30 days after the determination or action appealed from, and upon the hearing of such appeal the evidence, if any, taken before the governing body and any additional evidence may be produced and shall be considered in arriving at a determination of the matters in issue, and the action of the control commission upon said appeal shall be binding upon said governing body and all parties to said appeal.
L.1954, c. 5, p. 26, s. 17. Amended by L.1955, c. 161, p. 703, s. 11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-67 - Immunity from prosecution; exceptions

5:8-67. Immunity from prosecution; exceptions
No person, association or corporation
(1) Possessing, selling or in any manner disposing of, in any municipality which has adopted the provisions of this act, any shares, tickets or rights to participate in any game or games of chance conducted or to be conducted under any license lawfully issued pursuant to this act.
(2) Lawfully conducting or participating in the conduct of any such game of chance, or
(3) Permitting the conduct of any such game of chance upon any premises owned by him or it, under any license lawfully issued pursuant to this act, shall be liable to prosecution or conviction for violation of any provision of chapters 112 and 121 of Title 2A, or of section 2A:170-18 of the New Jersey Statutes, but this immunity shall not extend to any person or corporation knowingly conducting or participating in the conduct of any game of chance under any license obtained by any false pretense or statement made in any application for such license or otherwise, or possessing, selling or disposing of shares, tickets or rights to participate in, or permitting the conduct upon any premises owned by him or it of, any game of chance conducted under any license known to him or it to have been obtained by any such false pretense or statement.
L.1954, c. 5, p. 26, s. 18. Amended by L.1955, c. 161, p. 703, s. 12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-68 - Offenses; violators as disorderly persons; forfeiture of license; ineligibility to apply for license

5:8-68. Offenses; violators as disorderly persons; forfeiture of license; ineligibility to apply for license
Any person, association or corporation who or which shall make any false statement in any application for a license under this act or in any statement annexed thereto or shall pay or receive any rental for the use of any equipment in or in connection with the holding, operating or conducting of any game of chance under any license issued under this act unless the amount thereof is stated in a statement annexed to the application for the license and conforms to the schedule of authorized rentals prescribed by rules of the Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission and is paid to a person or persons or corporation approved as to good moral character and freedom from conviction of crime by said commission or shall fail to keep such books and records as shall fully and truly record all transactions connected with the holding, operating or conducting of games of chance under any such license or shall falsify or make any false entry in any books or records so far as they relate to any transaction connected with the holding, operating and conducting of any game of chance under any such license or shall violate any of the provisions of this act or of any term of such license, shall be a disorderly person and if convicted as such shall, in addition to suffering any other penalties which may be imposed, forfeit any license issued to it under this act and shall be ineligible to apply for a license under this act for 1 year thereafter.
L.1954, c. 5, p. 27, s. 19. Amended by L.1955, c. 161, p. 704, s. 13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-69 - Act inoperative until adopted by voters

5:8-69. Act inoperative until adopted by voters
The provisions of this act shall remain inoperative in any municipality unless and until the same shall be adopted by the legal voters of the municipality as herein provided.
L.1954, c. 5, p. 27, s. 20.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-70 - Submission to voters; time; ballots; voting machines; count, return and canvass

5:8-70. Submission to voters; time; ballots; voting machines; count, return and canvass
The question of the adoption of the provisions of this act, in the form set forth in section 23 of this act, shall be submitted to the legal voters of every municipality in this State at a special election to be held therein at the same time as the primary election for the general election which will be held on the third Tuesday in April in the year 1954 in such manner that every voter qualified to vote at such special election upon said question may vote at said special election for or against such question separately and whether or not he is qualified to vote, or desires to vote, for any candidate on any party ballot to be voted at said primary election.
In every election district in which paper ballots are used the clerk of the municipality shall provide a sufficient number of special ballots to be voted separately upon said question at said special election by the voters who are qualified to vote upon said question whether or not they are qualified to vote, or desire to vote, for any candidate on any party ballot to be used at said primary election.
The special ballots shall be in such form as shall be determined by the clerk of the county in which the municipality is situated and shall so far as practicable correspond in form and detail to the provisions of Title 19, Elections, of the Revised Statutes but they shall not contain the names of any candidates to be voted upon at any such election.
The special ballots when voted shall be deposited by the election officers in either of the ballot boxes used at such election.
In election districts in which voting machines are used the officers charged with the duty of preparing and placing the ballots upon the machines shall cause the question to be so placed upon every machine used in such primary election that any voter qualified to vote upon said question may vote thereon separately in such special election whether or not he desires or is qualified to vote a party ballot at said primary election, and special voting authorities shall be provided for use in cases where they are required or are used in such form as shall be determined by the county board of elections of the county in which the respective municipalities are situate, which shall be furnished and paid for in the same manner as are other voting authorities used at said election.
All of the ballots cast at said election on said question in each municipality shall be counted and the result thereof shall be returned and canvassed in the manner provided by law in the case of public questions submitted in the several municipalities of this State.
L.1954, c. 5, p. 27, s. 21.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-71 - Resubmission if majority against question

5:8-71. Resubmission if majority against question
In event that in any municipality a majority of all the votes cast both for and against the question shall be cast against the question at any election at which said question is submitted, said question may again be submitted to the legal voters of the municipality at a general election held not earlier than the date upon which the third general election, following the date of the election at which the question was submitted, is to be held, if there shall be filed with the clerk of the municipality not less than 45 days prior to such general election a petition requesting the submission of the same signed by at least 15% of the qualified legal voters of the municipality as evidenced by the total number of votes cast at the then next preceding general election held therein.
L.1954, c. 5, p. 29, s. 22. Amended by L.1955, c. 161, p. 705, s. 14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-72 - Contents of ballots; voting machines

5:8-72. Contents of ballots; voting machines
There shall be printed on each official ballot to be used at any election at which said question shall be submitted, the following:
If you favor the proposition printed below make a cross (X), plus (+) or check (/) in the square opposite the word "Yes." If you are opposed thereto make a cross (X), plus (+) or check (/) in the square opposite the word "No."
Yes. Shall the "Raffles Licensing Law" (P.L.1954,
No. c. ) be adopted within this municipality?
The chapter number of this act shall be inserted in the appropriate blank in said question.
In any municipality in which voting machines are used, the question shall be placed upon the official ballots to be used upon the voting machines without the foregoing instructions to the voters and shall be voted upon by the use of such machines without marking as aforesaid.
L.1954, c. 5, p. 29, s. 23.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-73 - Majority vote determines whether act operative

5:8-73. Majority vote determines whether act operative
If at any election at which such question is submitted as provided in this act the majority of all the votes cast, both for and against such question, shall be cast in favor of the question, the provisions of this act shall become operative in such municipality but if a majority of all such votes shall be cast against the question, the provisions of this act shall not become operative in such municipality unless the same shall be again submitted and this act shall be adopted as provided in this act.
L.1954, c. 5, p. 30, s. 24.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-74 - Submission of question of rescinding adoption of act

5:8-74. Submission of question of rescinding adoption of act
If in any municipality in which the provisions of this act shall have become operative in the manner hereinbefore provided, there shall be filed with the clerk of the municipality a petition signed by at least 15% of the qualified legal voters of the municipality, as evidenced by the total number of votes cast at the then preceding general election in such municipality, requesting that there shall be submitted to the voters of the municipality the question of rescinding the adoption of the provisions of this act by the municipality, the said question shall be submitted to the legal voters of the municipality at the next general election succeeding the forty-fourth day following the date of the filing of said petition.
L.1954, c. 5, p. 30, s. 25. Amended by L.1955, c. 161, p. 705, s. 15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-75 - Ballots on question of rescinding adoption

5:8-75. Ballots on question of rescinding adoption
There shall be printed upon the official ballot to be used at such general election the following:
If you favor the proposition printed below, make a cross (X), plus (+) or check (/) in the square opposite the word "Yes." If you are opposed thereto, make a cross ( x ), plus (+) or check ( X ) in the square opposite the word "No."
Yes. Shall the adoption of the "Raffles Licensing Law"
No. (P.L.1954, c. ) within the municipality be rescinded?
The chapter number of this act shall be inserted in the appropriate blank in said question.
In any municipality in which voting machines are used, the question shall be placed upon the official ballots to be used upon the voting machines without the foregoing instructions to the voters and shall be voted upon by the use of such machines without marking as aforesaid.
L. 1954, c. 5, p. 30, s. 26.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-76 - Majority vote determines question of rescission; resubmission

5:8-76. Majority vote determines question of rescission; resubmission
If at such election a majority of all the votes cast, for and against the rescission of the adoption of this act, in said municipality shall be cast in favor of the rescission thereof, the said adoption of this act shall thereby be rescinded and thereupon this act shall cease to be operative within such municipality and no petition shall be received for the submission of the question of the adoption of the provisions of this act to the voters of said municipality, and no such question shall be submitted to them, at any election earlier than the general election to be held in the third calendar year following the date of such election. If at such election the majority of all the votes so cast shall be against the rescission of said adoption, no petition for such submission of the question of the rescission of such adoption shall be received and no such question shall be again submitted at any election earlier than the general election to be held in the third calendar year following the date of such election.
L.1954, c. 5, p. 31, s. 27. Amended by L.1955, c. 161, p. 705, s. 16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:8-77 - Severability

5:8-77. Severability
In case for any reason any provision of the act to which this act is a supplement shall be questioned in any court and shall be held to be unconstitutional or invalid, the same shall not affect any other provision of said act except so far as the provision so declared unconstitutional or invalid shall be inseparable from such other provision.
L.1955, c. 161, p. 706, s. 17.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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
1. The rules and regulations to be made and promulgated by the Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission, in addition to provisions authorized by any other law, shall also provide for applications to, and certifications by, the commission 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 commission 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 commission 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 commission by law.
L.1959, c. 113, p. 523, s. 1; amended 2022, c.80, s.3.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.