New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 14 - RENTAL OF PREMISES FOR BINGO › Section 13:47-14.3 - Regulations concerning rentals

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) No agreements or arrangements for the rental or use of premises for the playing of bingo shall be valid and no moneys paid by licensed organizations for such rental or use or services shall be allowable expenditures to be taken into account in determining net proceeds unless made in accordance with the provisions of the rules and regulations of this Chapter.
(b) No premises shall be used or allowed to be used for the conduct of bingo unless the same are either owned by the licensed organization conducting the games or rented or supplied in compliance with the provisions of the statute and the rules and regulations of this Chapter.
(c) No rentor shall rent, or allow the use of, any premises for bingo to be conducted by a licensed organization unless such rentor is either itself a qualified organization holding a valid license issued by a municipality in this State for the conduct of bingo for a period including the date of such rental or use, or is a licensed rentor holding a valid license issued by the Commission for the specific premises.
(d) No premises shall be rented or allowed to be used unless all of the terms and conditions of such rental or use are set forth in a written agreement.
(e) No agreement for the rental or use of any premises for bingo shall be valid unless the entire agreement is in writing, signed by the parties thereto, and an executed copy filed with the Commission at least 15 days prior to the date of any occupancy or use thereunder.
(f) No agreement for the rental or use of any premises for bingo shall be valid unless the same shall contain the following provisions, terms and conditions:
1. That neither the rentor nor the owner of the premises will make any charge, or receive or accept, any money or other valuable thing from the licensed organization other than the payments expressly provided in such agreement;
2. That neither the rentor nor the owner of the premises will enter into any arrangement or transaction with the licensed organization other than for the rental of premises, which includes the rental of chairs and tables and janitor service as set out in the agreement;
3. That neither the rentor nor any person having an interest in the rentor, or the owner, or any person having an interest in the owner, nor any office, director, stockholder, employee, agent or servant of the rentor or owner shall conduct, participate or assist in the conduct of bingo or render any service to anyone conducting, participating or assisting in the conduct of bingo at any time during the calendar year in which such agreement is made or during which the same may be in force; but this requirement shall apply only to a commercial rentor;
4. That no payments shall be made to the rentor or owner or accepted by the rentor or owner except by check;
5. That the rentor will not allow the presence on the premises of any person or persons directed by the Commission to be kept off the premises;
6. That all of the terms, covenants and conditions of the agreement shall be subject to amendment, supplement, modification or change as may be required by any rule, regulation or specific order of the Commission thereafter adopted or entered, but in any such event either party to the agreement shall be entitled to terminate the agreement at any time thereafter on seven days' notice;
7. That the rentor and owner shall at all times comply with any rule, regulation or specific order of the Commission thereafter adopted or entered and applicable to the rentor or owner;
8. That any person, whether a rentor or owner, who shall receive any money or other valuable thing directly or indirectly from the licensed organization on or after the date on which such rentor or owner shall violate any term, covenant or condition of the agreement, or of any rule, regulation or specific order of the Commission, applicable to such rentor or owner, shall be obliged to repay and refund any and all sums and things so received from the date of such violation and until such violation shall cease, to the licensed organization upon request of such licensed organization or the Commission;
9. That the licensed organization may cancel in accordance with the rules and regulations of this Chapter any date scheduled for the conduct of bingo on the premises without being obliged to make any payment for such date;
10. That except as provided in 13:47-6.13 and 6.14, neither the renter nor the owner of the premises will in any way advertise or announce, or allow any other person to advertise or announce, by any means which come to the attention of the public, that the premises are used, or are available for rental or use for the conduct of bingo;
11. A statement listing the commercial rentor's license number or the bingo license of a licensed organization rentor, as the case may be, the identification number and bingo license number of the organization to which the premises are rented.