32:23-92 Denial of applications; definitions.
8. 5-h. In addition to the grounds elsewhere set forth in this act, the commission may deny an application for a license or registration for any of the following:
(1)Conviction by a court of the United States or any State or territory thereof of coercion;
(2)Conviction by any such court, after having been previously convicted by any such court of any crime or of the offenses hereinafter set forth, of a misdemeanor or any of the following offenses: assault, malicious injury to property, malicious mischief, unlawful taking of a motor vehicle, corruption of employees or possession of lottery or number slips;
(3)Fraud, deceit or misrepresentation in connection with any application or petition submitted to, or any interview, hearing or proceeding conducted by the commission;
(4)Violation of any provision of this act or commission of any offense thereunder;
(5)Refusal on the part of any applicant, or prospective licensee, or of any member, officer or stockholder required by section 2 of article VI of the compact to sign or be identified in an application for a stevedore license, to answer any material question or produce any material evidence in connection with his application or any application made on his behalf for a license or registration pursuant to this compact;
(6)Association with a person who has been identified by a federal, State or local law enforcement agency as a member or associate of an organized crime group, a terrorist group, or a career offender cartel, or who is a career offender, under circumstances where such association creates a reasonable belief that the participation of the applicant in any activity required to be licensed or registered under this act would be inimical to the policies of this act.
For purposes of this subsection, a "terrorist group" shall mean a group associated, affiliated or funded in whole or in part by a terrorist organization designated by the United States Secretary of State in accordance with section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended from time to time, or any other organization which assists, funds, or engages in crimes or acts of terrorism as defined in the laws of the United States, or of either of the states of New Jersey or New York; a "career offender" shall mean a person whose behavior is pursued in an occupational manner or context for the purpose of economic gain, utilizing such methods as are deemed criminal violations against the public policy of the states of New Jersey and New York; and a "career offender cartel" shall mean a number of career offenders acting in concert, and may include what is commonly referred to as an organized crime group; or
(7)Conviction of a racketeering activity or knowing association with a person who has been convicted of a racketeering activity by a court of the United States, or any state or territory thereof under circumstances where such association creates a reasonable belief that the participation of the applicant in any activity required to be licensed or registered under this act would be inimical to the policies of this act.
L.1954, c.14, s.8; amended 1956, c.194, s.3; 2005, c.313, s.6; 2007, c.333, s.1.
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