New Jersey Revised Statutes Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions And Meetings

• Section 5:2a-1 - Definitions
  1.As used in this act: a."Attending physician" means a physician assigned to attend a boxing exhibition or performance pursuant to this act. b."Board" means...
• Section 5:2a-2 - Findings, Declarations
  2.The Legislature finds and declares to be the public policy of this State that it is in the best interest of the public and...
• Section 5:2a-3 - State Athletic Control Board.
  3. a. There is created and established within the Department of Law and Public Safety a State Athletic Control Board. The board shall consist...
• Section 5:2a-4 - Authority Of State Athletic Control Board
  4. a. The State Athletic Control Board shall have and exercise sole discretion, management, control and supervision over all public boxing, wrestling, extreme wrestling,...
• Section 5:2a-5 - Commissioner, Other Personnel
  a. The board shall appoint a commissioner, who shall be the chief executive officer of the board and assist the board and be responsible...
• Section 5:2a-6 - Restrictions On Board Members, Employees, Agents
  a. No board member or employee shall be permitted to accept complimentaries or gratuities in any form from any licensee or applicant for licensure...
• Section 5:2a-6.1 - Prohibited Officeholding
  4.No board member, employee or agent, including the commissioner, shall hold an office or position in any body, organization, association or federation which is...
• Section 5:2a-7 - Responsibilities Of Board
  7.The board shall have general responsibility for the implementation of this act, as hereinafter provided, including without limitation, the responsibility: a.To issue licenses and...
• Section 5:2a-8 - Medical Advisory Council
  a. A State Athletic Control Board Medical Advisory Council is created to assist the board. It shall consist of seven members to be appointed...
• Section 5:2a-8.1 - Temporary Bans
  If a boxer, kick boxer or combative sports participant has competed anywhere in a bout, he shall not be permitted to box or engage...
• Section 5:2a-9 - Investigations
  a. The board may make or cause to be made such investigations as it shall deem proper in the administration of this act or...
• Section 5:2a-10 - Immunity
  a. The board may order any person to answer a question or questions or produce evidence of any kind and confer immunity as provided...
• Section 5:2a-11 - Violations, Penalties
  11. a. Any person violating any provision of this act or regulation promulgated thereunder shall, in addition to any other sanction provided herein, be...
• Section 5:2a-12 - Docketing As Judgment
  Upon the failure of any person to comply within 10 days after service of any board order directing payment of penalties or restoration of...
• Section 5:2a-13 - Injunction
  Whenever it shall appear to the board that a violation of this act or the regulations promulgated thereunder has occurred, is occurring or will...
• Section 5:2a-14 - Licensure
  14. a. No promoter shall hold or conduct any public boxing, wrestling, extreme wrestling, kick boxing or combative sports exhibition, event, performance or contest...
• Section 5:2a-14.1 - Events At Casino Hotels; Licensure Of Promoter Required.
  5.No promoter shall hold or conduct any public boxing, wrestling, extreme wrestling, kick boxing or combative sports exhibition, event, performance or contest in a...
• Section 5:2a-14.2 - Medical Insurance Required
  9. a. Promoters licensed pursuant to P.L.1985, c.83 (C.5:2A-1 et seq.) shall carry medical insurance covering all extreme wrestlers, professional boxers, kick boxers or...
• Section 5:2a-14.3 - Professional Wrestling Events, Exhibitions In Casino Hotels, Requirements.
  5.No person, club, corporation, or association, and in the case of a corporation no officer, director, employee or stockholder thereof, who produces, arranges or...
• Section 5:2a-15 - Licensure Of Boxers
  a. The board shall not grant a license to any person who does not possess good character, honesty, integrity and responsibility. b. No license...
• Section 5:2a-16 - Bond Required
  Before any license is granted or renewed pursuant to subsection a. of section 14 of this act, the applicant shall execute and file with...
• Section 5:2a-17 - Authority Of Board To Discipline Licenses
  17. a. The board may revoke any license, after hearing for cause. The board may discipline any licensee who shall violate any of the...
• Section 5:2a-18 - Permit Required By Promoter
  18. a. No boxing, wrestling, kick boxing or combative sports exhibition, event, performance or contest shall be held by any promoter unless the promoter...
• Section 5:2a-18.1 - Ringside Physicians, Ambulance Required
  6.No extreme wrestling, boxing, kick boxing or combative sports exhibition, event, performance or contest shall commence or proceed unless two qualified physicians designated by...
• Section 5:2a-18.2 - Ophthalmological, Neurological Examination
  Upon the recommendation of a ringside physician, each boxer, kick boxer or combative sports participant shall be required to undergo an ophthalmological and neurological...
• Section 5:2a-19 - State Athletic Control Board Account
  a. There is created and established a nonlapsing dedicated account to be known as the State Athletic Control Board Account. The account shall be...
• Section 5:2a-20 - Tax On Complimentary Tickets, Receipts
  20. a. Every promoter shall, within seven days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, after the conclusion of an exhibition, event, performance or...
• Section 5:2a-21 - Approval Of Printers
  Tickets for all exhibitions, events, performances or contests authorized by the board shall be obtained from a printer approved by the board. For the...
• Section 5:2a-22 - Authority Of Attorney General Relative To Casino Licensee
  22. a. The Attorney General is authorized to investigate and prosecute any allegation of criminal or civil violations pertaining to any boxing, wrestling, extreme...
• Section 5:2a-23 - $1,000 Penalty
  Any person violating any of the provisions of this act for which no specific penalty or other remedy is provided, or in any way...
• Section 5:2a-24 - School Exemption
  The provisions of this act shall not apply with respect to a boxing, wrestling, kick boxing or combative sports exhibition, event, performance or contest...
• Section 5:2a-25 - Study, Report
  The board shall adopt rules and regulations concerning the conduct of a study into the advisability of the use of thumbless gloves and the...
• Section 5:2a-26 - Scoring In Writing
  At the conclusion of each round in any boxing event, the judges shall provide their respective scoring of the round in writing to the...
• Section 5:2a-27 - Restrictions On Promoters
  A person promoting a boxing event shall have no financial dealings, directly or indirectly, with a manager or a boxer who is engaged in...
• Section 5:2a-28 - No Cash Payments
  No official or appointee of the board who receives compensation for the performance of duties at a boxing exhibition, event, performance or contest shall...
• Section 5:2a-29 - Inspection Of Training Facilities
  The board shall make periodic inspections of training facilities in this State. L. 1985, c. 83, s. 29.
• Section 5:2a-30 - Agency Transfer Act Applicable
  The transfer directed by this act shall be made in accordance with the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L. 1971, c. 375 (C. 52:14D-1 et...
• Section 5:2a-31 - Existing Licenses
  Nothing in this act shall affect the validity of any license heretofore issued to any person by the State Athletic Commissioner, but all persons...
• Section 5:3-1 - Municipal Authority To Prescribe Means Of Protection Against Fire
  The owner or person in charge of any place of public amusement in any city shall provide such means of protecting all lights used...
• Section 5:3-2 - Firemen Detailed To Places Of Public Amusements
  The municipal authority having control of the extinguishment of fires in any city may detail not more than two members of its fire fighting...
• Section 5:3-3 - Aisles And Passageways Kept Clear
  No obstruction or thing shall be placed, nor shall any person stand in any aisle or passageway in any such place of public amusement.
• Section 5:3-4 - Enforcement And Regulations
  The municipal authority having control of the extinguishment of fires in any city shall enforce the provisions of this article and any regulation, order...
• Section 5:3-5 - Violations; Penalty
  Any person who shall willfully violate any of the provisions of this article or any regulation, order or special direction duly made thereunder, shall,...
• Section 5:3-6 - Police To Aid In Enforcement; Arrest Without Warrant
  The officers of the police force of every municipality shall aid in the enforcement of the provisions of this article and shall have power...
• Section 5:3-7 - Diagram Of Seats And Exits Printed In Program
  The proprietor of every place of public amusement wherein printed programs of the performances are either furnished or sold shall have conspicuously printed thereon,...
• Section 5:3-8 - Diagram Of Seats, Exits Shown On Screen
  The proprietor of every moving-picture house must show on the screen at least once during each performance, and for at least one-half minute each...
• Section 5:3-9 - Misdemeanor; Penalty
  Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and for each offense, shall be...
• Section 5:3-10 - Booths For Moving-picture Machines; Dimensions And Construction
  Except as hereinafter provided, no machine or apparatus for exhibiting moving pictures shall be used or set up for use in any building or...
• Section 5:3-11 - Plan Of Booth; Approval By Building Department Or Commissioner Of Labor
  No such booth shall be constructed until plans and specifications therefor have been submitted to, and approved by the executive officer of the department...
• Section 5:3-12 - Duration Of Certificate Of Approval
  Every certificate of approval issued under section 5:3-11 of this title shall expire in sixty days after its date, and thereafter no booth shall...
• Section 5:3-13 - Notification Of Completion Of Booth; Inspection; Certificate
  Within five days after the completion of the construction of any such booth, the owner or the lessee of the premises wherein it is...
• Section 5:3-14 - Submission Of Plans For Booths; Fees
  The board or body in any municipality having supervision over the erection of buildings, shall prescribe the details for the submission of plans and...
• Section 5:3-15 - Preceding Sections Not Applicable Under Certain Conditions
  Sections 5:3-10 to 5:3-14 of this title shall not apply to moving-picture machines using only cellulose acetate films not more than one hundred feet...
• Section 5:3-16 - Use Of Projectors In School Buildings
  Sections 5:3-10 to 5:3-14 of this title shall not apply to the use in a classroom or auditorium of a public school building for...
• Section 5:3-17 - Use Of Portable Booths
  A portable booth may be used in places of public assemblage by churches, schools, and commercial, fraternal, civic or social organizations where by reason...
• Section 5:3-18 - Portable Booths; Dimensions; Specifications For Construction
  Every such portable booth shall conform strictly to the following specifications and so far as possible shall meet the requirements and specifications of a...
• Section 5:3-19 - When Licensed Operator Or Booth Not Required
  No licensed operator or booth shall be required in connection with the operation of any machine for exhibiting moving pictures which uses only an...
• Section 5:3-20 - Certain Other Operators Exempt From License
  No operator's license shall be required to operate any moving-picture machine or other similar apparatus involving the use of a film more than ten...
• Section 5:3-21 - Penalty For Violation
  5:3-21. Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall be subject to a penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00). Such penalty shall...
• Section 5:3-21.1 - Outdoor Theatres; Appliances For Fire Protection
  The operator of each outdoor theatre operated for the display of moving pictures shall provide at all times, when such theatre shall be in...
• Section 5:3-21.2 - Inspection Of Outdoor Theatres
  Such member of the governing body of each municipality in which any such theatre is located, or such officer of the municipality, may cause...
• Section 5:3-21.3 - Failure To Comply
  Any person, corporation or association operating any such theatre, who shall neglect or fail to comply with the provisions of this act, shall be...
• Section 5:3-22 - Commissioner Of Labor To Supervise; Code To Be Prepared
  The supervision of all buildings and structures used as places for public amusement in municipalities having no local building supervision shall in all respects...
• Section 5:3-23 - Plans Of Buildings; Approval By Commissioner; Duplicate
  In all such municipalities, no such building or structure shall be erected or used in whole or in part for said purpose of public...
• Section 5:3-24 - Application; Fees
  All plans and specifications must be accompanied by an application form, furnished by the department of labor, together with an examining fee of three...
• Section 5:3-25 - Alterations; Approval By Commissioner
  No alteration shall be made in any such building or structure, after a certificate of approval has once been issued, unless an application for...
• Section 5:3-26 - Discontinuance Of Use Of Unsafe Structures
  In all such municipalities having no local building supervision, any building or structure used as a place for public amusement which does not conform...
• Section 5:3-27 - Registration; Notice Of To Be Posted
  The commissioner of labor shall keep a complete registry of all such places of public amusement. A notice of such registration shall be furnished...
• Section 5:3-28 - Violation; Penalties
  Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall be liable to a penalty of two hundred dollars for each offense. Each...
• Section 5:3-29 - Penalties; Recovery; Disposition
  5:3-29. The Department of Labor may bring a civil action for the recovery of any such penalty in the Superior Court in the county...
• Section 5:3-30 - Liability For Personal Injuries
  No person maintaining or operating a playground for public use acquired or maintained for philanthropic purposes and not for profit, shall be liable in...
• Section 5:3-31 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Carnival-Amusement Rides Safety Act." L.1975, c. 105, s. 1, eff. May 29, 1975.
• Section 5:3-32 - Definitions Relative To Carnival-amusement Rides
  2.As used in this act, except where a different meaning is clearly implied by the context: a."Carnival-amusement ride" or "ride" means any mechanical device...
• Section 5:3-33 - Advisory Board On Carnival-amusement Ride Safety
  3. a. There is hereby established within the Department of Community Affairs an Advisory Board on Carnival-Amusement Ride Safety to consist of 13 members,...
• Section 5:3-34 - Reimbursement Of Expenses
  The members of the board shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for any expenses incurred in attending meetings of the board and...
• Section 5:3-35 - Powers
  The advisory board is empowered to: a. Study and request information from the commissioner on any aspect of the carnival-amusement ride safety program, or...
• Section 5:3-36 - Rules, Regulations
  6. a. The Commissioner of Community Affairs, pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt and...
• Section 5:3-36.1 - Compliance By Riders Required; Violators Deemed Disorderly Persons
  5.Each individual who rides a carnival-amusement ride shall comply with written warnings and directions posted by the operator of the carnival-amusement ride pursuant to...
• Section 5:3-36.2 - Posting Of Warning Notices; Contents
  6.Each person who operates a carnival-amusement ride shall post a written notice which complies with the provisions of this section. The notice shall be...
• Section 5:3-37 - Reasonableness And Uniformity Of Rules And Regulations
  Any rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the department shall be of a reasonable nature, and based upon generally accepted engineering standards, formulas...
• Section 5:3-38 - Administration And Enforcement Of Act And Rules And Regulations
  The department shall administer and enforce all provisions of this act and all rules and regulations adopted and promulgated in accordance with section 6...
• Section 5:3-39 - Schedule Of Fees
  9.The department shall determine a schedule of inspection, carnival-amusement ride type certification, individual approval and carnival-amusement ride permit fees. The department shall, from time...
• Section 5:3-40 - Chief Inspector And Other Employees; Employment
  The department, in accordance with the provisions of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey, shall employ a chief inspector and such...
• Section 5:3-41 - Annual Issuance Of Permit, Inspection
  11. a. No carnival-amusement ride may be operated without a permit issued by the department. Before commencing operations and annually thereafter, an owner shall...
• Section 5:3-41.1 - Suspension, Revocation Of Permit
  7.The department shall have the power to suspend or revoke an owner's permit for any good cause under the meaning and purpose of P.L.1975,...
• Section 5:3-42 - Certification Of Type Required For Operation Of Ride; Exceptions.
  12. a. Except as permitted by this section and sections 13 and 15 of P.L.1975, c.105 (C.5:3-43 and 5:3-45), no carnival-amusement ride, including a...
• Section 5:3-42.1 - Information Provided By Manufacturers; Evaluation Of Incidents; Engineering Analyses
  14. a. All persons manufacturing carnival-amusement rides to be erected, used or installed in this State shall provide to the department, on a form...
• Section 5:3-43 - Individual Approval Of Ride, Required; Conditions
  13. If a carnival-amusement ride was manufactured prior to the effective date of P.L.2001, c.166 or the type certification for the ride is not...
• Section 5:3-44 - Order Of Temporary Cessation Of Operation, Suspension Of Permit; Reconsideration Hearing
  14. a. The department may order, in writing, a temporary cessation of operation of a carnival-amusement ride or suspend the permit issued for that...
• Section 5:3-45 - Use Of Rides Not Prohibited; Conditions
  15. a. This act shall not be construed as to prevent the use of any carnival-amusement ride if the ride has a New Jersey...
• Section 5:3-46 - Maintenance, Inspection Records
  16. a. The owner and ride operator shall retain at all times up-to-date maintenance and inspection records for each carnival-amusement ride in accordance with...
• Section 5:3-47 - Report Of Accidents, Injuries, Fatalities
  17. It shall be the duty of every owner and ride operator to report immediately, on a form to be provided by the department,...
• Section 5:3-48 - Modification Of Rules, Regulations Or Order; Application; Hearing; Findings And Recommendations; Record
  If there are practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships for an owner to comply with any rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this act, or...
• Section 5:3-49 - Rules And Regulations On Safe Operating Procedures
  The department shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations on safe operating procedures which, inter alia, shall include the requirement that a ride operator...
• Section 5:3-50 - Insurance Or Bond Required For Operation Of Ride
  20. No persons shall operate a carnival-amusement ride unless at the time there is in existence (a) a policy of insurance written on a...
• Section 5:3-51 - Inapplicability Of Act To Single-passenger Coin-operated Ride
  This act shall not apply to any single-passenger coin-operated ride, manually, mechanically or electrically operated, which customarily is placed, singly or in groups, in...
• Section 5:3-52 - Enactment Of Requirements By Municipalities; Application For Exemption From State Standards
  Nothing contained in this act shall prevent municipalities from enacting requirements more restrictive than those provided for by, or adopted pursuant to the provisions...
• Section 5:3-53 - Injunction To Compel Compliance
  The department shall have the power to bring injunctive proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction to compel compliance with any lawful order made...
• Section 5:3-54 - Noncompliance; Fine
  24. Any person who interferes in any manner with the implementation of or otherwise fails to comply with the provisions of this act, shall...
• Section 5:3-55 - Definitions
  1. As used in this act: "Amusement park" means any permanent indoor or outdoor facility or park where amusement rides are available for use...
• Section 5:3-56 - Certain Riders Prohibited, Operator Immunity
  2. A rider shall not board or attempt to board any amusement ride if he is knowingly under the influence of any alcoholic beverage...
• Section 5:3-57 - Written Report Of Accident Precondition To Bringing Suit
  3. a. As a precondition to bringing any suit in connection with an injury against an amusement park operator, a rider shall report in...
• Section 5:3-58 - Late Reports, Determination Of Prejudice To Operator
  4. A rider who fails to give the report required by section 3 of this act within 90 days from the time of the...
• Section 5:3-59 - Report To Serve As Notice To Operator
  5. When an operator files a report of an accident as required by section 17 of P.L.1975, c.105 (C.5:3-47) within 90 days from the...
• Section 5:4-1 - Display Of Flag In Buildings, Etc.
  No owner, proprietor or lessee of any hall, place of amusement, auditorium, tent or room used for the entertainment of the public, for public...
• Section 5:4-2 - Display Of Flag On Streets, Highways, Etc.
  No person or persons directly or indirectly in charge of any entertainment, public gathering or public meeting, on any public street or highway or...
• Section 5:4-3 - Size Of Flag
  The flag required to be displayed by the provisions of this chapter shall be the standard flag of the United States, and shall be...
• Section 5:4-4 - Places Of Religious Worship Excepted From Chapter
  This chapter shall not apply to churches, auditoriums or rooms used by congregations as places of religious worship.
• Section 5:4-5 - Penalty For Violation
  5:4-5. Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding before any municipal court of...
• Section 5:5-22 - New Jersey Racing Commission, Powers, Duties; Definitons.
  1.There is hereby created and established a New Jersey Racing Commission, hereinafter referred to as the commission, which commission shall be vested with and...
• Section 5:5-22.1 - Delivery, Certification Of Commission Minutes To Governor; Approval.
  31.A true copy of the minutes of every meeting of the commission shall be forthwith delivered by and under the certification of, the executive...
• Section 5:5-22.2 - Regulations Relative To Horse Racing And Certain Wagering, Commission Authority.
  1.Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the New Jersey Racing Commission, in effectuating its responsibilities under P.L.1940, c.17 (C.5:5-22 et...
• Section 5:5-22.3 - Continuation Of Horse Race Meetings During Certain States Of Emergency; Violations, Fines.
  10. a. In the event that a state of emergency is declared due to the failure to enact a general appropriation law by the...
• Section 5:5-23 - Membership Of New Jersey Racing Commission.
  2.The commission shall consist of nine members, all of whom shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of...
• Section 5:5-24 - Oath And Bond Of Commissioners; Renewal Of Bond
  Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office, each member of the commission shall take oath that he will well and...
• Section 5:5-25 - Salaries And Expenses Of Commissioners; Executive Directors; Employees Of Commission; Extension Of Civil Service Laws To.
  4.The commissioners shall receive no salaries but shall be allowed reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties in an amount not...
• Section 5:5-25.1 - Regulations Relative To Commission Member, Employee.
  1. a. No member or employee of the commission shall hold any direct or indirect interest in, or be employed by, any applicant for...
• Section 5:5-25.2 - Regulations Relative To Applicant For, Holder Of Permit Or License.
  2. a. No applicant for or holder of a permit or license issued by the commission shall employ or offer to employ, or provide,...
• Section 5:5-26 - Bond Of Executive Secretary And Other Employees
  The executive director shall give bond to the State of New Jersey, with sufficient surety to be approved by the commission, in the sum...
• Section 5:5-27 - Payments From Appropriations; Record Of Proceedings; Preservation Of Maps, Books, Etc.; Annual Report
  All such payments shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrant of the Comptroller of the Treasury after countersignature by the chairman of...
• Section 5:5-28 - Books For Record Of Proceedings; Public Inspection; Reports; Record Of Yeas And Nays
  Said commissioners shall provide books to be kept apart and distinct from the records of any other State commission or department, and in said...
• Section 5:5-29 - Meeting Of Commission; Quorum
  The commission shall meet at such time and places within the State of New Jersey as the commission shall determine. A majority of the...
• Section 5:5-30 - Rules And Regulations For Conduct Of Horse Races; Rules And Regulations Of Jockey Club, National Steeplechase And Hunt Association And United States Trotting Association
  The commission shall have full power to prescribe rules, regulations and conditions under which all horse races shall be conducted in the State of...
• Section 5:5-31 - Removal Of Commissioner; Hearing; Subpoena; Fees, Review
  11. The Governor may remove any commissioner for inefficiency, neglect of duty or misconduct in office, giving to him a copy of the charges...
• Section 5:5-32 - Minimum Purse, Stake Or Reward
  No running race shall be authorized or permitted for a purse, stake, or reward of less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) (plate value, if...
• Section 5:5-33 - Licensure Of Horse Race Personnel
  All parimutuel employees and all horse owners, riders, agents, trainers, starters, timers, judges, grooms, drivers, and others, acting in any capacity in connection with...
• Section 5:5-34 - Requirements For Licensure By Racing Commission.
  14. No person shall be licensed in any capacity whatsoever by the Racing Commission or employed in any capacity whatsoever at any place, track...
• Section 5:5-34.1 - Ownership Of Stock, Interest In Racing Corporation; Approval, Revocation, Criminal Record Background Check.
  1.Whenever any association or corporation has been or shall be granted a permit to hold or conduct a horse race meeting, no person shall...
• Section 5:5-35 - Officers, Directors Or Employees Of Permit Holder; Powers Of Commission
  The commission shall have no right or power to determine who shall be officers, directors or employees of any holder of a permit to...
• Section 5:5-36 - Resident Employees
  At least eighty-five per centum (85%) of the persons employed by any holder of a permit to conduct a horse race meeting or by...
• Section 5:5-37 - Appointment Of Officials, Persons To Supervise Operation Of Mutuels
  17. a. The commission shall appoint a State steward and two or more associate State stewards in the case of a running race meeting...
• Section 5:5-38 - Application For Permit For Horse Race Meeting; Execution And Verification; Contents
  Each person, partnership, association or corporation desiring to hold or conduct a horse race meeting within the State of New Jersey, during any calendar...
• Section 5:5-38.1 - Special Permit For Horse Racing On The Beach Under Certain Circumstances.
  1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1 of P.L.1949, c.26 (C.5:5-39.1) or any other law to the contrary, the commission may grant a...
• Section 5:5-39 - Deposit Required With Application; Return To Applicant
  With such application there shall be delivered to the secretary of the commission a certified check or bank draft payable to the order of...
• Section 5:5-39.1 - Filing Of Application; Hearing; Advertisement; Provisional Permit; Vote On Question
  Any original application for a permit to hold or conduct a horse race meeting shall be filed with the commission prior to August 1...
• Section 5:5-40 - Deduction From Deposit Of Deficiency In Payments
  In the event such permit holder does not make all the payments due and payable hereunder, to the extent of such failure to pay,...
• Section 5:5-41 - Forfeiture Of Deposit
  In the event of the failure of any permit holder to run horse races on the dates allotted by the commission through the fault...
• Section 5:5-42 - Return Of Deposit When Horse Race Meeting Not Held; Conditions
  If for any reason or cause beyond the control of and through no fault or neglect of any holder of a permit and while...
• Section 5:5-43 - Applications For Racing Dates; Time For Filing And Action Thereon; Allotments; Hearings; Form Of Applications
  All applications for dates for horse race meetings after the first year shall be filed with the commission prior to October 15 of each...
• Section 5:5-43.2 - Allotment Of Racing Days.
  3.Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the commission may allot racing dates for a period of not more than six calendar years. L.2003,c.151,s.3.
• Section 5:5-44 - Renewal Of Permit For Horse Race Meeting; Additional Racing Days
  a. In the event any person, partnership, association, corporation or public body corporate and politic is granted a permit under this act to conduct...
• Section 5:5-44.1 - Applicability Of Amendatory And Supplemental Act Of 1963
  The provisions of this amendatory and supplemental act shall be applicable to race meetings held in 1963. In order to effectuate the intent of...
• Section 5:5-44.2 - Charity Racing Days For The Developmentally Disabled
  Each holder of a permit to hold or conduct horse race meetings shall, with the approval of the New Jersey Racing Commission, be allotted...
• Section 5:5-44.3 - Distribution Of State Share
  2. All moneys received by the commission, pursuant to section 46 of P.L.1940, c.17 (C.5:5-66), section 2 of P.L.1984, c.236 (C.5:5-66.1), section 5 of...
• Section 5:5-44.4 - Determination Of Organizations To Receive Moneys By Developmental Disabilities Council.
  3.The New Jersey State Developmental Disabilities Council shall determine annually which organizations in New Jersey shall receive the moneys to be distributed pursuant to...
• Section 5:5-44.5 - Annual Allocation Of Amounts To Each Eligible Organization
  The New Jersey State Developmental Disabilities Council shall allocate annually the amount each eligible organization shall receive. Such allocation shall be made in the...
• Section 5:5-44.6 - Books And Records; Annual Audit; Access For Examination
  The New Jersey State Developmental Disabilities Council shall keep books and records to clearly show the number of children and adults served by the...
• Section 5:5-44.8 - "Charity Racing Day For Backstretch Benevolency Programs," Fund
  1. a. The New Jersey Racing Commission shall designate one of the racing days authorized each year to a holder of a permit to...
• Section 5:5-44.8a - Penalty Deposited In Backstretch Fund
  1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, whenever the New Jersey Racing Commission imposes a monetary penalty on any licensee...
• Section 5:5-44.9 - "Charity Racing Day For The Horse Park Of New Jersey And For The Care Of Retired Horses", Designated
  1. a. The New Jersey Racing Commission shall designate one of the racing days authorized each year to a holder of a permit to...
• Section 5:5-45 - Meetings On Not More Than Certain Number Of Tracks; Conflict In Dates
  Permits shall be granted by the commission to operate a running race meeting on not more than three tracks and harness race meetings on...
• Section 5:5-46 - Notice Of Allotment Of Racing Dates; Acceptance; Bond Or Deposit
  At the time of allotting any racing dates to any applicant, the commission shall notify such applicant of the dates allotted which notice shall...
• Section 5:5-47 - Permits; Issuance; Limitations; Qualifications
  Upon compliance with the foregoing conditions, the commission shall issue a permit to such applicant to hold or conduct such horse race meeting as...
• Section 5:5-47.1 - Emergency Permit
  In the event that any licensed race meeting cannot be held or completed at the time prescribed by the license for the holding thereof,...
• Section 5:5-48 - Admission Of Spectators; Fees; Admission Tax; Free Passes
  Every permit that shall be granted for the holding of a horse race meeting shall be upon the express condition and agreement that no...
• Section 5:5-48.1 - Local Expense Fund; Distribution
  Moneys deposited in the local expense fund created pursuant to section 28 of P.L.1940, c. 17 (C. 5:5-48) as amended by section 2 of...
• Section 5:5-49 - Running Race Permitholder; One Race Per Day Limited To Registered New Jersey Bred Foals
  Every running race permitholder shall program to run at least one race per day which shall be limited to registered New Jersey bred foals....
• Section 5:5-50 - Permit And Compliance With Statute As Condition Precedent To Horse Race Meeting
  No person, partnership, association or corporation shall hold or conduct, or assist, aid or abet in holding or conducting any meeting within the State...
• Section 5:5-51 - Races Or Meetings Subject To Rules, Regulations And Conditions; Revocation Or Refusal Of Permits And Licenses; Notice; Hearing
  All horse races or horse race meetings conducted under any such permit and all licenses issued shall be subject to the rules, regulations and...
• Section 5:5-52 - Hearing On Revocation Or Refusal Of Permits Or Licenses; When Revocation Or Suspension Effective
  Such person feeling aggrieved may within three days after service of such notice of the action of the commission request a hearing by petition...
• Section 5:5-53 - Place Of Hearing; Service Of Notice; Continuance; Evidence; Record Of Case; Counsel
  Such hearing by the commission shall be held at such place in the State of New Jersey as the commission may designate, and any...
• Section 5:5-54 - Oaths And Witnesses; Subpenas; Misconduct, Failure To Attend Or Produce Records
  34. Each member of the commission and the executive director shall have power to administer oaths and examine witnesses, and shall have the power...
• Section 5:5-55 - Reference To Executive Director Or Member Of Commission To Take Testimony And Report
  The commission may, as occasion shall require, by order, refer to the executive director or to one or more of its members the duty...
• Section 5:5-56 - Fees For Attendance Of Witnesses
  The fees for the attendance of witnesses shall be the same as for the attendance of witnesses in other civil cases and shall be...
• Section 5:5-57 - False Testimony As Perjury
  A person who, having been sworn or affirmed as a witness in any such proceeding, shall willfully give false testimony shall be guilty of...
• Section 5:5-58 - Depositions Of Witnesses
  The commission, or any member thereof, or any applicant, may in connection with any hearing before the commission cause the deposition of witnesses within...
• Section 5:5-59 - Findings
  At the conclusion of such hearing the commission shall within thirty days make its findings (such findings to be the basis of the revocation...
• Section 5:5-60 - Review
  The action of the commission and the propriety thereof shall be subject to review by a proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ in the...
• Section 5:5-61 - Costs And Expense Of Commission At Hearing Or Investigation; Bond For Costs
  The actual costs and expense of the commission incurred in connection with any such hearing or investigation shall be paid by the applicant upon...
• Section 5:5-62 - Places For Wagering
  42. A permit holder may provide a place or places in the race meeting grounds or enclosure at which such holder of a permit...
• Section 5:5-62.1 - Single Parimutuel Pools Permitted, Certain Circumstances.
  1.Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, in order to create larger parimutuel pools capable of handling a greater variety of...
• Section 5:5-63 - Mutuel Board
  43. The machine, or mutuel board, is also to display the approximate odds on each horse in any race; the value of a $2.00...
• Section 5:5-63.1 - Alternative Systems Of Wagering; Pools
  1. a. The New Jersey Racing Commission may, by regulation promulgated pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), authorize a...
• Section 5:5-63.2 - Interstate, Intrastate Handicapping Contests, Certain, Authorized
  3.The New Jersey Racing Commission is authorized to permit a permit holder or casino simulcasting licensee to conduct interstate or intrastate thoroughbred or standardbred...
• Section 5:5-64 - Distribution Of Parimutuel Pools.
  44.Each holder of a permit shall distribute all sums deposited in any pool where the patron is required to select one horse to the...
• Section 5:5-64.1 - Harness Race Pools
  1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 44 of P.L.1940, c.17 (C.5:5-64) or any other law to the contrary, a holder of a permit to...
• Section 5:5-65 - Minors
  No holder of a permit shall knowingly permit any minor to be a patron of the pari-mutuel system of wagering conducted or supervised by...
• Section 5:5-65.1 - List Of Persons Voluntarily Excluded From Certain Racetracks, Off-track Wagering Facilities, Account Wagering, Or Exchange Wagering.
  1. a. The commission shall provide by regulation for the establishment of a list of persons who voluntarily seek to be excluded from entry...
• Section 5:5-65.2 - Regulations Applicable To Persons On Self-exclusion List; Enforcement; Sanctions.
  2. a. A person on the self-exclusion list established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2002, c.89 (C.5:5-65.1), shall not collect, in any manner or...
• Section 5:5-66 - Disposition Of Undistributed Deposits.
  46.Every permitholder engaged in the business of conducting horse race meetings under this act, except the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority established pursuant...
• Section 5:5-66.1 - Undistributed Deposits
  2.Notwithstanding the provisions of section 46 of P.L.1940, c.17 (C.5:5-66) or any other law to the contrary, a holder of a permit to conduct...
• Section 5:5-67 - Books And Records Of Permit Holder; Audit Of Accounts; Reports; Non-payment Of Amount Due Commission As Misdemeanor
  Every permit holder conducting horse race meetings under this act shall keep his books and records as to clearly show a separate record total...
• Section 5:5-67.1 - Uniform Method Of Keeping Accounts And Records; Audit Annually; Revocation Of Permit
  The State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance shall prescribe a uniform method by which permit holders engaged in the business of conducting horse race...
• Section 5:5-68 - Payment Of Moneys Into State Treasury
  All moneys received by said commission under the provisions of this act shall be by it paid into the State treasury and, except as...
• Section 5:5-68.1 - Appropriation To Racing Commission
  4. Beginning July 1, 1997, amounts resulting from parimutuel tickets remaining unclaimed after six months which are paid to the Racing Commission for deposit...
• Section 5:5-69 - Holding Or Conducting Horse Race Meeting For Stake, Purse Or Reward, Except In Accordance With Permit, As Misdemeanor; Disposition Of Fines
  Any person, partnership, association or corporation holding or conducting, or any person or persons aiding or abetting in the holding or conducting of any...
• Section 5:5-70 - Holding Or Conducting Horse Race Meeting Contrary To Or In Violation Of Statute As Misdemeanor; Disposition Of Fines
  Any person, partnership, association or corporation holding or conducting any meeting within the State of New Jersey, at which horse racing is permitted held...
• Section 5:5-71 - Unlawful Acts; Penalty
  Any person who shall influence or have any understanding or connivance with any owner, driver, jockey, groom or other person associated with or interested...
• Section 5:5-72 - Exceptions; Premiums Or Prizes By Fair Or Agricultural Society; Harness Racing Or Trotting Of Horses
  Nothing contained in this act shall prohibit any fair or agricultural society now organized under any law of this State from offering premiums or...
• Section 5:5-73 - Permit Required
  53. Nothing herein, however, shall be construed to permit the parimutuel system of wagering upon any racetrack unless such racetrack be first granted a...
• Section 5:5-74 - Use Of Grounds Or Track Of Permit Holder For Fairs, Exhibitions Or Hunt Race Meet
  Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent in any way the use of any grounds, enclosure or race track owned or controlled...
• Section 5:5-75 - Application To Racing Of Horses Only
  Nothing herein shall in any way be construed to permit or to apply to any method or manner of racing except the racing of...
• Section 5:5-76 - Enforcement Of Act
  It shall be the duty of the Attorney-General and of the several county prosecutors in this State to enforce the provisions of this act,...
• Section 5:5-77 - Appointment Of Persons With Police Powers, Duties And Liabilities; Terms; Compensation
  In addition thereto said commission may appoint four persons, each of whom, upon being certified by the chairman of the commission to the Secretary...
• Section 5:5-78 - Photographic Devices At Finish Line
  Every track that operates running races under this act must be equipped with photographic devices for taking pictures at the finish line so as...
• Section 5:5-79 - Special Permit; Special Running Race Meetings
  Notwithstanding any of the provisions of the act to which this is a supplement, the commission may grant a special permit, upon joint application...
• Section 5:5-80 - Special Permit; Separate Books And Records; Report And Audits
  A special permit holder shall keep and maintain separate books and records for the special running race meeting to the same extent as is...
• Section 5:5-81 - Special Permit; Percentage Of Contributions Payable To Commission
  Notwithstanding any amount paid by any permit holder pursuant to the provisions of section 46 of the act to which this is a supplement...
• Section 5:5-82 - Special Permit; Additional Percentage Payable; Deduction Of Expenses
  (a) In addition to the amounts otherwise provided in section 7 of this act, a special permit holder for the special running race meeting...
• Section 5:5-83 - Special Running Race Meeting; Law Applicable
  Except to the extent the provisions of this act are inconsistent therewith, the provisions of the act to which this is a supplement shall...
• Section 5:5-84 - Sunday And Night Horse Race Meetings
  In addition to the hours for which the conduct of horse racing is authorized pursuant to the act to which this act is a...
• Section 5:5-85 - Parimutuel Wagering At Horse Race Meetings
  The conduct of the parimutuel system of wagering at horse race meetings on the days upon which such meetings are conducted is authorized and...
• Section 5:5-86 - Legislative Findings
  The Legislature finds and declares that measures are required to improve the breeding of horses and the development of the horse industry in this...
• Section 5:5-88 - Payment Of Moneys To New Jersey Horse Breeding And Development Account; Distribution
  Every permitholder shall remit and pay to the commission in installments and at the same time and manner provided in section 46 of P.L.1940,...
• Section 5:5-89 - State Programs; Notifying Secretary Of Agriculture Of Amount For Deposit
  (a) To assist the Department of Agriculture in formulating State programs in aid of the breeding and development of horses and the preparation of...
• Section 5:5-91 - Establishment Of Sire Stakes Program
  1.There is hereby established in the State of New Jersey a Sire Stakes Program for standardbred horses that are the product of a registered...
• Section 5:5-91.1 - Standardbred Development Program.
  1.There is hereby established a Standardbred Development Program to be administered by the Sire Stakes Program board of trustees. Horses eligible to race under...
• Section 5:5-92 - Horsemen's Benevolent And Protective, Standardbred Breeders' And Owners', And Thoroughbred Breeders' Associations; Annual Audit; Filing
  The New Jersey Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association, the Standardbred Breeders' and Owners' Association of New Jersey, and the Thoroughbred Breeders' Association of New...
• Section 5:5-93 - Standards For Determination Of New Jersey Ownership
  The Standardbred Breeders' and Owners' Association, in the case of standardbred horses, and the Thoroughbred Breeders Association, in the case of thoroughbred horses, shall...
• Section 5:5-94 - Legislative Findings
  The Legislature finds and declares: a. The destruction by fire of the Garden State Racetrack in the spring of 1977 was a severe blow...
• Section 5:5-95 - Acquisition Of Garden State Racetrack By Sports And Exposition Authority; Suspension
  Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1978, c. 1 (C. 5:10-27 et seq.) to the contrary, the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority shall not acquire...
• Section 5:5-96 - Private Purchase Of Garden State Racetrack; Application For Racing Permits
  Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1940, c. 17 (C. 5:5-22 et seq.) to the contrary, if a private buyer purchases the Garden State Racetrack during...
• Section 5:5-97 - Racing Date Allocation; Renewal Allotment
  In granting a permit to the applicant to conduct a horse race meeting, the commission shall not be subject to any limitation as to...
• Section 5:5-98 - Garden State Racetrack
  5.The permitholder shall distribute the sums deposited in parimutuel pools to winners thereof in accordance with section 44 of P.L.1940, c.17 (C.5:5-64) and shall...
• Section 5:5-99 - Conduct Of Meetings And Wagering; Standards, Rules, Regulations And Conditions
  Except as otherwise provided in this act, the horse race meetings and parimutuel wagering conducted by the permitholder shall be conducted in the manner...
• Section 5:5-110 - Short Title
  Sections 1 through 12 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Simulcasting Racing Act." L. 1985, c. 269, s....
• Section 5:5-111 - Definitions
  2. As used in this act: a. "Horsemen's organization" means the Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association, the Standardbred Breeders' and Owners' Association, or another...
• Section 5:5-112 - Intertrack Wagering License
  Upon the filing of a joint application by a receiving and an in-State sending track and after the holding of a public hearing, the...
• Section 5:5-113 - Joint Application Requirements
  A joint application for an intertrack wagering license shall include a written agreement between the receiving and in-State sending tracks providing a detailed plan...
• Section 5:5-114 - Filing Of Objection
  Any holder of a permit to conduct a horse race meeting within the State may file an objection to a joint application prior to...
• Section 5:5-115 - No Substitution Of In-state Races
  Under no circumstances shall a receiving track be permitted to substitute a race transmitted to it from an in-State sending track for a live...
• Section 5:5-116 - Distribution Of Wagers
  7. Except as otherwise provided in sections 8 and 10 of this act, and in sections 7 and 8 of P.L.1991, c.411 (C.5:5-123 and...
• Section 5:5-117 - Distribution Of Purse Money.
  8.Except as provided by section 8 of P.L.1991, c.411 (C.5:5-124), by the rules and regulations of the commission with respect to interstate common pools,...
• Section 5:5-118 - Intertrack Wagering Declared Lawful
  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, intertrack wagering shall be lawful; provided that an intertrack wagering license has been issued to the receiving...
• Section 5:5-119 - Simulcasting Of Out-of-state Races
  10. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the New Jersey Racing Commission, upon application by a receiving track and in accordance with applicable...
• Section 5:5-120 - In-state Races Simulcast Out-of-state
  11. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the New Jersey Racing Commission, upon application by an in-State sending track and in accordance with...
• Section 5:5-121 - Rules, Regulations
  The commission shall promulgate and adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L. 1985, c. 269,...
• Section 5:5-122 - Interstate Common Pools
  6. Subject to applicable federal laws, the commission may permit receiving tracks which are authorized to receive simulcast horseraces of national interest held at...
• Section 5:5-123 - Distribution Of And Wagering Rules For Receiving Track Parimutuel Pools Merged Into Interstate Common Pools
  7. With the prior approval of the commission, a receiving track which the commission has permitted to receive simulcast horse races of national interest...
• Section 5:5-124 - Wagering And Distribution Rules For Sending Track Parimutuel Pools Merged Into Interstate Common Pools
  8. With the prior approval of the commission, an in-State sending track which the commission has permitted to contract with a legal wagering entity...
• Section 5:5-125 - Race Track May Receive Simulcast Transmissions From Out-of-state Track; Interstate Common Pools, Formation.
  37. a. (1) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the New Jersey Racing Commission, upon application by a receiving track, as defined in...
• Section 5:5-126 - Distribution Of Amounts Resulting From Parimutuel Pool For Out-of-state Program.
  38. a. If a receiving track which is authorized by the New Jersey Racing Commission to receive the racing program, in full or in...
• Section 5:5-127 - Short Title.
  1.Sections 1-35 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Off-Track and Account Wagering Act." L.2001,c.199,s.1.
• Section 5:5-128 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Horse Racing And Off-track Wagering.
  2.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.The horse racing industry is economically important to this State, and the general welfare of the people of...
• Section 5:5-129 - Definitions Relative To Horse Racing And Off-track Wagering.
  3.As used in this act: "Account holder" means a resident of this State over age 18 who establishes an account pursuant to this act...
• Section 5:5-130 - Issuance Of License To Permit Off-track Wagering; Establishment Of Facilities.
  4. a. The commission is authorized to issue a license to the authority to permit off-track wagering at a specified facility, upon application of...
• Section 5:5-131 - Filing Fee, Certification; Standards.
  5. a. At the time of filing an application for an off-track wagering license, the applicant shall submit to the commission a non-refundable filing...
• Section 5:5-132 - Public Hearing.
  6.Within 14 days of receipt of a completed application, certification and applicable fees, the executive director shall determine whether the same is in due...
• Section 5:5-133 - Final Determination On License Application.
  7. a. No sooner than 30 days nor later than 60 days following the public hearing, the commission shall make a final determination on...
• Section 5:5-134 - Powers Of Commission Relative To Off-track Wagering.
  8. a. The commission shall have full power to prescribe rules, regulations and conditions under which all off-track wagering licenses are issued and renewed...
• Section 5:5-135 - Right To Control Patrons.
  9.Nothing in this act shall be deemed to abrogate the common law right or any other right established by law to exclude or eject...
• Section 5:5-136 - Limit On Number Of Facilities.
  10. a. The total number of off-track wagering facilities licensed in this State pursuant to this act shall not exceed 15. b.The commission shall...
• Section 5:5-137 - Simulcasting Permitted.
  11.It shall be lawful for the off-track wagering licensee to conduct off-track simulcasting at the off-track wagering facility with all in-State sending tracks and...
• Section 5:5-138 - Transmission Of Races From In-state Sending Tracks.
  12.An in-State sending track may transmit to licensed off-track wagering facilities all or some of the live races conducted at the racetrack. The off-track...
• Section 5:5-139 - Issuance Of License To Establish Account Wagering System.
  13. a. The commission is authorized to issue a license to the authority to establish an account wagering system in accordance with the provisions...
• Section 5:5-140 - Public Hearing.
  14. a. Within 14 days of receipt of a completed application, certification and applicable fees, the executive director shall determine whether the same is...
• Section 5:5-141 - Powers Of Commission Relative To Account Wagering.
  15. a. The commission shall have full power to prescribe rules, regulations and conditions under which all account wagering licenses are issued or renewed...
• Section 5:5-142 - Requirements For Account Wagering.
  16. a. A person shall not place an account wager from within this State except in accordance with this act through the account wagering...
• Section 5:5-143 - Credits To A Wagering Account.
  17. a. Credits to a wagering account shall be made as follows: (1)The account holder's deposits to the wagering account shall be submitted by...
• Section 5:5-144 - Acceptance Of Account Wagers.
  18.The account wagering licensee may accept account wagers only from residents of New Jersey and only as follows: a.The account wager shall be placed...
• Section 5:5-145 - Distribution Of Inactive, Dormant Accounts.
  19.All amounts remaining in wagering accounts inactive or dormant for such period and under such conditions as established by regulation shall be paid 50%...
• Section 5:5-146 - Inclusion Of Amounts Wagered In Parimutuel Pool.
  20.Sums wagered at the off-track wagering facility on the result of a simulcast horse race at an in-State sending track, or through the account...
• Section 5:5-147 - Distribution Of Sums In Parimutuel Pool.
  21.Sums wagered at an off-track wagering facility on races being transmitted to that off-track wagering facility from an in-State sending track and sums wagered...
• Section 5:5-148 - Receipt Of Simulcasts Transmitted From Out-of-state Tracks.
  22. a. The off-track wagering licensee may, in accordance with the provisions of this act and any applicable regulations of the commission and with...
• Section 5:5-149 - Payments To Sending Track.
  23. a. The off-track wagering licensee receiving a simulcast horse race from an out-of-State sending track shall pay to the out-of-State sending track for...
• Section 5:5-150 - Conditions For Participation By Out-of-state Tracks; Interstate Common Pools.
  24. a. Except as provided in subsection b. of this section, the commission shall not permit an out-of-State sending track or an out-of-State host...
• Section 5:5-151 - Takeout Rate, Distribution.
  25.Sums wagered at an off-track wagering facility on races being transmitted to that off-track wagering facility from an out-of-State sending track and sums wagered...
• Section 5:5-151.1 - Payment In-lieu-of Taxes, Tax Exemption, Abatement.
  7.Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary: (1)when the authority is the owner of the land, building, and premises where an...
• Section 5:5-152 - Annual Certification Of Racing Costs.
  26. a. The State Treasurer shall certify racing costs on an annual basis. These racing costs shall be the basis for payment and reimbursement...
• Section 5:5-153 - "New Jersey Racing Industry Special Fund."
  27.The commission shall establish and administer a separate fund to be known as the "New Jersey Racing Industry Special Fund" into which shall be...
• Section 5:5-154 - Licensing, Registration Of Persons Conducting Wagering-related Activities.
  28.All persons engaged in conducting wagering-related activities at an off-track facility or through an account wagering system, whether employed directly by the licensee or...
• Section 5:5-155 - One-time Right Of First Refusal Offers Of Employment.
  29. a. A person employed by a permit holder in the admissions department or parimutuel clerk department of a racetrack operated by a permit...
• Section 5:5-156 - Scheduling Of Race Dates, Minimum Required.
  30. a. The permit holder at Monmouth Park and the thoroughbred permit holder at Meadowlands Racetrack together shall schedule annually no fewer than 141...
• Section 5:5-157 - Severability.
  32.The provisions of this act shall be deemed to be severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this act is declared...
• Section 5:5-158 - Rules, Regulations.
  33.The commission shall promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to effectuate the purposes of this...
• Section 5:5-159 - Annual Assessment To Fund Certain Programs For Compulsive Gambling.
  34.In addition to any other funds provided by law for prevention, education and treatment programs for compulsive gamblers, beginning on July 1, 2003, there...
• Section 5:5-160 - Supplementation, Enhancement Of Purses At Authority Owned Tracks.
  35.In order to retain the competitive position of the standardbred and thoroughbred racing programs at the authority owned racetracks during the period in which...
• Section 5:5-161 - Interstate Compact For Horse Racing Licensees.
  1.The Interstate Compact for Horse Racing Licensees is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the...
• Section 5:5-162 - Purpose Of Compact.
  2.Purpose. The purpose of this compact is to: a.Establish uniform requirements among the party states for the licensing of participants in live racing with...
• Section 5:5-163 - Definitions Relative To Interstate Compact For Horse Racing Licensees.
  3.Definitions. As used in this compact: "Compact committee" means the organization of officials from the party states that is authorized and empowered by this...
• Section 5:5-164 - Entry Into Force, Eligible Parties, Withdrawal.
  4.Entry into force, eligible parties, withdrawal. a.This compact shall come into force when enacted by any four states. Thereafter, this compact shall become effective...
• Section 5:5-165 - Compact Committee, Powers And Duties, Voting, Administration And Management, Immunity.
  5.Compact committee, powers and duties, voting, administration and management, immunity. a.There is hereby created an interstate governmental entity to be known as the "compact...
• Section 5:5-166 - Rights And Responsibilities Of Party States.
  6.Rights and responsibilities of party states. a.By enacting this compact, each party state: (1)Agrees: (a) to accept the decisions of the compact committee regarding...
• Section 5:5-167 - Construction And Severability.
  7.Construction and Severability. This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate its purposes. The provisions of this compact shall be severable, and,...
• Section 5:5-168 - Short Title.
  1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Exchange Wagering Act." L.2011, c.15, s.1.
• Section 5:5-169 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Exchange Wagers.
  2.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.The horse racing industry is economically important to this State, and the general welfare of the people of...
• Section 5:5-171 - Exchange Wagering Permitted; Conditions.
  4.Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, exchange wagering by residents of this State on the results of horse races conducted in...
• Section 5:5-172 - Issuance Of License Authorized.
  5.The commission is hereby authorized to issue a license to the authority to establish an exchange in accordance with the provisions of this act,...
• Section 5:5-173 - Powers Of Commission.
  6. a. The commission shall have full power to prescribe rules, regulations, and conditions under which exchange wagering may be conducted in this State,...
• Section 5:5-174 - Compliance With Law Required For Exchange Wagering.
  7. a. A person within this State shall not be permitted to open an exchange wagering account, or place an exchange wager through the...
• Section 5:5-175 - Credits To Exchange Wagering Accounts.
  8. a. Credits to an exchange wagering account shall be made as follows: (1)The exchange wagering account holder's deposits to the exchange wagering account...
• Section 5:5-176 - Acceptance Of Exchange Wagers, Conditions.
  9.The exchange wagering licensee may accept exchange wagers from residents of this State only in accordance with this act, federal law, and as follows:...
• Section 5:5-177 - Posting Of Exchange Wagers In Interstate Exchange Pool.
  10.Subject to federal law and notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation of this State to the contrary, the exchange wagering licensee shall be permitted...
• Section 5:5-178 - Permitted Actions Of Exchange Wagering Licensee.
  11.Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the exchange wagering licensee shall not be required to include any pools of exchange...
• Section 5:5-179 - Collection Of Exchange Revenue.
  12.Subject to the approval of the commission, the exchange wagering licensee shall be permitted to collect exchange revenues in the manner and amounts determined...
• Section 5:5-180 - Requirements Of Exchange Wagering Licensees.
  13.Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the commission shall require each exchange wagering licensee to: a.pay such portions of the...
• Section 5:5-181 - Payment Of Moneys Derived From Exchange Wagering.
  14.Of the monies distributed to overnight purses pursuant to subsection b. of section 13 of this act, P.L.2011, c.15 (C.5:5-180), all moneys derived from...
• Section 5:5-182 - Distribution Of Remaining Amounts.
  15.All amounts remaining in exchange wagering accounts inactive or dormant for such period and under such conditions as established by regulation shall be distributed...
• Section 5:5-183 - License, Registration Required.
  16.All persons engaged in conducting wagering-related activities through the exchange, whether employed directly by the exchange wagering licensee or by a person or entity...
• Section 5:5-184 - Severability.
  17.The provisions of this act shall be deemed to be severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this act is declared...
• Section 5:5-185 - Rules, Regulations.
  18.The commission shall promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to effectuate the purposes of this...
• Section 5:5-186 - Pilot Program For Placement Of Horse Racing Wagers At Certain Locations.
  1.Notwithstanding the provisions of the "Off-Track and Account Wagering Act," P.L.2001, c.199 (C.5:5-127 et seq.), or any other law, rule, or regulation to the...
• Section 5:5-187 - Use Of Mobile Gaming Devices At Racetracks.
  1. a. The New Jersey Racing Commission may authorize the use of mobile gaming devices by patrons at in-State racetracks for the placement of...
• Section 5:5-188 - Contractual Agreements With The Standardbred Breeders' And Owners' Association Of New Jersey.
  11.A harness racing permitholder may enter into a contractual agreement with the Standardbred Breeders' and Owners' Association of New Jersey providing that a portion...
• Section 5:5-189 - Contractual Agreements With The New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association.
  12.A permitholder conducting thoroughbred racing may enter into a contractual agreement with the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association providing that a portion of the...
• Section 5:7-8 - License Required; Fee
  No person shall operate or conduct any motor vehicle races or exhibitions of motor vehicle driving skill, or any track or other place for...
• Section 5:7-9 - Application For License
  Application for a license to operate or conduct a track or other place for the holding of such races or exhibitions shall be made...
• Section 5:7-10 - Guard Or Hub Rail; Fence; Compliance With Rules And Regulations
  No license shall be issued for the operation or conduct of any such track or other place unless (a) There is provided and maintained...
• Section 5:7-11 - License; Expiration Date; Revocation; Reinstatement
  Each license so issued shall expire on the thirty-first of December following the date of its issuance. Any such license may be revoked at...
• Section 5:7-12 - License For Race Or Exhibition; Compliance With Rules; Guard Personnel
  No license shall be issued for the holding of any motor vehicle race or exhibition of motor vehicle driving skill unless the department is...
• Section 5:7-13 - License For Race Or Exhibition; Liability Insurance
  No license shall be issued for the holding of any motor vehicle race or exhibition of motor vehicle driving skill until the person applying...
• Section 5:7-14 - Rules And Regulations
  The department shall formulate and prescribe rules and regulations not inconsistent with this act, which shall be formulated in each year after holding a...
• Section 5:7-15 - Inspection By Department
  The department shall have power at all convenient times to inspect any race track or place of exhibition, licensed by it or for which...
• Section 5:7-16 - Employees
  The department is authorized and directed, insofar as possible, to utilize the services of employees of the several divisions of the department to perform...
• Section 5:7-17 - Disposition Of Fees
  All fees received by the department pursuant to this act shall be paid and accounted for by it to the State Treasurer for credit...
• Section 5:7-18 - Violations
  Any person, partnership, association or corporation managing, operating, or conducting a motor vehicle race or exhibition of motor vehicle driving skill, except in accordance...
• Section 5:7-19 - Repeal
  "An act concerning motor vehicle racing and exhibitions of motor vehicle driving skill, providing for the issuance of licenses therefor, the inspection of tracks...
• Section 5:8-1 - Commission Created; Members
  There is hereby constituted the "Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission," in the Department of Law and Public Safety, which shall consist of five...
• Section 5:8-1.1 - Method Of Transfer Of Commission To Department Of Law And Public Safety
  The transfer of the commission to the Department of Law and Public Safety as provided by this act shall be effected pursuant to the...
• Section 5:8-2 - Terms Of Office
  The first members of the commission shall be appointed, 1 for 1 year, 1 for 2 years, 1 for 3 years, 1 for 4...
• Section 5:8-3 - Vacancies
  Vacancies created by expiration of term or otherwise shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments were made, but for the...
• Section 5:8-4 - Compensation; Expenses
  The members of the commission shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to be reimbursed for their actual expenses within the limits of...
• Section 5:8-5 - First Meeting; Organization
  The commission shall hold its first meeting at the call of the Governor and shall organize by electing a chairman and appointing a secretary...
• Section 5:8-6 - Duties Of Commission.
  6.It shall be the duty of the commission to supervise the administration of the Bingo Licensing Law and the Raffles Licensing Law and to...
• Section 5:8-7 - Filing And Availability Of Rules And Regulations
  A copy of every rule and regulation adopted and promulgated by the commission shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State...
• Section 5:8-8 - Investigations
  The commission shall conduct investigations of the administration of said laws in such of the municipalities of this State as it shall deem desirable...
• Section 5:8-9 - Suspension And Revocation Of Licenses
  The commission shall have power to suspend and revoke licenses, after hearing, for violation of the law under which the license is issued or...
• Section 5:8-9.1 - Exemptions For Certain Savings Promotions.
  4.Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, a savings promotion offered pursuant to sections 1 through 3 of P.L.2015, c.236 (C.17:9A-224.1,...
• Section 5:8-10 - Institution Of Prosecutions
  The commission shall have power to institute prosecutions for the punishment of violations of either of said laws. L.1954, c. 7, p. 48, s.
• Section 5:8-11 - Appeals
  The commission shall hear appeals from the determinations and action of the municipal governing bodies in connection with the refusal to issue licenses and...
• Section 5:8-12 - Continuous Study Of Operation Of Licensing Laws
  It shall be the duty of the commission to carry on continuous study and investigation of the operation of the Bingo Licensing Law and...
• Section 5:8-13 - Continuous Study As To Similar Laws Of Other States
  The commission shall make a continuous study and investigation also of the operation and administration of similar laws which may be in effect in...
• Section 5:8-14 - Place Of Investigations And Hearings; Witnesses; Books And Documents
  The majority of the members of the commission may hold investigations and hearings within or without the State and shall have power to compel...
• Section 5:8-15 - Incriminating Evidence
  No person shall be excused from testifying or producing any book or document in any investigation or hearing, when ordered so to do by...
• Section 5:8-16 - Application To Judge For Show Cause Order
  If a person subpoenaed to attend in any such investigation or hearing fails to obey the command of the subpoena without reasonable cause, or...
• Section 5:8-17 - Examination And Determination By Judge; Order; Contempt
  Upon return of the order, the judge before whom the matter shall come on for hearing shall examine such person under oath, and if...
• Section 5:8-18 - Privilege From Arrest
  A witness shall be privileged from arrest, in all civil actions and no other, during necessary attendance before the commission, at any place required...
• Section 5:8-19 - 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...
• Section 5:8-20 - Amount Of Witness Fees
  Each witness attending any hearing or investigation shall be entitled to the following fees: a. In his own county, per day of attendance, 50...
• Section 5:8-21 - Expenses, Personnel, Fees
  21. The commission is authorized to incur such necessary expenses, and engage and appoint an executive officer and such competent and expert advisors, and...
• Section 5:8-21.1 - Legalized Games Of Chance Control Commission Fund
  3. There is created in the Department of the Treasury a special nonlapsing fund, to be known as the Legalized Games of Chance Control...
• Section 5:8-22 - Municipalities To File Copies Of Ordinances; Reports
  Each municipality, in which the Bingo Licensing Law or the Raffles Licensing Law, or both, shall be adopted, shall file with the commission a...
• Section 5:8-23 - Reports And Recommendations By Commission
  The commission shall report to the Governor, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the General Assembly annually with its recommendations, if...
• Section 5:8-24 - Short Title
  This act shall be known as and may be cited as the "Bingo Licensing Law." L.1954, c. 6, p. 32, s. 1.
• Section 5:8-25 - Licensing Of Certain Entities To Hold Games Of Chance, Use Of Certain Electronic Devices Permitted.
  2.It shall be lawful for the governing body of any municipality, at any time after this act shall become operative within such municipality and...
• Section 5:8-25.1 - Recreational Bingo Games, Licensing Requirement; Removed; Exceptions.
  1.Any person, group, or organization desiring to hold, operate and conduct games of chance solely for amusement and recreation may do so, without licensure...
• Section 5:8-25.3 - Use Of Net Proceeds For Capital Improvements By Certain Entities From Bingo, Lotto.
  1. a. A bona fide organization or association of veterans of any war in which the United States has been engaged, church or religious...
• Section 5:8-26 - Application For License
  Each applicant for such a license shall file with the clerk of the municipality a written application therefor in the form prescribed in said...
• Section 5:8-27 - Investigation Of Applicant, License Issued, Fees, Limitations On Amount Of Prizes.
  4.The governing body of the municipality shall make an investigation of the qualifications of each applicant and the merits of each application, with due...
• Section 5:8-28 - 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...
• Section 5:8-29 - 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...
• Section 5:8-30 - Control And Supervision Over All Games; Violations, Penalties
  7. The governing body of any municipality issuing any license under this act shall have and exercise control and supervision over all games of...
• Section 5:8-30.1 - Violations, Injunctions; Proceedings, Penalties
  6. Whenever it shall appear to the control commission that a violation of a law, including the unlicensed conduct or practice of a regulated...
• Section 5:8-30.2 - Civil Penalties
  7. Any person violating any provision of a law or regulation administered by the control commission shall, in addition to any other sanctions provided...
• Section 5:8-31 - 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...
• Section 5:8-32 - Participation By Persons Under 18
  No person under the age of 18 years shall be permitted to participate in any game or games of chance held, operated or conducted...
• Section 5:8-33 - Frequency Of Games; Sale Of Alcoholic Beverages.
  10. No game or games of chance shall be held, operated or conducted under any license issued under this act more often than on...
• Section 5:8-34 - Operation Of Games Restricted; Equipment, Approved Providers
  11. a. No person shall hold, operate or conduct any game or games of chance under any license issued under this act except an...
• Section 5:8-34.1 - Bingo; Conduct For Two Or More Affiliated Licensees By Active Member
  Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, it shall be lawful for any person to engage in the conduct of bingo for...
• Section 5:8-35 - Limitations On Admission Charges And Prizes.
  12. No amount in excess of the amount prescribed by regulation promulgated by the control commission shall be charged by any licensee for admission...
• Section 5:8-36 - Advertising Bingo Games In Certain Municipalities Prohibited
  13. No game of chance to be conducted under any license issued under this act shall be advertised as to its location, the time...
• Section 5:8-36.1 - Regulations Governing Advertising Of Bingo In Certain Municipalities
  2.The Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission shall promulgate regulations to govern the advertising of games of chance in any municipality in which the...
• Section 5:8-37 - Verified Report Filed, Contents
  14. No later than the 15th day of the calendar month immediately following a calendar month in which any such game of chance was...
• Section 5:8-38 - Examination Of Books And Records; Examination Of Managers, Etc.; Disclosure Of Information
  The governing body of the municipality and the control commission shall have power to examine or cause to be examined the books and records...
• Section 5:8-39 - Appeals 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 municipal governing...
• Section 5:8-40 - Immunity From Prosecution; Exceptions
  No person or corporation (1) lawfully conducting, or participating in the conduct of, (2) possessing, selling or in any manner disposing of, any shares,...
• Section 5:8-41 - Offenses; 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 any such license or in any statement...
• Section 5:8-42 - 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...
• Section 5:8-43 - Submission To Voters; Special 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 22 of this act, shall be...
• Section 5:8-44 - Resubmission
  In event that in any municipality a majority of all the votes cast both for and against the question shall be cast against the...
• Section 5:8-45 - Form Of Official Ballots
  There shall be printed on each official ballot to be used at any election at which said question shall be submitted, the following: If...
• Section 5:8-46 - Majority Of Votes 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...
• Section 5:8-47 - Submission Of Question Of Rescinding Adoption
  If in any municipality in which the provisions of this act shall have become operative in the manner hereinbefore provided, there shall be filed...
• Section 5:8-48 - 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,...
• Section 5:8-49 - Majority Of Votes Controlling; Resubmission
  If at such election a majority of all the votes cast, both for and against the rescission of the adoption of this act, in...
• Section 5:8-49.1 - 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...
• Section 5:8-49.2 - Definitions
  As used in this act: "Commission" shall mean the Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission; "Organization" shall mean any organization licensed to hold, operate...
• Section 5:8-49.3 - Rental Or Use Of Premises Not Owned By Organization; Payment For Rental; Approved Rentors
  An organization may, for the purpose of holding, operating and conducting games of chance under the Bingo Licensing Law rent or use premises not...
• Section 5:8-49.4 - Persons Entitled To Act As Rentors
  From and after the effective date of this act, no person shall act as, or be, a rentor unless said person (a) is itself...
• Section 5:8-49.5 - Application For Approved Rentor's License; Form And Requisites
  A person seeking a license as an approved rentor shall file in the office of the commission a written application for such license. The...
• Section 5:8-49.6 - Denial Of License; Grounds
  No license as an approved rentor shall be granted: (a) If any person whose signature or name appears in the application is not the...
• Section 5:8-49.7 - Issuance Of License; Fee; Duration; Temporary Permit
  6. When the application shall have been examined and such further inquiry and investigation made as the commission shall deem proper and when the...
• Section 5:8-49.8 - Revocation Or Suspension Of License; Grounds
  Any license as approved rentor issued pursuant to this act may be revoked or suspended for such period as the commission deems in the...
• Section 5:8-49.9 - Rules And Regulations
  The commission shall have power to make and enforce such reasonable rules and regulations as it may deem necessary to effectuate the provisions of...
• Section 5:8-49.10 - Necessity Of Compliance With Statutory Provisions And Rules And Regulations
  No agreements or arrangements for the rental or use of premises shall be valid and no moneys paid by licensed organizations for such rental...
• Section 5:8-49.11 - Violations; Disorderly Persons
  Any person who, without complying with the provisions of this act, directly or indirectly, receives, collects or accepts money or other valuable thing for...
• Section 5:8-50 - Short Title
  This act shall be known as and may be cited as the "Raffles Licensing Law." L.1954, c. 5, p. 17, s. 1.
• Section 5:8-51 - Eligible Organizations.
  2. a. It shall be lawful for the governing body of any municipality, at any time after this act shall become operative within such...
• Section 5:8-51.1 - Senior Citizen Club Exemption
  The governing body of any municipality shall issue a special license to any senior citizen association or club desiring to hold, operate and conduct...
• Section 5:8-51.2 - Amusement And Recreation Licenses; Exemption From Raffles Licensing Law
  Senior citizen associations or clubs holding, operating and conducting games of chance solely for the amusement and recreation of its members under a special...
• Section 5:8-51.3 - Conduct Of Raffles By Student Loan Funds, Permitted
  1. A nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of this State for the sole purpose of making loans to students from a single New...
• Section 5:8-51.4 - Use Of Net Proceeds For Capital Improvements By Certain Entities From Raffles.
  2. a. A bona fide organization or association of veterans of any war in which the United States has been engaged, church or religious...
• Section 5:8-52 - Application
  Each applicant for such a license shall file with the clerk of the municipality a written application therefor in the form prescribed in said...
• Section 5:8-53 - Issuance Of Licenses To Conduct Games Of Chance; Fees
  4. The governing body of the municipality shall make an investigation of the qualifications of each applicant and the merits of the application, with...
• Section 5:8-54 - Duration Of License; Games Within Bingo Licensing Law
  No license for the holding, operation or conduct of any game or games of chance shall be issued under this act which shall be...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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,...
• Section 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...
• Section 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,...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 5:8-61 - Operation Of Game Restricted
  12. a. No person shall hold, operate or conduct any game or games of chance under any license issued under this act except an...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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,...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 5:8-78 - Amusement Games Control Commissioner
  The office of Amusement Games Control Commissioner is hereby created. The director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control shall be the Amusement Games...
• Section 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...
• Section 5:8-79 - Supervision Of Administration Of Amusement Games Licensing Law; Rules And Regulations
  The said commissioner shall supervise the administration of the Amusement Games Licensing Law and he shall from time to time make and promulgate rules...
• Section 5:8-79.1 - Rules And Regulations Of Amusement Games Control Commissioner
  The rules and regulations to be made and promulgated by the Amusement Games Control Commissioner, in addition to provisions authorized by any other law,...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 5:8-83 - Prosecutions
  The commissioner shall have power to institute prosecutions for the punishment of violations of said law or said rules and regulations. L.1959, c. 108,...
• Section 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...
• Section 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,...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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;...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 5:8-100 - Short Title
  This act shall be known as and may be cited as the "Amusement Games Licensing Law." L.1959, c. 109, p. 507, s. 1.
• Section 5:8-101 - Licensing Of Owner, Operator Of Amusement Games; Terms Defined.
  2.It shall be lawful for the governing body of any municipality, at any time after this act shall become operative and except when prohibited...
• Section 5:8-102 - Application For Municipal License; Filing; Contents; State License; Annual Fees
  Each applicant for such a license shall file with the clerk of the municipality a written application therefor in the form prescribed by the...
• Section 5:8-103 - Investigation By Municipality; Issuance Of License; Fees; Removal Of Disqualification; Notice Of Change In Facts
  The governing body of the municipality shall make an investigation of the qualifications of each applicant and the merits of each application, with due...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 5:8-106 - Control And Supervision Of Amusement Games By Municipality; Suspension And Revocation Of License; Hearing; Right Of Entry
  The governing body of any municipality issuing any license under this act shall have and exercise control and supervision over all amusement games held,...
• Section 5:8-107 - Maximum Charges; Value, Determination And Award Of Prizes
  The Amusement Games Control Commissioner shall determine the amount for any 1 game which shall be charged or accepted by any licensee from any...
• Section 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...
• Section 5:8-109 - Appeals To Amusement Games Control Commissioner
  Any applicant for, or holder of, any license issued or to be issued under this act aggrieved by any action of the municipal governing...
• Section 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,...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 5:8-116 - Petition; Number Of Signers; Question
  Upon a petition signed by qualified voters of any municipality equal in number to at least 15% of the total number of votes cast...
• Section 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...
• Section 5:8-118 - Public Question; Voting Instructions
  There shall be printed on each official ballot to be used at such election the following: If you favor making the act entitled below...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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....
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 5:9-1 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "State Lottery Law." L.1970, c. 13, s. 1, eff. Feb. 16, 1970.
• Section 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...
• Section 5:9-3 - Definitions
  For the purposes of this act: a. "Commission" shall mean the State Lottery Commission established by this act. b. "Division" shall mean the Division...
• Section 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...
• Section 5:9-5 - State Lottery Commission; Members
  The commission shall consist of the State Treasurer and six public members, all of whom shall be citizens and residents of this State and...
• Section 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...
• Section 5:9-7 - Commission; Powers And Duties
  The commission shall have the power, and it shall be its duty: a. After full and thorough study of the report and recommendations of...
• Section 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...
• Section 5:9-8 - Director; Powers And Duties
  The director shall have the power, and it shall be his duty to: a. Supervise and administer the operation of the lottery in accordance...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 5:9-13 - Assignment Of Prizes Drawn; Procedure.
  13. a. The right of any person to a prize drawn shall not be assignable, except as permitted by this section. b.The payment of...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 5:9-13.6 - Lien On Lottery Proceeds.
  The county welfare agency which provided the public assistance benefits or the Probation Division, acting as agent for the child support payee, shall have...
• Section 5:9-13.7 - Remaining Funds Paid To Claimant
  7. Any of the claimant's lottery prize funds remaining after withholding pursuant to the lien established pursuant to this act shall be paid to...
• Section 5:9-13.8 - Rules, Regulations; Hearing; Confidentiality
  8. The State Treasurer shall promulgate, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules and regulations as may be...
• Section 5:9-13.9 - Implementation Costs.
  9.The costs associated with or necessary for the implementation of P.L.1991, c.384 (C.5:9-13.1 et seq.) shall be borne by the Department of Human Services....
• Section 5:9-13.10 - Ongoing Data Exchange On Student Assistance.
  1.The Director of the Division of the State Lottery in the Department of the Treasury and the Executive Director of the Office of Student...
• Section 5:9-13.11 - List Of Individuals In Default Of Student Loan.
  2.The Executive Director of the Office of Student Assistance shall periodically supply the Office of Telecommunications and Information Systems with a list of those...
• Section 5:9-13.12 - Provision Of List Of Lottery 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,...
• Section 5:9-13.13 - Cross-checking Of Lottery List.
  4.The Office of Telecommunications and Information Systems shall cross check the lottery list with the data supplied by the Executive Director of the Office...
• Section 5:9-13.14 - Notification; Withholding Of Lottery Prize.
  5.If a lottery prize claimant is on the list of individuals in default of a student loan as reported pursuant to section 2 of...
• Section 5:9-13.15 - Payment Of Remainder Of Prize To Claimant.
  6.Any of the claimant's lottery prize funds remaining after withholding pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1997, c.306 (C.5:9-13.14) shall be paid to the claimant...
• Section 5:9-13.16 - Rules, Regulations, Safeguards Against Disclosure, Inappropriate Use Of Information.
  7.The State Treasurer, in consultation with the Office of Student Assistance, shall promulgate, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.),...
• Section 5:9-13.17 - Offset Of Certain Lottery Prizes Required For Payment Of Certain Debts To State Agencies.
  1. a. Whenever any claimant of a lottery prize greater than $600 is indebted to any agency or institution of State Government, including, but...
• Section 5:9-13.18 - Regulations.
  2.The Department of the Treasury shall promulgate regulations concerning the procedures and methods to be employed by all agencies and institutions in the executive...
• Section 5:9-14 - Sale Above Fixed Price; Unlicensed Sales; Gifts
  No person shall sell a ticket or share at a price greater than that fixed by rule or regulation of the commission. No person...
• Section 5:9-14.1 - State Lottery Ticket; False Or Fraudulent Making, Forgery, Alteration Or Counterfeiting
  Any person who falsely or fraudulently makes, forges, alters or counterfeits, or causes or procures to be made, forged, altered or counterfeited, any New...
• Section 5:9-14.2 - Fraudulent Use Of Ssn To Collect Lottery Winnings, Fourth Degree Crime.
  1.Any person who fraudulently uses a social security number that is not that person's social security number to collect lottery winnings to evade detection...
• Section 5:9-15 - Sales To Person Under Eighteen Years; Gifts
  No ticket or share shall be sold to any person under the age of 18, but this shall not be deemed to prohibit the...
• Section 5:9-16 - Persons Prohibited From Purchasing Tickets Or Shares
  No ticket or share shall be purchased by, and no prize shall be paid to any of the following persons: any officer or employee...
• Section 5:9-17 - Unclaimed Prize Money
  Unclaimed prize money for the prize on a winning ticket or share shall be retained by the director for the person entitled thereto for...
• Section 5:9-18 - Deposit Of Receipts; Reports
  The director may, in his discretion, require any or all lottery sales agents to deposit to the credit of the State Lottery Fund in...
• Section 5:9-19 - Other Laws; Applicability
  No other law providing any penalty or disability for the sale of lottery tickets or any acts done in connection with a lottery shall...
• Section 5:9-20 - Persons Under Eighteen Years; Payment Of Prizes
  If the person entitled to a prize or any winning ticket is under the age of 18 years, and such prize is less than...
• Section 5:9-21 - State Lottery Fund; Creation
  There is hereby created and established in the Department of the Treasury a separate fund, to be known as the "State Lottery Fund," to...
• Section 5:9-22 - State Lottery Fund; Appropriation Of Moneys; Report; Publication
  The moneys in said State Lottery Fund shall be appropriated only (a) for the payment of prizes to the holders of winning lottery tickets...
• Section 5:9-22.1 - Eligibility For Lottery Proceeds
  1. For the purposes of P.L.1970, c.13 (C.5:9-1 et seq.), any program of education approved by the Department of Education or by institutions of...
• Section 5:9-22.2 - State Aid For Higher Education Facilities Trust Fund
  10. For the purposes of P.L.1970, c.13 (C.5:9-1 et seq.), any trust fund established to provide grants to New Jersey's public and private institutions...
• Section 5:9-22.3 - County Juvenile Offender Rehabilitation Programs Eligible For State Aid
  10. For the purposes of P.L.1970, c.13 (C.5:9-1 et seq.), a juvenile offender rehabilitation program established and maintained pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1997,...
• Section 5:9-22.4 - Higher Education Capital Improvement, Eligibility For State Aid Through Lottery Proceeds.
  9.For the purposes of P.L.1970, c.13 (C.5:9-1 et seq.), any capital improvement fund established to provide grants to New Jersey's four-year public and private...
• Section 5:9-23 - Emergency Transportation Tax Act; Prizes Exempt
  The prizes received pursuant to the provisions of this act shall be exempt from the "Emergency Transportation Tax Act" (P.L.1961, c. 32). L.1970, c....
• Section 5:9-24 - Annual Post-audit
  The State Auditor shall conduct an annual post-audit of all accounts and transactions of the division and such other special post-audits as he may...
• Section 5:9-25 - Severability
  If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section, provision or other portion of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is...
• Section 5:10-1 - Short Title
  This act shall be known as, and may be cited as, the "New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority Law." L.1971, c. 137, s. 1,...
• Section 5:10-2 - Declaration Of Policy
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the general welfare, health and prosperity of the people of the State will be promoted by the...
• Section 5:10-3 - Definitions.
  3.The following words or terms as used in this act shall have the following meaning unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:...
• Section 5:10-4 - "New Jersey Sports And Exposition Authority."
  4. a. There is hereby established in the Department of State a public body corporate and politic, with corporate succession, to be known as...
• Section 5:10-4.1 - New Jersey Sports And Exposition Authority Transferred To The Department Of State.
  1.The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, established as a public body corporate and politic in the Department of Community Affairs pursuant to section...
• Section 5:10-5 - Powers Of Authority.
  5.Except as otherwise limited by the act, the authority shall have power: a.To sue and be sued; b.To have an official seal and alter...
• Section 5:10-5.1 - Annual Operating Budget Submission To State; Recordation In Minutes
  13. In accordance with procedures which shall be established by the State Treasurer and the authority, the proposed annual operating budget of the authority...
• Section 5:10-5.2 - Audit Contract
  15. The State Treasurer, in consultation with the State Auditor and the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, shall enter into a contract with...
• Section 5:10-6 - Authority Projects.
  6. a. The authority, pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1971, c.137 (C.5:10-1 et seq.), is hereby authorized and empowered, either alone or in conjunction...
• Section 5:10-6.1 - New Jersey Hall Of Fame.
  1. a. The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority created by P.L.1971, c.137 (C.5:10-1 et seq.) is authorized to establish a New Jersey Hall...
• Section 5:10-6.2 - Consultation With Local Officials
  Notwithstanding the provision of subsection x. of section 5 of P.L. 1971, c. 137 (C. 5:10-5) or any other law, rule or regulation to...
• Section 5:10-6.3 - Sports Authority's Operation Of Wildwood Convention Center Facility.
  18.The sports authority is hereby authorized to acquire, finance through the issuance of bonds or notes, construct, operate and perform such other functions as...
• Section 5:10-6.4 - Short Title.
  1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Hall of Fame Act." L.2005,c.232,s.1.
• Section 5:10-6.5 - Findings, Determinations Relative To Establishment Of New Jersey Hall Of Fame.
  2.The Legislature finds and determines that: a.New Jersey has given rise to many nationally and internationally known leaders in many diverse areas including the...
• Section 5:10-6.6 - New Jersey Hall Of Fame Advisory Commission.
  4. a. There is established to advise the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, a commission to be known as the New Jersey Hall...
• Section 5:10-6.7 - Duties, Authority Of Commission.
  5. a. It shall be the duty of the commission to develop plans for establishing and operating a New Jersey Hall of Fame and...
• Section 5:10-6.8 - Foundation For The New Jersey Hall Of Fame.
  6. a. The authority is also authorized to establish a nonprofit, educational and charitable organization to be known as the Foundation for the New...
• Section 5:10-6.9 - Board Of Trustees To Govern Foundation.
  7. a. The foundation shall be governed by a board of trustees whose members shall be appointed based on their fund-raising ability and other...
• Section 5:10-6.10 - Adoption Of Bylaws.
  8.Upon the incorporation of the foundation and the establishment of the first board of trustees, the board shall adopt bylaws setting forth the structure,...
• Section 5:10-6.11 - Annual Report To Governor, Legislature, Public.
  9.The foundation shall, in conjunction with the commission and the hall of fame corporation, as applicable, annually report its findings and recommendations to the...
• Section 5:10-6.12 - Use Of Funds.
  10. All funds received by the foundation, other than those necessary to pay the expenses of the foundation, shall be used exclusively for the...
• Section 5:10-6.13 - Expenses Payable By Funds Raised By Foundation.
  11. All expenses incurred by the commission, the foundation and the hall of fame corporation, as appropriate, shall be payable from funds raised by...
• Section 5:10-6.14 - Annual Audit.
  12. A certified public accountant shall be selected by the foundation to annually audit the foundation's funds. The foundation shall contract for and receive...
• Section 5:10-6.15 - References To New Jersey Sports Hall Of Fame Deemed To Mean New Jersey Hall Of Fame.
  13. Whenever, in any law, rule, regulation, order, contract, document, judicial or administrative proceeding or otherwise, reference is made to the New Jersey Sports...
• Section 5:10-7 - Application For Permit.
  7. a. The authority or a lessee of the authority is hereby authorized, licensed and empowered to apply to the Racing Commission for a...
• Section 5:10-7.1 - Proposals To Lease Horse Racetrack Facilities; Notification.
  12. If the authority seeks proposals to lease one or both of its horse racetrack facilities, it shall promptly provide written notification thereof to...
• Section 5:10-8 - Relocation Of Public Highways; Entry On Lands, Waters Or Premises; Regulations For Public Utility Facilities.
  8. a. If the authority shall find it necessary in connection with the undertaking of any of its projects to change the location of...
• Section 5:10-9 - Eminent Domain
  a. Upon the exercise of the power of eminent domain, the compensation to be paid thereunder shall be ascertained and paid in the manner...
• Section 5:10-10 - Bonds Or Notes; Issuance; Terms
  a. The authority shall have the power and is hereby authorized from time to time to issue its bonds or notes in such principal...
• Section 5:10-11 - Covenants To Secure Payment
  In any resolution of the authority authorizing or relating to the issuance of any bonds or notes, the authority, in order to secure the...
• Section 5:10-12 - Pledge Of Revenues, Funds Or Other Property; Lien
  Any pledge of revenues, moneys, funds or other property made by the authority shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge...
• Section 5:10-13 - Personal Liability
  Neither the members of the authority nor any person executing bonds or notes issued pursuant to this act shall be liable personally on such...
• Section 5:10-14 - Reserves, Funds Or Accounts; Establishment
  The authority may establish such reserves, funds or accounts as may be, in its discretion, necessary or desirable to further the accomplishment of the...
• Section 5:10-14.1 - Debt Service Reserve Fund; Limitation On Issuance Of Bonds; Accumulation Of Moneys; Nonliability Of State Or Its Political Subdivisions
  a. The authority may create and establish a reserve fund in connection with the issuance of bonds to finance the initial project to be...
• Section 5:10-14.2 - Right Of State To Require Redemption Prior To Maturity
  The State shall have the right, upon furnishing the authority with sufficient funds therefor, to require the authority to redeem, pay or cause to...
• Section 5:10-14.3 - Sports Authority Fund.
  12. a. The State Treasurer shall establish a special fund to be known as the "Sports Authority Fund" and shall pay into the fund...
• Section 5:10-14.4 - Luxury Tax Revenues.
  14.Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1947, c.71 (C.40:48-8.15 et seq.), in the event that the convention hall or halls or convention center project, including the...
• Section 5:10-15 - Guarantee By State Not To Limit Or Alter Rights Or Powers Vested In Authority
  The State of New Jersey does hereby pledge to and covenant and agree with the holders of any bonds or notes issued pursuant to...
• Section 5:10-16 - Authorization As Legal Investment Or Security For Public Deposits
  The State and all public officers, governmental units and agencies thereof, all banks, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings...
• Section 5:10-17 - Lease Or Conveyance Of Land By State Or Governmental Subdivision
  All counties and municipalities and other governmental subdivisions, all authorities, and all public departments, agencies and commissions of the State, notwithstanding any contrary provision...
• Section 5:10-18 - Tax Exemption; Projects And Property Of Authority; Bonds Or Notes; Payments In-lieu-of Property Taxes.
  18. a. All projects and other property of the authority, except an off-track wagering facility or account wagering system facility established pursuant to P.L.2001,...
• Section 5:10-19 - Annual Report; Annual Audit
  On or before the last day of February in each year the authority shall make an annual report of its activities for the preceding...
• Section 5:10-20 - Services By State Officers, Departments, Boards, Agencies, Divisions And Commissions
  All officers, departments, boards, agencies, divisions and commissions of the State are hereby authorized and empowered to render any and all of such services...
• Section 5:10-21.1 - Purchases, Contracts, Or Agreements Over Threshold Amount.
  1. a. All purchases, contracts, or agreements where the cost or contract price exceeds the sum of $25,000 or, after the effective date of...
• Section 5:10-21.1a - Set-aside Contract Goals
  The authority is authorized and directed to establish, prior to initiating any project on or after the effective date of this 1987 amendatory and...
• Section 5:10-21.2 - Exemptions
  Any purchase, contract, or agreement, where the cost or contract price exceeds the amount set forth in, or after June 30, 1985, the amount...
• Section 5:10-21.3 - Exemptions; Subject Matter
  Any purchase, contract, or agreement may be made, negotiated, or awarded pursuant to section 2 of this act when the subject matter consists of:...
• Section 5:10-21.4 - Exemptions; Circumstances.
  4.Any purchase, contract, or agreement may be made, negotiated, or awarded pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1981, c.447 (C.5:10-21.2) when: a.Standardization of equipment and...
• Section 5:10-21.5 - Award Without Public Advertisement; Resolution; Specification Of Subject Matter Or Circumstances
  In any case where the authority shall make, negotiate, or award a purchase, contract, or agreement without public advertisement pursuant to section 2 of...
• Section 5:10-21.6 - Work By Employees Of Authority
  Nothing herein shall prevent the authority from having any work done by its own employees. L.1981, c. 447, s. 6, eff. Jan. 9, 1982.
• Section 5:10-23 - Ecological Factors.
  23.It is the express intent of the Legislature that the authority in undertaking the meadowlands complex shall consult with the Department of Environmental Protection...
• Section 5:10-24 - Effect On Inconsistent Acts And Rules And Regulations Adopted Thereunder
  It is the intent of the Legislature that in the event of any conflict or inconsistency in the provisions of the act and any...
• Section 5:10-25 - Partial Invalidity
  If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of the act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such...
• Section 5:10-26 - Construction Of Act
  The act shall be construed liberally to effectuate the legislative intent and the purposes of the act as complete and independent authority for the...
• Section 5:10-27 - Legislative Findings And Declarations
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the general welfare of the people of the State will be promoted by the advancement of horse...
• Section 5:10-28 - Definitions
  As used in this act: a. "Additional projects" means the projects and purposes authorized by section 3 of this act. b. "Authority" means the...
• Section 5:10-29 - Garden State Racetrack; Acquisition, Operation, Maintenance, Repair, Reconstruction And Improvement; Feasibility Study; Additional Projects; Approval By Legislature
  The authority is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire, operate, maintain, repair, reconstruct, restore and improve as additional projects of the authority the Garden...
• Section 5:10-30 - Conduct Of Horse Race Meetings And Parimutuel Betting
  a. The authority is hereby authorized, licensed and empowered to apply to the racing commission for a permit or permits to hold and conduct,...
• Section 5:10-31 - Application Of New Jersey Sports And Exposition Authority Law
  Except as limited by this act, the authority may exercise with respect to the additional projects authorized under this act all the rights and...
• Section 5:10-32 - Application Of Revenues, Moneys Or Other Funds Derived From Operation Or Ownership Of Additional Projects
  Revenues, moneys or other funds, if any, derived from the operation or ownership of an additional project or projects, including the conduct of horse...
• Section 5:10-33 - Pledge To And Covenant With Holders Of Bonds Or Notes By State To Not Limit Or Alter Rights Or Powers Of Authority
  The State of New Jersey does hereby pledge to and covenant and agree with the holders of any bonds or notes issued pursuant to...
• Section 5:10-34 - Bonds Or Notes As Legal Investments And Authorized Security For Public Deposits
  The State and all public officers, governmental units and agencies thereof, all banks, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings...
• Section 5:10-35 - Tax Exemption; Property And Bonds Or Notes; Payments In-lieu-of-taxes To Municipalities
  a. All additional projects and other property of the authority are hereby declared to be public property devoted to an essential public and governmental...
• Section 5:10-36 - Enforcement Of Provisions Of Or Rules And Regulations Under This Act Over Conflicting Or Inconsistent Acts And Regulations
  It is the intent of the Legislature that in the event of any conflict or inconsistency in the provisions of this act and any...
• Section 5:10-37 - Severability
  If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such...
• Section 5:10-38 - Liberal Construction
• Section 5:10a-1 - Short Title.
  1.Sections 1 through 68 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-1 through C.5:10A-68) shall be known and may be cited as the "Hackensack Meadowlands Agency Consolidation Act."...
• Section 5:10a-2 - Findings, Declarations Relative To The "Hackensack Meadowlands Agency Consolidation Act."
  2.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.The New Jersey Meadowlands Commission is currently the zoning and planning agency for a 30.4 square-mile area covering...
• Section 5:10a-3 - Definitions Relative To The "Hackensack Meadowlands Agency Consolidation Act."
  3.As used in sections 1 through 68 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-1 et seq.): "Adjustment year" means the year in which the respective obligations of...
• Section 5:10a-4 - References Mean And Refer To The New Jersey Sports And Exposition Authority.
  4.On and after the effective date of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-1 et al.), any reference in any law, rule, regulation, order, contract, or document to...
• Section 5:10a-5 - Districts Delineated.
  5. a. Except as otherwise provided, the commission shall carry out the purposes of sections 1 through 68 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-1 et seq.)...
• Section 5:10a-6 - New Jersey Meadowlands Commission Dissolved.
  6.The New Jersey Meadowlands Commission, established pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1968, c.404 (C.13:17-5) is dissolved. All property, funds, and assets of the New...
• Section 5:10a-7 - Additional Powers Of Commission.
  7.In addition to any powers established pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1971, c.137 (C.5:10-5), the commission, as defined by section 4 of P.L.2015, c.19...
• Section 5:10a-8 - Notification To Municipalities Of Plans Of The Commission.
  8.Whenever the commission prepares plans for the development, redevelopment, or rezoning of, or for the construction or reconstruction of buildings or structures on land...
• Section 5:10a-9 - Submission To The Committee Prior To Final Action.
  9. a. The commission shall submit to the municipal committee established pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1968, c.404 (C.13:17-7) for review, prior to final...
• Section 5:10a-10 - Master Plan.
  10. a. After a public hearing and pursuant to the procedures hereinafter provided, the commission shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, and adopt...
• Section 5:10a-11 - Municipality; Authority To Approve, Reject Applications.
  11. a. A constituent municipality that adopts and maintains the commission's master plan, zoning regulations, codes, and standards shall review and approve or reject...
• Section 5:10a-12 - Municipalities Not Adopting Commission's Master Plan.
  12.For those municipalities that do not adopt the commission's master plan, zoning regulations, codes, and standards, the commission shall review and regulate subdivisions and...
• Section 5:10a-13 - Submission Of Applications For Subdivision, Site Plan, Or Building Permit.
  13. a. Pursuant to the commission's jurisdiction established in section 12 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-12), each application for a subdivision, site plan, or building...
• Section 5:10a-14 - Notification By Commission To Certain Municipalities.
  14.Whenever the commission receives an application for the development, improvement, or redevelopment of, or for the construction or reconstruction of buildings or structures on,...
• Section 5:10a-15 - Certification Of Approval Of Commission Required.
  15.The county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages shall not accept for filing any subdivision plat for lands in the district unless it...
• Section 5:10a-16 - Written Notice Of Hearing To Commission.
  16. a. Whenever notice and a hearing is required in any constituent municipality or affected county with respect to the adoption or amendment of...
• Section 5:10a-17 - Establishment Of Waiver Of Strict Compliance To Alleviate Hardship.
  17.The commission may establish provisions for the waiver, according to definite criteria, of strict compliance with the standards promulgated, when necessary to alleviate hardship....
• Section 5:10a-18 - Approval Required Prior To Construction, Alteration Of Building Or Structure; Violations, Fines, Civil Action.
  18. a. If any person constructs or alters any building or structure within the district, or directly causes the construction or alteration of any...
• Section 5:10a-19 - Safeguarding Of Environmental Resources Of District.
  19.In addition to any powers established pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1971, c.137 (C.5:10-5), and the powers established pursuant to section 7 of P.L.2015,...
• Section 5:10a-20 - Strategies, Funding For Flood Control In Infrastructure.
  20.The commission may develop strategies and seek funding for flood control infrastructure based on flood modeling for the district and surrounding areas. a.The commission...
• Section 5:10a-21 - Provision Of Solid Waste And Recycling Disposal Facilities.
  21.In providing the solid waste and recycling disposal facilities, the commission shall, prior to preparing any plans or specifications for such facilities, consult with...
• Section 5:10a-22 - Municipal Assistance Program Fund.
  22. a. In the event that surplus moneys become available from the operation of solid waste disposal facilities by the commission, which are not...
• Section 5:10a-23 - Declaration Of Area In Need.
  23. a. Pursuant to the procedure hereinafter provided, the commission shall have the exclusive power to declare the district, or any portion thereof, to...
• Section 5:10a-24 - Preparation, Adoption Of Redevelopment Plans.
  24. a. The commission shall prepare and adopt a redevelopment plan for each area in the district determined by the commission to be an...
• Section 5:10a-25 - Provisions Of Agreements, Leases, Deeds, Other Instruments.
  25.All agreements, leases, deeds, and other instruments between the commission and a redeveloper shall contain, at least, the following provisions: a.A covenant running with...
• Section 5:10a-26 - Issuance Of Negotiable Bonds And Notes.
  26.The commission may issue negotiable bonds and notes for any corporate purpose in accordance with the power provided to the commission in subsection g....
• Section 5:10a-27 - Bonds, Notes Not Deemed Debt Or Liability Of State.
  27.Except as otherwise provided by or pursuant to Section II of Article VIII of the State Constitution and approved by a majority of the...
• Section 5:10a-28 - Collaboration; Establishment Of Not-for-profit Organization.
  28. a. The commission shall collaborate with the Division of Travel and Tourism in the Department of State and the Meadowlands Convention and Visitors...
• Section 5:10a-29 - Acquisition Of Real Property.
  29.Subject to the limitations established in subsection m. of section 5 of P.L.1971, c.137 (C.5:10-5), if for any of its authorized purposes, including temporary...
• Section 5:10a-30 - Projects, Lands, Property Declared Public Property.
  30.All projects, lands, and other property of the commission are hereby declared to be public property devoted to an essential public and governmental function...
• Section 5:10a-31 - Flood Improvement Zones.
  31.The commission may form, within the district, flood improvement zones for any authorized purpose in order to levy special assessments against real estate located...
• Section 5:10a-32 - Division Of Land Into Classes.
  32. a. All land within the district shall be divided by the commission into three classes as follows: (1)Class one--Land owned by the State...
• Section 5:10a-33 - Procedure For Construction Of Improvements.
  33.If, in its judgment, public necessity or interest demands the construction of improvements which would benefit lands within an area in need, the commission...
• Section 5:10a-34 - Statement Showing Cost Of Improvement.
  34.The appropriate officer of the commission shall prepare a statement showing, in detail, the cost of the improvement proposed pursuant to section 33 of...
• Section 5:10a-35 - Hearing Relative To Improvement.
  35.The appropriate officer of the commission shall examine the estimated cost of the work of any improvement and view all lands benefited thereby and...
• Section 5:10a-36 - Assessments Levied.
  36.All assessments levied under section 35 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-35) for any improvement shall, in each case, be as nearly as may be in...
• Section 5:10a-37 - Damage Deducted From Amount Of Benefits Assessed.
  37.In addition to the making of assessments for benefits, the appropriate officer of the commission shall fix and determine the amount, if any, the...
• Section 5:10a-38 - Award For Damages.
  38.When owners of any property have been or shall have been awarded damages as incidental to any improvement undertaken pursuant to sections 1 through...
• Section 5:10a-39 - Certification Of Benefits, Awards.
  39.Assessments for benefits for any improvement together with any accompanying awards for incidental damages and all awards of damages for land or interests therein...
• Section 5:10a-40 - Consideration Of Report, Map; Adoption.
  40.The report submitted pursuant to section 39 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-39) may be considered by the commission at any meeting, notice whereof shall be...
• Section 5:10a-41 - Bills For Assessment.
  41.Immediately after the confirmation of any assessment, a duplicate thereof, duly certified by the commission, shall be delivered to the appropriate officer of the...
• Section 5:10a-42 - Special Assessments.
  42. a. Special assessments levied against land in class one shall be considered to be of general benefit to the entire district and areas...
• Section 5:10a-43 - Assessment For Improvement First Lien On Land.
  43.Every assessment for any improvement, together with interest thereon and all costs and charges connected therewith, shall be, upon authorization of the assessment by...
• Section 5:10a-44 - New Assessment.
  44.In all cases in which any assessment incident to any improvement has been set aside by a court of competent jurisdiction, and the improvement...
• Section 5:10a-45 - Refund Of Illegally Made Assessment.
  45.When any court of competent jurisdiction shall decide that any assessment has been illegally made, the commission shall refund the amount thereof, if the...
• Section 5:10a-46 - Payment Of Assessment In Installments.
  46.The commission may, by resolution, provide that the owner of any land, upon which any assessments for any improvement shall have been made, pay...
• Section 5:10a-47 - Sale Of Property To Enforce Lien.
  47.When any unpaid assessment, interest thereon, or other charges for collection thereof, remains in arrears on July 1 of the calendar year following the...
• Section 5:10a-48 - Appeal.
  48.The owner of any property assessed for benefits, or awarded damages incident to any improvement under sections 1 through 68 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-1...
• Section 5:10a-49 - Report To Governor, Legislature.
  49.The commission shall, in 2017, and every year thereafter, submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991,...
• Section 5:10a-50 - Laws Applicable.
  50.Except as provided in sections 1 through 68 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-1 through C.5:10A-68), the laws relating to the assessment and taxation of real...
• Section 5:10a-51 - List Of Owners Of Taxable Property; Locations.
  51. a. In preparing the list of owners of taxable property pursuant to R.S.54:4-24, the assessor of each constituent municipality shall indicate in the...
• Section 5:10a-52 - School District To Certify Resident Enrollment.
  52.On or before November 15 of the year of enactment of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-1 et al.), and on or before November 15 of each...
• Section 5:10a-53 - Establishment Of Intermunicipal Account.
  53. a. In the adjustment year of the year of enactment of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-1 et al.), and in each adjustment year thereafter, the...
• Section 5:10a-54 - Conditions For Nonpayment Of Adjustment.
  54.Notwithstanding the provision of any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, no constituent municipality shall pay out, or receive an adjustment payment for...
• Section 5:10a-55 - Computation Of Guarantee Payment.
  55. a. The guarantee payment payable by the intermunicipal account to each constituent municipality in any adjustment year shall be computed as follows: If...
• Section 5:10a-56 - Service Payment For School District Services.
  56.For school district services, the service payment payable by the intermunicipal account to a constituent municipality in any adjustment year shall be found by...
• Section 5:10a-57 - Apportionment Of Balance Of Payments.
  57. a. If, in any adjustment year, the amount payable to the constituent municipalities by the intermunicipal account for guarantee payments and school district...
• Section 5:10a-58 - Reduction Of Total Service Payment.
  58.If, in any adjustment year, the amount payable to the constituent municipalities by the intermunicipal account for guarantee payments and service payments exceeds the...
• Section 5:10a-59 - Meadowlands Adjustment Payment.
  59. a. On or before February 1 of the year of enactment of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-1 et al.) and on or before February 1...
• Section 5:10a-60 - Hackensack Meadowlands Tax Sharing Stabilization Fund.
  60.There is established the Hackensack Meadowlands Tax Sharing Stabilization Fund in the commission. The fund shall be comprised of revenues made available from interest...
• Section 5:10a-61 - Adoption Of Annual Budget.
  61.On or before January 1 of each year, the commission shall adopt an annual budget for the year, which shall include the following items...
• Section 5:10a-62 - Actions By Public Bodies To Aid, Cooperate.
  62.For the purpose of aiding and cooperating with the commission, including the planning, undertaking, construction, or operation of its activities, any public body may,...
• Section 5:10a-63 - Contracts, Apportionment Of Costs And Expenses.
  63. a. The commission may enter into contracts with one or more municipalities, counties, or other public agencies for the operation of public improvements,...
• Section 5:10a-64 - Examination By State Auditor.
  64.The State Auditor and his legally authorized representatives may, at any time, examine the accounts and books of the commission, including its receipts, disbursements,...
• Section 5:10a-65 - Additional Powers Of Commission.
  65.The commission may call to its assistance and avail itself of the services of such employees of any State department or agency, as it...
• Section 5:10a-66 - Addition, Alternate Method.
  66.Sections 1 through 68 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-1 through C.5:10A-68) shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for effectuating the purposes...
• Section 5:10a-67 - Severability.
  67.If the provisions of any section or clause of sections 1 through 68 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-1 through C.5:10A-68) or the application thereof to...
• Section 5:10a-68 - Payment Of Expenses.
  68.All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of sections 1 through 68 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-1 through C.5:10A-68) shall be payable from funds...
• Section 5:10a-69 - Short Title.
  69.Sections 69 through 81 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-69 through C.5:10A-81) shall be known and may be cited as the "Hackensack Meadowlands Transportation Planning District...
• Section 5:10a-70 - Findings, Declarations Relative To The "Hackensack Meadowlands Transportation Planning District Act Of 2015."
  70.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.Every day, residents of New Jersey confront congestion in some part of their day as they commute to...
• Section 5:10a-71 - Definitions Relative To The Transportation Planning District.
  71.As used in sections 69 through 81 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-69 through C.5:10A-81): "Allowable administrative costs" means expenses incurred by the commission or the...
• Section 5:10a-72 - Establishment Of Transportation Planning District.
  72. a. There is hereby established a transportation planning district which shall consist of those lands which comprise the Meadowlands District. The Meadowlands Transportation...
• Section 5:10a-73 - District Transportation Plan Goals, Policies, Needs, Improvement Priorities.
  73. a. The district transportation plan shall establish goals, policies, needs, and improvement priorities for all modes of transportation, including walking and bicycling, within...
• Section 5:10a-74 - Assessment, Collection Of Development Fees.
  74. a. After the adoption of the plan by the commission pursuant to subsection f. of section 73 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-73), the commission...
• Section 5:10a-75 - Assessment Of Development Fee At Time Of Issuance Of Zoning Approval.
  75. a. A development fee shall be assessed on a development at the time the applicable zoning approval is issued. Any development for which...
• Section 5:10a-76 - Enforcement Of Payments Due.
  76. a. The payments due to the commission, whether as a lump sum or as balances due when a series of payments is to...
• Section 5:10a-77 - Transportation Planning District Fund.
  77. a. A resolution adopted by the commission pursuant to section 74 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-74) shall provide for the establishment of a transportation...
• Section 5:10a-78 - Refund Of Certain Fees.
  78. a. Any fees collected, plus earned interest, not committed to a transportation project under a project agreement entered into under section 77 of...
• Section 5:10a-79 - Appeal.
  79.A person may appeal to the commission any decision made in connection with the reconsideration of a fee as authorized pursuant to subsection b....
• Section 5:10a-80 - Acceptance Of Loans.
  80.A transportation planning district may accept loans from any public or private source, including, but not limited to, the State Transportation Infrastructure Bank established...
• Section 5:10a-81 - Rules, Regulations.
  81. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to the contrary, the commission may, immediately upon filing...
• Section 5:10a-82 - Short Title.
  82.Sections 82 through 85 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-82 through C.5:10A-85) shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Meadowlands Tax Relief...
• Section 5:10a-83 - Findings, Declarations Relative To The "New Jersey Meadowlands Tax Relief Act."
  83.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.The New Jersey Meadowlands Commission is the zoning and planning agency for a 30.4-square-mile area along the Hackensack...
• Section 5:10a-84 - Definitions Relative To The "New Jersey Meadowlands Tax Relief Act."
  84.As used in sections 82 through 85 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-82 et seq.): "Commission" means the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, which may...
• Section 5:10a-85 - Meadowlands Regional Hotel Use Assessment.
  85. a. Beginning on the first day of the first month next following the enactment of P.L.2015 c.19 (C.5:10A-1 et al.), there is imposed...
• Section 5:12-1 - Short Title; Declaration Of Policy And Legislative Findings.
  1.Short title; Declaration of Policy and Legislative Findings. a.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Casino Control Act." b.The Legislature...
• Section 5:12-1.1 - References To Include "Casino Simulcasting Act"
  41. Any reference in the "Casino Control Act," P.L.1977, c.110 (C.5:12-1 et seq.) to "this act" or to "P.L.1977, c.110" shall be deemed to...
• Section 5:12-2 - Definitions.
  2.As used in this act, the words and terms have the meanings ascribed to them in P.L.1977, c.110 (C.5:12-1 et seq.), unless a different...
• Section 5:12-2.1 - "Affiliate"
  2. "Affiliate"--A person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the...
• Section 5:12-2.1a - "Annuity Jackpot."
  1."Annuity jackpot" - A slot machine jackpot offered by a casino licensee or multi-casino progressive slot machine system pursuant to which a patron wins...
• Section 5:12-2.2 - "Annuity Jackpot Guarantee."
  3."Annuity jackpot guarantee" -- A financial arrangement established in accordance with the rules of the division to assure that all payments that are due...
• Section 5:12-3 - "Applicant"
  "Applicant" --Any person who on his own behalf or on behalf of another has applied for permission to engage in any act or activity...
• Section 5:12-4 - "Application"
  "Application" --A written request for permission to engage in any act or activity which is regulated under the provisions of this act. L.1977, c....
• Section 5:12-4.1 - "Attorney"
  4. "Attorney"--Any attorney licensed to practice law in this State or any other jurisdiction, including an employee of a casino licensee. L.1995,c.18,s.4.
• Section 5:12-5 - "Authorized Game" Or "Authorized Gambling Game"
  5."Authorized Game" or "Authorized Gambling Game"-- Roulette, baccarat, blackjack, craps, big six wheel, slot machines, minibaccarat, red dog, pai gow, and sic bo; any...
• Section 5:12-5.2 - "Cash Equivalent Value."
  2."Cash equivalent value" -- The monetary value that a casino licensee shall assign to a jackpot or payout that consists of merchandise or any...
• Section 5:12-6 - "Casino" Or "Casino Room" Or "Licensed Casino."
  6."Casino" or "casino room" or "licensed casino" -- One or more locations or rooms in a casino hotel facility that have been approved by...
• Section 5:12-6.1 - "Casino Bankroll."
  7. "Casino bankroll" - Cash maintained in the casino, excluding any funds necessary for the normal operation of the casino, such as change banks,...
• Section 5:12-7 - "Casino Employee."
  7."Casino Employee"--Any natural person, not otherwise included in the definition of casino key employee, who is employed by a casino licensee, or a holding...
• Section 5:12-9 - "Casino Key Employee."
  9."Casino Key Employee"--Any natural person employed by a casino licensee or holding or intermediary company of a casino licensee, and involved in the operation...
• Section 5:12-10 - "Casino License"
  "Casino License"--Any license issued pursuant to this act which authorizes the holder thereof to own or operate a casino. L. 1977, c.110, s. 10;...
• Section 5:12-11 - "Casino Security Employee"
  11. "Casino security employee" -- Any natural person employed by a casino licensee or its agent to provide physical security in a casino, simulcasting...
• Section 5:12-12 - "Casino Service Industry Enterprise."
  12."Casino Service Industry Enterprise" -- Any vendor offering goods or services which directly relate to casino or gaming activity or Internet gaming activity, including...
• Section 5:12-13 - "Chairman" And "Commissioner" Or "Member"
  "Chairman" and "commissioner" or "member" --The chairman and any member of the Casino Control Commission, respectively. L.1977, c. 110, s. 13, eff. June 2,
• Section 5:12-14 - "Commission"
  "Commission" --The New Jersey Casino Control Commission. L.1977, c. 110, s. 14, eff. June 2, 1977.
• Section 5:12-14a - "Complimentary Service Or Item."
  2."Complimentary service or item" - A service or item provided at no cost or at a reduced price. The furnishing of a complimentary service...
• Section 5:12-14.1 - "Conservator"
  "Conservator" --A fiduciary appointed pursuant to the Article concerning Casino License Conservatorship in the Casino Control Act. L.1978, c. 7, s. 8, eff. March...
• Section 5:12-14.2 - "Conservatorship Action"
  "Conservatorship action" --An action brought pursuant to the Article concerning Casino License Conservatorship in the Casino Control Act for the appointment of a conservator....
• Section 5:12-14.2a - "Corporate Officer."
  11."Corporate Officer" - The chief executive officer, chief financial officer, chief operating officer, chief information officer, chief compliance officer, and chief legal officer of...
• Section 5:12-14.3 - "Creditor"
  "Creditor" --The holder of any claim, of whatever character, against a person, whether secured or unsecured, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, absolute, fixed...
• Section 5:12-14.4 - "Debt."
  4."Debt" -- Any legal liability, whether matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, absolute, fixed or contingent, including debt convertible into an equity security which...
• Section 5:12-15 - "Director"
  "Director" --The Director of the Division of Gaming Enforcement. L.1977, c. 110, s. 15, eff. June 2, 1977.
• Section 5:12-16 - "Division"
  "Division" --The Division of Gaming Enforcement. L.1977, c. 110, s. 16, eff. June 2, 1977.
• Section 5:12-16.1 - "Encumbrance"
  "Encumbrance" --A mortgage, security interest, lien or charge of any nature in or upon property. L.1978, c. 7, s. 5, eff. March 17, 1978.
• Section 5:12-17 - "Equal Employment Opportunity"
  "Equal employment opportunity" --Equality in opportunity for employment by any person licensed pursuant to the provisions of this act. L.1977, c. 110, s. 17,...
• Section 5:12-18 - "Equity Security"
  "Equity security" --(a) Any voting stock of a corporation, or similar security; (b) any security which has been converted, with or without consideration, into...
• Section 5:12-19 - "Establishment"
  19. "Establishment" or "casino hotel" or "casino hotel facility" -- A single building, or two or more buildings which are physically connected in a...
• Section 5:12-20 - "Family."
  20."Family" - Spouse, domestic partner, partner in a civil union, parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren, siblings, uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces, fathers-in-law, mothers-in-law, daughters-in-law, sons-in-law, brothers-in-law...
• Section 5:12-21 - "Game" Or "Gambling Game"
  21. "Game" or "gambling game" -- Any banking or percentage game located within the casino or simulcasting facility played with cards, dice, tiles, dominoes,...
• Section 5:12-22 - "Gaming" Or "Gambling"
  "Gaming" or "gambling" --The dealing, operating, carrying on, conducting, maintaining or exposing for pay of any game. L.1977, c. 110, s. 22, eff. June...
• Section 5:12-95.22a - Severability.
  4.If any provision of this act, P.L.2014, c.23, amending section 1 of P.L.2013, c.27 (C.5:12-95.17), section 20 of P.L.2013, c.27 (C.5:12-95.22), and section 100...
• Section 5:12-23 - "Gaming Device" Or "Gaming Equipment"
  "Gaming device" or "gaming equipment" --Any electronic, electrical, or mechanical contrivance or machine used in connection with gaming or any game. L.1977, c. 110,...
• Section 5:12-24 - "Gross Revenue."
  24."Gross Revenue"-- The total of all sums actually received by a casino licensee from gaming operations, less only the total of all sums actually...
• Section 5:12-25 - "Hearing Examiner."
  25."Hearing examiner" - The director, a commissioner or other person authorized by the director or the commission to conduct hearings. L.1977, c.110, s.25; amended...
• Section 5:12-26 - "Holding Company."
  26."Holding company" --Any corporation, association, firm, partnership, trust or other form of business organization not a natural person which, directly or indirectly, owns, has...
• Section 5:12-27 - "Hotel" Or "Approved Hotel."
  27."Hotel" or "approved hotel" -- A single building, or two or more buildings which are physically connected in a manner deemed appropriate by the...
• Section 5:12-27a - "Independent Software Contractor."
  2."Independent software contractor" - A person or entity not employed directly by a casino service industry enterprise who, pursuant to an agreement with the...
• Section 5:12-27.1 - "Institutional Investor."
  11."Institutional investor" - Any retirement fund administered by a public agency for the exclusive benefit of federal, State, or local public employees; investment company...
• Section 5:12-28 - "Intermediary Company."
  28."Intermediary company" --Any corporation, association, firm, partnership, trust or any other form of business organization other than a natural person which: a.Is a holding...
• Section 5:12-28.1 - "Internet Gaming."
  5."Internet gaming" means the placing of wagers with a casino licensee at a casino located in Atlantic City using a computer network of both...
• Section 5:12-28.2 - "Internet Gaming Gross Revenue."
  6."Internet gaming gross revenue" means the total of all sums actually received by a casino licensee from Internet gaming operations, less only the total...
• Section 5:12-29 - Junket
  "Junket"--An arrangement the purpose of which is to induce any person, selected or approved for participation therein on the basis of his ability to...
• Section 5:12-29.1 - "Junket Enterprise"
  3. "Junket enterprise" -- Any person, other than the holder of or an applicant for a casino license, who employs or otherwise engages the...
• Section 5:12-29.2 - "Junket Representative"
  4. "Junket representative"--Any natural person who negotiates the terms of, or engages in the referral, procurement or selection of persons who may participate in,...
• Section 5:12-30 - "License"
  "License" --Any license required by this act. L.1977, c. 110, s. 30, eff. June 2, 1977.
• Section 5:12-31 - "License Or Registration Fee"
  "License or Registration Fee" --Any moneys required by law to be paid for the issuance or renewal of a casino license, or any other...
• Section 5:12-32 - "Licensed Casino Operation"
  "Licensed casino operation" --Any casino licensed pursuant to the provisions of this act. L.1977, c. 110, s. 32, eff. June 2, 1977.
• Section 5:12-33 - "Licensee"
  "Licensee" --Any person who is licensed under any of the provisions of this act. L.1977, c. 110, s. 33, eff. June 2, 1977. 5:12-33a...
• Section 5:12-33.1 - "Multi-casino Progressive Slot Machine System."
  3."Multi-casino progressive slot machine system"- A slot machine gaming system approved by the commission pursuant to which a common progressive slot machine jackpot is...
• Section 5:12-34 - "Operation"
  "Operation" --The conduct of gaming as herein defined. L.1977, c. 110, s. 34, eff. June 2, 1977.
• Section 5:12-35 - "Operation Certificate."
  35."Operation certificate" - A certificate issued by the division which certifies that operation of a casino and, if applicable, a simulcasting facility conforms to...
• Section 5:12-36 - "Party."
  36."Party" --The division, or any licensee, registrant, or applicant, or any person appearing of record for any licensee, registrant, or applicant in any proceeding...
• Section 5:12-37 - "Person"
  "Person" --Any corporation, association, operation, firm, partnership, trust or other form of business association, as well as a natural person. L.1977, c. 110, s....
• Section 5:12-38a - "Promotional Gaming Credit."
  1."Promotional gaming credit" - A slot machine credit or other item approved by the division that is issued by a licensee to a patron...
• Section 5:12-38.1 - "Property"
  "Property" --Real property, tangible and intangible personal property, and rights, claims and franchises of every nature. L.1978, c. 7, s. 6, eff. March 17,
• Section 5:12-39 - "Publicly Traded Corporation."
  39."Publicly traded corporation" --Any corporation or other legal entity, except a natural person, which: a.Has one or more classes of security registered pursuant to...
• Section 5:12-40 - "Registration"
  "Registration" --Any requirement other than one which requires a license as a prerequisite to conduct a particular business as specified by this act. L.1977,...
• Section 5:12-41 - "Registrant"
  "Registrant" --Any person who is registered pursuant to the provisions of this act. L.1977, c. 110, s. 41, eff. June 2, 1977.
• Section 5:12-42 - "Regulated Complimentary Service Account"
  "Regulated complimentary service account" --An account maintained by a casino licensee on a regular basis which itemizes complimentary services and includes, without limitation, a...
• Section 5:12-42.1 - "Resident"
  "Resident" --Any person who occupies a dwelling within the State, has a present intent to remain within the State for a period of time,...
• Section 5:12-43 - "Respondent"
  "Respondent" --Any person against whom a complaint has been filed or a written request for information served. L.1977, c. 110, s. 43, eff. June...
• Section 5:12-43.1 - "Restricted Casino Areas."
  3."Restricted Casino Areas"--The cashier's cage, the soft count room, the hard count room, the slot cage booths and runway areas, the interior of table...
• Section 5:12-44 - "Security."
  44."Security" --Any instrument evidencing a direct or indirect beneficial ownership or creditor interest in a corporation or other form of business organization, including but...
• Section 5:12-44.1 - "Simulcasting Facility"
  21. "Simulcasting facility"--A facility established in a casino hotel pursuant to section 4 of the "Casino Simulcasting Act," P.L.1992, c.19 (C.5:12-194). L.1992,c.19,s.21.
• Section 5:12-45 - "Slot Machine."
  45."Slot machine"--Any mechanical, electrical or other device, contrivance or machine which, upon insertion of a coin, token or similar object therein, or upon payment...
• Section 5:12-45.1 - "Slot System Agreement."
  4."Slot system agreement" - A written agreement governing the operation and administration of a multi-casino progressive slot machine system that is approved by the...
• Section 5:12-45.2 - "Slot System Operator."
  5."Slot system operator" - Any person designated in a slot system agreement as being responsible for the operation and administration of a multi-casino progressive...
• Section 5:12-45.3 - "State Of Emergency."
  23. "State of emergency" - Any emergency situation, including the failure to enact a general appropriation law by the deadline prescribed by Article VIII,...
• Section 5:12-46 - "Statement Of Compliance."
  46."Statement of compliance" --A statement by the commission, upon the input of the division, which may be issued to an applicant for a casino...
• Section 5:12-47 - "Subsidiary"
  "Subsidiary" --a. Any corporation, any significant part of whose outstanding equity securities are owned, subject to a power or right of control, or held...
• Section 5:12-47.2 - "Transfer"
  "Transfer" --The sale and every other method, direct or indirect, of disposing of or parting with property or with an interest therein, or with...
• Section 5:12-49 - Words And Terms: Tense, Number And Gender
  49.Words and terms: tense, number and gender. In construing the provisions of this act, save when otherwise plainly declared or clearly apparent from the...
• Section 5:12-50 - Creation Of Casino Control Commission; Number Of Members.
  50.Creation of Casino Control Commission; number of members. a.The New Jersey Casino Control Commission, consisting of five members, is hereby created in, but not...
• Section 5:12-51 - Members Of The Commission; Qualifications And Eligibility.
  51.Members of the Commission; Qualifications and Eligibility. a.Each member of the commission shall be a citizen of the United States and a resident of...
• Section 5:12-52 - Appointment And Terms Of Commission Members.
  52. a. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2011, c.19) b.(Deleted by amendment, P.L.2011, c.19) c. (1) The commission shall, pursuant to subsection a. of section 50...
• Section 5:12-53 - Compensation Of Members.
  53.Compensation of members. Each member of the commission shall receive an annual salary to be fixed and established by the Governor at an amount...
• Section 5:12-54 - Organization And Employees.
  54.Organization and Employees. a. The commission may establish, and from time to time alter, such plan of organization as it may deem expedient, and...
• Section 5:12-54.1 - Restrictions On Certain Contributions.
  125. A member of the Casino Control Commission and any employee of the commission holding a supervisory or policy-making management position, and the Director...
• Section 5:12-55 - Division Of Gaming Enforcement.
  55.Division of gaming enforcement. There is hereby established in the Department of Law and Public Safety the Division of Gaming Enforcement. The division shall...
• Section 5:12-56 - Organization And Employees
  a. The Attorney General shall organize the work of the division in such bureaus and other organizational units as he may determine to be...
• Section 5:12-57 - Expenses; Limits
  The division may incur expenses within the limits of funds available to it. L.1977, c. 110, s. 57, eff. June 2, 1977.
• Section 5:12-58 - Restrictions On Pre-employment By Commissioners, Commission Employees And Division Employees And Agents.
  58.Restrictions on Pre-Employment by Commissioners, Commission Employees and Division Employees and Agents. a.Deleted by amendment. b.No person shall be appointed to or employed by...
• Section 5:12-59 - Employment Restrictions On Commissioners, Commission Employees And Division Employees.
  59.Employment Restrictions on Commissioners, Commission Employees and Division Employees. a.The "New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law," P.L.1971, c.182 (C.52:13D-12 et seq.) shall apply to...
• Section 5:12-60 - Post-employment Restrictions.
  60.Post-employment restrictions. a.No member of the commission nor the division director shall hold any direct or indirect interest in, or be employed by, any...
• Section 5:12-61 - Applicant And Licensee Liability For Violations.
  61. a. No applicant or person or organization licensed by or registered under this act shall employ or offer to employ, or provide, transfer...
• Section 5:12-62 - Enforcement.
  62. Enforcement. a.The State Ethics Commission, established pursuant to the "New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law," P.L.1971, c.182 (C.52:13D-12 et seq.) shall enforce the...
• Section 5:12-63 - Duties Of The Commission.
  63.Duties of the Commission. (1) The Casino Control Commission shall have the following responsibilities under this act: a.To hear and decide promptly and in...
• Section 5:12-66 - Investigative Hearings.
  66.Investigative hearings. The division shall have the authority to conduct investigative hearings concerning the conduct of gaming and gaming operations as well as the...
• Section 5:12-68 - Collection Of Fees, Penalties Or Tax.
  68.Collection of Fees, Penalties or Tax. At any time within five years after any amount of fees, interest, penalties or tax required to be...
• Section 5:12-69 - Regulations.
  69.Regulations. a. The division shall be authorized to adopt, amend, or repeal such regulations, consistent with the policy and objectives of this act, as...
• Section 5:12-70 - Required Regulations.
  70.Required Regulations. a. The division shall, without limitation include the following specific provisions in its regulations in accordance with the provisions of this act:...
• Section 5:12-71 - Regulation Requiring Exclusion Of Certain Persons.
  71.Regulation Requiring Exclusion of Certain Persons. a. The division shall, by regulation, provide for the establishment of a list of persons who are to...
• Section 5:12-71.1 - Exclusion, Ejection Of Certain Persons
  40. A casino licensee may exclude or eject from its casino hotel any person who is known to it to have been convicted of...
• Section 5:12-71.2 - List Of Persons Self-excluded From Gaming Activities.
  1. a. The division shall provide by regulation for the establishment of a list of persons self-excluded from gaming activities at all licensed casinos...
• Section 5:12-71.3 - Penalties For Gaming By Prohibited Persons.
  2. a. A person who is prohibited from gaming in a licensed casino or simulcasting facility by any provision of P.L.1977, c.110 (C.5:12-1 et...
• Section 5:12-72 - Commission Reports And Recommendations.
  72.Commission reports and recommendations. The commission, in consultation with the division, shall carry on a continuous study of the operation and administration of casino...
• Section 5:12-73 - Meetings And Quorum.
  73.Meetings and Quorum. a.Meetings of the commission will be held at the discretion of the chairman at such times and places as he may...
• Section 5:12-74 - Minutes And Records.
  74.Minutes and Records. a. The Executive Secretary of the commission shall cause to be made and kept a record and verbatim transcripts of all...
• Section 5:12-74.1 - Information, Data Deemed Confidential; Exceptions.
  43. a. Except as otherwise provided in this act, all information and data required by the division or commission to be furnished pursuant to...
• Section 5:12-75 - Powers Not Enumerated.
  75.The commission and the division may exercise any proper power or authority necessary to perform the duties assigned to each entity by law, and...
• Section 5:12-76 - General Duties And Powers.
  76.General Duties and Powers. The Division of Gaming Enforcement shall have the general responsibility for the implementation of P.L.1977, c.110 (C.5:12-1 et seq.), and...
• Section 5:12-76.1 - Internet Gambling Public Awareness Campaign.
  1. a. The Director of the Division of Gaming Enforcement, in consultation with the Casino Control Commission, shall establish an Internet gambling public awareness...
• Section 5:12-77 - Law Enforcement Powers, Responsibilities
  77. The division is a law enforcement agency, and its employees and agents shall have such law enforcement powers as may be delegated to...
• Section 5:12-78 - Cooperation By Licensees, Registrants Or Applicants
  Each licensee or registrant, or applicant for a license or registration under this act shall cooperate with the division in the performance of its...
• Section 5:12-79 - Inspection, Seizure And Warrants
  79. a. The division and its employees and agents, upon approval of the director, shall have the authority, without notice and without warrant: (1)...
• Section 5:12-80 - General Provisions.
  80.General Provisions. a. It shall be the affirmative responsibility of each applicant and licensee to establish by clear and convincing evidence his individual qualifications,...
• Section 5:12-80.1 - Pilot Program For Issuance Of Additional Types Of Casino Licenses.
  1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1977, c.110 (C.5:12-1 et seq.) to the contrary, the Casino Control Commission shall establish a pilot program under...
• Section 5:12-80.2 - Increase Of Casino Space By Small-scale, Staged Casino Facility; Special Amenities.
  2. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1977, c.110 (C.5:12-1 et seq.) to the contrary, a small-scale casino facility and a staged casino facility licensed...
• Section 5:12-81 - Statement Of Compliance.
  81.Statement of compliance. a. (1) Upon consideration of a report and recommendation of the division, the commission may, in its discretion, issue a statement...
• Section 5:12-82 - Casino License - Applicant Eligibility.
  82. a. No casino shall operate unless all necessary licenses and approvals therefor have been obtained in accordance with law. b.Only the following persons...
• Section 5:12-83 - Approved Hotel.
  83. a. An approved hotel for purposes of this act shall be a hotel providing facilities in accordance with this section. Nothing in this...
• Section 5:12-84 - Casino License - Applicant Requirements.
  84.Casino License--Applicant Requirements. Any applicant for a casino license must produce information, documentation and assurances concerning the following qualification criteria: a.Each applicant shall produce...
• Section 5:12-85 - Additional Requirements.
  85.Additional Requirements. a.In addition to other information required by this act, a corporation or other form of business organization applying for a casino license...
• Section 5:12-85.1 - Qualifications For Issuance Of Casino License.
  50. a. No casino license shall be issued to any applicant or retained by any holder unless the commission determines that all persons designated...
• Section 5:12-85.2 - Applicability Of Act.
  51. The provisions of this act shall apply to the extent appropriate with the same force and effect with regard to casino license applicants...
• Section 5:12-86 - Casino License - Disqualification Criteria.
  86.Casino License--Disqualification Criteria. The commission shall deny a casino license to any applicant who is disqualified on the basis of any of the following...
• Section 5:12-87 - Investigation Of Applicants For Casino Licenses; Report, Recommendation.
  87. a. Upon the filing of an application for a casino license and such supplemental information as the commission or division may require, and...
• Section 5:12-87.1 - Submission Of Documentation, Information By Licensee.
  54. No later than five years after the date of the issuance of a license pursuant to section 87 of P.L.1977, c.110 (C.5:12-87) and...
• Section 5:12-89 - Licensing Of Casino Key Employees.
  89.Licensing of Casino Key Employees. a. No casino licensee or a holding or intermediary company of a casino licensee may employ any person as...
• Section 5:12-91 - Registration Of Casino Employees.
  91.Registration of Casino Employees. a. No person may commence employment as a casino employee unless such person has a valid registration on file with...
• Section 5:12-91.1 - Endorsement As Multi-casino Employee.
  57. Upon the joint petition of two or more affiliated casino licensees, a registered casino employee or licensed casino key employee who is employed...
• Section 5:12-92 - Licensing Of Casino Service Industry Enterprises.
  92.Licensing of casino service industry enterprises. a. (1) Any business to be conducted with a casino applicant or licensee by a vendor offering goods...
• Section 5:12-93 - Registration Of Labor Organizations.
  93.Registration of Labor Organizations. a. Each labor organization, union or affiliate seeking to represent employees who are employed in a casino hotel, casino or...
• Section 5:12-94 - Approval And Denial Of Registrations And Licenses Other Than Casino Licenses.
  94. a. Upon the filing of an application for a casino key employee license required by this act, other than a casino license, and...
• Section 5:12-95 - Renewal Of Licenses And Registrations.
  95.Renewal of Licenses and Registrations. Subject to the power of the commission to deny, revoke or suspend any license or registration, any license other...
• Section 5:12-95.12 - Applicability And Requirements
  Applicability and Requirements. a. Except as provided in subsection b. of this section, whenever any person contracts to transfer any property relating to an...
• Section 5:12-95.13 - Commission Consideration Of Request For Interim Casino Authorization
  4. Commission Consideration of Request for Interim Casino Authorization. a. The commission may grant interim authorization where it finds by clear and convincing evidence...
• Section 5:12-95.14 - Provisions And Application Of Trust Agreement
  Provisions and Application of Trust Agreement. a. (1) Where the applicant is not required to obtain a casino license, the trust agreement filed pursuant...
• Section 5:12-95.15 - Obligations And Responsibilities
  Obligations and Responsibilities. During the period of interim authorization, the commission and the division shall continue such procedures as are provided by the "Casino...
• Section 5:12-95.16 - Time For Determining Qualification
  Time for Determining Qualification. Within nine months after a grant or denial of interim authorization, which period may be extended by the commission for...
• Section 5:12-95.17 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Internet Gaming In Atlantic City Casinos, Facilities.
  1.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.The 1976 amendment to the New Jersey Constitution that amended Article IV, Section VII, paragraph 2 thereof, and...
• Section 5:12-95.18 - Reports Regarding The Impact Of Gaming Through The Internet.
  8.Reports regarding the impact of gaming through the Internet. The division shall annually cause a report to be prepared and distributed to the Governor...
• Section 5:12-95.19 - Annual Tax On Internet Gaming Gross Revenues.
  17.There is hereby imposed an annual tax on Internet gaming gross revenues in the amount of 15% of such gross revenues which shall be...
• Section 5:12-95.20 - Federal Law Applicable.
  18.Internet gaming in this State shall be subject to the provisions of, and preempted and superseded by, any applicable federal law. Internet gaming in...
• Section 5:12-95.21 - Permit Required To Conduct Internet Gaming.
  19. a. No Internet gaming shall be opened to the public, and no gaming, except for test purposes, may be conducted therein, until a...
• Section 5:12-95.22 - Location Of Primary Internet Gaming Operation.
  20. a. A casino's primary Internet gaming operation, including facilities, equipment and personnel who are directly engaged in the conduct of Internet gaming activity,...
• Section 5:12-95.23 - Conditions For Acceptance Of Internet Wagers.
  21.A casino licensee may accept Internet gaming account wagers only as follows: a.The account wager shall be placed directly with the casino licensee by...
• Section 5:12-95.24 - Disposition Of Inactive, Dormant Accounts.
  22.All amounts remaining in Internet gaming accounts inactive or dormant for such period and under such conditions as established by regulation by the division...
• Section 5:12-95.25 - Assistance To People With Gambling Problem.
  23.A casino licensee shall: a.cause the words "If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call 1-800 GAMBLER," or...
• Section 5:12-95.26 - Offering Of Internet Gaming Without Approval, Fourth Degree Crime; Fines.
  24.Any person who offers games into play or displays such games through Internet gaming without approval of the division to do so is guilty...
• Section 5:12-95.27 - Tampering With Equipment, Third Degree Crime; Fines.
  25. a. Notwithstanding section 46 of P.L.1991, c.182 (C.5:12-113.1), any person who knowingly tampers with software, computers or other equipment used to conduct Internet...
• Section 5:12-95.28 - Tampering Affecting Odds, Payout, Third Degree Crime; Fines.
  26. a. Any person who knowingly offers or allows to be offered any Internet game that has been tampered with in a way that...
• Section 5:12-95.29 - Annual Fees For Issuance, Renewal Of Internet Gaming Permits.
  27. a. The division shall, by regulation, establish annual fees for the issuance or renewal of Internet gaming permits. The issuance fee shall be...
• Section 5:12-95.30 - Facilities Permitted To Conduct Internet Gaming; Violations, Penalties.
  28.No organization or commercial enterprise, other than a casino located in Atlantic City or its Internet gaming affiliate that has been issued a permit...
• Section 5:12-95.31 - Acceptance Of Certain Out-of-state Wagers.
  29.Notwithstanding any other provision of P.L.2013, c.27 (C.5:12-95.17 et al.), wagers may be accepted thereunder from persons who are not physically present in this...
• Section 5:12-95.32 - "Internet Gaming Affiliate."
  33. As used in P.L.1977, c.110 (C.5:12-1 et seq.), as amended and supplemented, "Internet gaming affiliate" means a business entity licensed under that act...
• Section 5:12-95.33 - Determination Of Date Law Becomes Operative, Expires.
  36. a. The Division of Gaming Enforcement shall select the date upon which the provisions of P.L.2013, c.27 (C.5:12-95.17 et al.) shall become operative...
• Section 5:12-96 - Operation Certificate.
  96.Operation Certificate. a. Notwithstanding the issuance of a license therefor, no casino or simulcasting facility may be opened or remain open to the public,...
• Section 5:12-97 - Hours Of Operation.
  97.Hours of Operation. a. Each casino licensed pursuant to this act shall be permitted to operate 24 hours a day unless otherwise directed by...
• Section 5:12-98 - Casino Facility Requirements.
  98. a. Each casino licensee shall arrange the facilities of its casino and, if appropriate, its simulcasting facility in such a manner as to...
• Section 5:12-99 - Internal Controls.
  99.Internal Controls. a. Each applicant for a casino license shall create, maintain, and file with the division a description of its internal procedures and...
• Section 5:12-100 - Games And Gaming Equipment.
  100. a. This act shall not be construed to permit any gaming except the conduct of authorized games in a casino room or through...
• Section 5:12-100.1 - Right To Receive Annuity Jackpot Payments.
  4. a. The right of any annuity jackpot winner to receive annuity jackpot payments from a slot system operator shall not be assignable, except...
• Section 5:12-100.2 - Prompt Notice Of Award Of Annuity Jackpot; Offset, Lien For Child Support Arrearages.
  5. a. Each slot system operator that awards an annuity jackpot shall provide prompt notice to the division of the name, address and social...
• Section 5:12-101 - Credit.
  101. a. Except as otherwise provided in this section, no casino licensee or any person licensed under this act, and no person acting on...
• Section 5:12-101.1 - Accounts Established, Limitations
  No casino licensee or any person licensed under P.L. 1977, c. 110 (C. 5:12-1 et seq.), and no person acting on behalf of or...
• Section 5:12-101.2 - Cash Redemption, Limited.
  2.No casino licensee or any person licensed or registered under P.L.1977, c.110 (C.5:12-1 et seq.), and no person acting on behalf of or under...
• Section 5:12-101.3 - Report Of Cash Transactions.
  3.Casino licensees, persons licensed or registered under P.L.1977, c.110 (C.5:12-1 et seq.) and persons acting on behalf of or under any arrangement with casino...
• Section 5:12-102 - Junkets And Complimentary Services.
  102. Junkets and Complimentary Services. a.No junkets may be organized or permitted except in accordance with the provisions of this act. No person may...
• Section 5:12-103 - Alcoholic Beverages In Casino Hotel Facilities.
  103. Alcoholic Beverages in Casino Hotel Facilities. a.Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the authority to grant any license for, or to permit or...
• Section 5:12-104 - Casino Licensees, Leases And Contracts
  104. a. Unless otherwise provided in this subsection, no agreement shall be lawful which provides for the payment, however defined, of any direct or...
• Section 5:12-105 - Disposition Of Securities By Corporate Licensee.
  105. Disposition of Securities by Corporate Licensee. a. The sale, assignment, transfer, pledge or other disposition of any security issued by a corporation which...
• Section 5:12-106 - Casino Employment.
  106. Casino Employment. a. A casino licensee shall not appoint or employ in a position requiring a casino key employee license or a casino...
• Section 5:12-107 - Conduct Of Hearings; Rules Of Evidence; Punishment Of Contempts.
  107. Conduct of Hearings; Rules of Evidence; Punishment of Contempts. a. The commission shall promulgate regulations for the conduct of hearings it is authorized...
• Section 5:12-108 - Proceedings Against Licensees
  a. Any proceeding against a licensee or registrant shall be brought on by written complaint, which shall include a statement setting forth in ordinary...
• Section 5:12-109 - Emergency Orders.
  109. Notwithstanding any provisions of this article, the director may issue an emergency order for the suspension, limitation or conditioning of any operation certificate...
• Section 5:12-110 - Judicial Review.
  110. a. The division or any person aggrieved by a final decision or order of the commission made after hearing or rehearing by the...
• Section 5:12-111 - Penalties For Willful Evasion Of Payment Of License Fees, Other Acts And Omissions.
  111. Penalties for Willful Evasion of Payment of License Fees, Other Acts and Omissions. Any person who willfully fails to report, pay or truthfully...
• Section 5:12-112 - Unlicensed Casino Gambling Games Unlawful; Penalties.
  112. Unlicensed Casino Gambling Games Unlawful; Penalties. a.Any person who violates the provisions of section 80 or 82 or of Article 7 of this...
• Section 5:12-113 - Swindling And Cheating; Penalties.
  113. Swindling and Cheating; Penalties. a.A person is guilty of swindling and cheating if the person purposely or knowingly by any trick or sleight...
• Section 5:12-113.1 - Use Of Certain Devices In Playing Games, Grading Of Offense; Forfeiture Of Devices.
  46. a. A person commits a third degree offense if, in playing a game in a licensed casino or simulcasting facility, the person uses,...
• Section 5:12-114 - Unlawful Use Of Bogus Chips Or Gaming Billets, Marked Cards, Dice, Cheating Devices, Unlawful Coins; Penalty.
  114. Unlawful Use of Bogus Chips or Gaming Billets, Marked Cards, Dice, Cheating Devices, Unlawful Coins; Penalty. a. It shall be unlawful for any...
• Section 5:12-115 - Cheating Games And Devices In A Licensed Casino; Penalty.
  115. Cheating Games and Devices in a Licensed Casino; Penalty. a. It shall be unlawful: (1)Knowingly to conduct, carry on, operate, deal or allow...
• Section 5:12-116 - Unlawful Possession Of Device, Equipment Or Other Material Illegally Manufactured, Distributed, Sold Or Serviced.
  116. Unlawful possession of device, equipment or other material illegally manufactured, distributed, sold or serviced. Any person who possesses any device, equipment or material...
• Section 5:12-117 - Employment Without License Or Registration; Penalty.
  117. Employment Without License or Registration; Penalty. a. Any person who, without obtaining the requisite license or registration as provided in this act, works...
• Section 5:12-117.1 - Persons Prohibited From Accepting Employment; Violation; Crime Of Fourth Degree.
  5. a. No applicant or person or organization licensed by or registered with the commission or division shall employ or offer to employ any...
• Section 5:12-118 - Regulations Requiring Exclusion Or Rejection Of Certain Persons From Licensed Casinos; Unlawful Entry By Person Whose Name Has Been Placed On List; Penalty.
  118. Regulations Requiring Exclusion or Rejection of Certain Persons from Licensed Casinos; Unlawful Entry by Person Whose Name Has Been Placed on List; Penalty....
• Section 5:12-119 - Gaming By Certain Persons Prohibited; Penalties; Defenses.
  119. Gaming by Certain Persons Prohibited; Penalties; Defenses. a.No person under the age at which a person is authorized to purchase and consume alcoholic...
• Section 5:12-120 - Prohibited Political Contributions; Penalty.
  120. Prohibited Political Contributions; Penalty. Any person who makes or causes to be made a political contribution prohibited by the provisions of this act...
• Section 5:12-121 - Authority Of Gaming Licensee And Agents To Detain Or Question Persons; Immunity From Liability; Posted Notice Required.
  121. Authority of Gaming Licensee and Agents to Detain or Question Persons; Immunity from Liability; Posted Notice Required. a.Any licensee or its officers, employees...
• Section 5:12-122 - Other Offenses; General Penalty
  Any person who violates any provision of this act the penalty for which is not specifically fixed in this act is guilty of a...
• Section 5:12-123 - Continuing Offenses
  Continuing Offenses. a. A violation of any of the provisions of this act which is an offense of a continuing nature shall be deemed...
• Section 5:12-124 - Exemption From Gambling Statutes
  Exemption from Gambling Statutes. The provisions of N.J.S. 2A:40-1 shall not apply to any person who, as a licensee operating pursuant to the provisions...
• Section 5:12-125 - Racketeer-influenced And Corrupt Organizations--definitions
  For purposes of this section and sections 126 through 129: a. "Racketeering activity" means (1) any act or threat involving murder, kidnaping, gambling, arson,...
• Section 5:12-126 - Prohibited Activities.
  126. a. It shall be unlawful for any person who has received any income derived, directly or indirectly, from a pattern of racketeering activity...
• Section 5:12-127 - Civil Remedies
  a. The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction to prevent and restrain violations of section 126 of this act by issuing appropriate orders, including, but...
• Section 5:12-128 - Civil Investigative Demand
  a. Whenever the Attorney General has reason to believe that any person or enterprise may be in possession, custody, or control of any documentary...
• Section 5:12-129 - Supplemental Sanctions.
  129. Supplemental Sanctions. a.In addition to any penalty, fine or term of imprisonment authorized by law, the division shall, after appropriate hearings and factual...
• Section 5:12-129.1 - Report Of Suspicious Transaction.
  1.The holder of any license issued under P.L.1977, c.110 (C.5:12-1 et seq.), or any person acting on behalf thereof, shall file a report of...
• Section 5:12-129.2 - Failure To File Report, Sanctions.
  2.Any person required by section 1 of P.L.1999, c.352 (C.5:12-129.1) to file a report of a suspicious transaction who knowingly fails to file a...
• Section 5:12-129.3 - Record Of Reports.
  3.The Division of Gaming Enforcement shall maintain a record of all reports made pursuant to P.L.1999, c.352 (C.5:12-129.1 et al.) for a period of...
• Section 5:12-129.4 - Rules, Regulations.
  4.The Director of the Division of Gaming Enforcement shall promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.),...
• Section 5:12-129.5 - Notification To Person Involved In Transaction Prohibited, Fourth Degree Crime.
  5.Any person who is required to file a report of a suspicious transaction pursuant to the provisions of section 1 of P.L.1999, c.352 (C.5:12-129.1)...
• Section 5:12-129.6 - Immunity From Civil Liability.
  6.Any person who is required to file a report of a suspicious transaction pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1999, c.352 (C.5:12-129.1 et al.) who...
• Section 5:12-130 - Impositions Of Sanctions - Standards.
  130. In considering appropriate sanctions in a particular case, the division shall consider: a.The risk to the public and to the integrity of gaming...
• Section 5:12-130.1 - Institution Of Conservatorship And Appointment Of Conservators.
  31.Institution of Conservatorship and Appointment of Conservators. a.Notwithstanding any other provision of the Casino Control Act, (1) upon the revocation or denial of a...
• Section 5:12-130.1a - Instructions To, Supervision Of Conservator
  Upon the appointment of a conservator, the commission shall provide the conservator with written instructions which enumerate the specific powers and duties conferred by...
• Section 5:12-130.2 - Powers, Authorities And Duties Of Conservators
  Powers, Authorities and Duties of Conservators. a. Upon his appointment, the conservator shall become vested with the title of all the property of the...
• Section 5:12-130.3 - Compensation Of Conservators And Others
  Compensation of Conservators and Others. In any proceeding pursuant to section 31 of P.L.1978, c.7 (C.5:12-130.1), the commission shall, upon the appointment of a...
• Section 5:12-130.4 - Assumption Of Outstanding Debts
  Assumption of Outstanding Debts. As an incident of its prior approval pursuant to section 32c. of this amendatory and supplementary act of the sale,...
• Section 5:12-130.5 - Payment Of Net Earnings During The Period Of The Conservatorship
  Payment of Net Earnings During the Period of the Conservatorship. No payment of net earnings during the period of the conservatorship may be made...
• Section 5:12-130.6 - Payments Following A Bulk Sale
  Payments Following a Bulk Sale. Following any sale, assignment, conveyance or other disposition in bulk of all the property subject to the conservatorship, the...
• Section 5:12-130.7 - Continuing Jurisdiction Of Commission
  A conservator appointed pursuant to section 31 of this amendatory and supplementary act shall at all times be subject to the Casino Control Act...
• Section 5:12-130.8 - Discontinuation Of A Conservatorship
  Discontinuation of a Conservatorship. a. The commission shall direct the discontinuation of any conservatorship action instituted pursuant to section 31 of this amendatory and...
• Section 5:12-130.9 - Required Reports
  A conservator appointed and constituted pursuant to section 31 of this amendatory and supplementary act shall file with the commission such reports with regard...
• Section 5:12-130.10 - Review Of Actions Of Conservator
  A creditor or party in interest aggrieved by any alleged breach of a fiduciary obligation of a conservator in the discharge of his duties...
• Section 5:12-130.11 - Investigation By The Division Of Gaming Enforcement
  The division shall investigate and report to the commission with regard to the qualifications of each person who is proposed as a candidate to...
• Section 5:12-131 - Declaration Of State's Limited Exemption From Operation Of Provisions Of 15 U. S. C. (1172)
  Declaration of State's Limited Exemption from Operation of Provisions of 15 U.S.C. (1172). Pursuant to section 2 of an Act of Congress of the...
• Section 5:12-132 - Legal Shipments Of Gaming Devices Into New Jersey
  132. Legal Shipments of Gaming Devices into New Jersey. All shipments into this State of gaming devices, including slot machines, the registering, recording and...
• Section 5:12-133 - Severability And Preemption.
  133. a. If any clause, sentence, subparagraph, paragraph, subsection, section, article or other portion of this act or the application thereof to any person...
• Section 5:12-134 - Equal Employment Opportunity; Requirements For License.
  134. a. Each applicant at the time of submitting architectural plans or site plans to the division for approval of proposed construction, renovation or...
• Section 5:12-135 - Equal Employment Opportunity; Enforcement By The Division.
  135. The division, in addition to and without limitation of other powers which it may have by law, shall have the following powers: a.To...
• Section 5:12-136 - Facilities For The Handicapped.
  136. All hotels and other facilities of a casino licensee, which are public accommodations and are subject to the regulatory powers of the division...
• Section 5:12-138 - Prohibited Political Contributions.
  138. No applicant for or holder of a casino license, nor any holding, intermediary or subsidiary company thereof, nor any officer, director, casino key...
• Section 5:12-139 - Casino License Fees.
  139. Casino License Fees. a.The division shall, by regulation, establish fees for the issuance of casino licenses. The issuance fee shall be based upon...
• Section 5:12-140 - License Fee On Slot Machines
  a. In addition to any other tax or fee imposed by this act, there is also hereby imposed an annual license fee of $500.00...
• Section 5:12-141 - Fees For Other Than Casino Licenses.
  141. Fees for Other Than Casino Licenses. The division shall, by regulation, establish fees for the investigation and consideration of applications for the issuance...
• Section 5:12-141.1 - Fees To Recoup Costs Of The Division Or Commission.
  31.Fees to Recoup Costs of the Division or Commission. The division may, by regulation, establish fees to recoup the costs of services, equipment or...
• Section 5:12-141.2 - Expiration Of Gaming-related Obligations Owed To Patrons; Date Of Expiration; Payment To Casino Revenue Fund.
  24.Expiration of gaming-related obligations owed to patrons; date of expiration; payment to Casino Revenue Fund. a.Whenever a casino licensee owes a patron a specific...
• Section 5:12-143 - "Casino Control Fund."
  143. a. There is hereby created and established in the Department of the Treasury a separate special account to be known as the "Casino...
• Section 5:12-144 - Tax On Gross Revenues.
  144. a. There is hereby imposed an annual tax on gross revenues as defined in section 24 of this act in the amount of...
• Section 5:12-144.1 - Imposition Of Investment Alternative Tax.
  3. a. (1) Commencing with the first annual tax return of a licensee for any calendar year beginning after December 31, 1983, there is...
• Section 5:12-144.2 - Annual Deduction From Gross Revenue Relative To Promotional Gaming Credits.
  2. a. A casino licensee shall receive an annual deduction from the gross revenue taxed pursuant to subsection a. of section 144 of P.L.1977,...
• Section 5:12-145 - "Casino Revenue Fund."
  145. a. There is hereby created and established in the Department of the Treasury a separate special account to be known as the "Casino...
• Section 5:12-145a - Use Of Moneys From Casino Revenue Fund
  a. Except as otherwise provided in subsection b. of this section, no moneys deposited in the Casino Revenue Fund established by section 145 of...
• Section 5:12-145.1 - Income From Investments; Credit To Fund
  Any income realized by reason of the investment of the moneys in the "Casino Revenue Fund," established under section 145 of P.L.1977, c. 110...
• Section 5:12-145.2 - Calculation Of Income
  2.For the purpose of determining the amount of investment income to be credited to the "Casino Revenue Fund," the State Treasurer shall calculate the...
• Section 5:12-145.3 - "Casino Revenue Fund Advisory Commission."
  1.There is created a commission to be known as the "Casino Revenue Fund Advisory Commission." The commission shall consist of 15 members to be...
• Section 5:12-145.4 - Duties Of Commission
  2. The commission shall review the programs funded by the Casino Revenue Fund, established pursuant to section 145 of P.L.1977, c.110 (C.5:12-145), and make...
• Section 5:12-145.5 - Organization, Election Of Chairperson, Secretary
  3. The commission shall organize as soon after the appointment of its members as is practicable. A majority of the commission members shall elect...
• Section 5:12-145.6 - Entitlement To Assistance, Services, Incurring Of Expenses
  4. The commission is entitled to call to its assistance and avail itself of the services of employees of any State, county or municipal...
• Section 5:12-145.7 - Annual Report
  5. The commission shall submit an annual report to the Legislature by March 1 of each year. L.1992,c.108,s.5.
• Section 5:12-145.8 - Fee Of $3.00 Imposed Daily On Occupied Hotel Rooms In Casino Hotel Facility.
  6.Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary and in addition to any other tax or fee imposed by law, there is...
• Section 5:12-146 - In Lieu Tax.
  146. a. Any casino licensee whose licensed premises are located in an area which has been declared, by the Department of Community Affairs and...
• Section 5:12-147 - Profits.
  147. a. For the purposes of the application of the provisions of section 146 of this act, "profits" referred to in section 146 a.(2)...
• Section 5:12-148 - Payment Of Taxes.
  148. a. The tax imposed under section 144 hereof shall be due and payable annually on or before the 15th day of March and...
• Section 5:12-148.2 - Tax Of 8% Imposed On Multi-casino Progressive Slot Machine Revenue.
  4. a. A tax at the rate of 8% is imposed on casino service industry multi-casino progressive slot machine revenue. The tax shall not...
• Section 5:12-148.3 - Tax Of 7.5% Imposed On Certain Adjusted Net Income Of Casino Licensees.
  5. a. In State fiscal years 2004 through 2006, a tax at the rate of 7.5% is imposed on the adjusted net income of...
• Section 5:12-149 - Determination Of Tax Liability.
  149. Determination of Tax Liability. The Division of Taxation may perform audits of the books and records of a casino licensee, at such times...
• Section 5:12-150 - Penalties.
  150. Penalties. a. Any licensee who shall fail to file his return when due or to pay any tax or deposit when the same...
• Section 5:12-151 - Forms.
  151. In addition to the other powers granted by this act, the Division of Taxation is hereby authorized and empowered to promulgate and distribute...
• Section 5:12-152 - Application Of State Tax Uniform Procedure Law
  The taxes imposed by this act shall be governed in all respects by the provisions of the "State Tax Uniform Procedure Law," Subtitle 9...
• Section 5:12-153 - Casino Reinvestment Development Authority.
  5. a. There is established in, but not of, the Department of the Treasury a Casino Reinvestment Development Authority to consist of the following...
• Section 5:12-154 - Removal Of Members; Oath Of Office
  Each appointed member may be removed from office by the Governor for cause, after a public hearing, and may be suspended by the Governor...
• Section 5:12-155 - Officers; Quorum.
  7.The Governor shall designate from among the appointed and voting public members, a chairman and a vice chairman of the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority,...
• Section 5:12-156 - Compensation Of Public Members; Reimbursement.
  8.Each appointed and voting public member of the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority other than the chairman shall receive compensation of $18,000.00 per annum. The...
• Section 5:12-157 - Designation Of Representatives To Attend Meetings
  9. The Attorney General and the State Treasurer, and, where appropriate, the Commissioner of the Department of Commerce and Economic Development or the Commissioner...
• Section 5:12-158 - Interests Prohibited
  10. Other than any casino hotel industry representatives, no member, officer, employee or agent of the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority shall be interested either...
• Section 5:12-159 - Dissolution Of Authority; Conditions
  The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority may be dissolved by an act of the Legislature on the condition that the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority has...
• Section 5:12-160 - Purpose Of Authority.
  12.The purposes of the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority shall be: a.to maintain public confidence in the casino gaming industry as a unique tool of...
• Section 5:12-161 - Powers Of Authority.
  13.The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority shall have the following powers: a.To adopt and have a common seal and to alter the same at pleasure;...
• Section 5:12-161.1 - Atlantic City Fund, Established In Crda.
  44. There is created and established in the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority a special account to be known as the "Atlantic City Fund," into...
• Section 5:12-161.2 - Moneys Payable To The Atlantic City Fund; Casino Shares
  45. a. Beginning with Fiscal Year 1995-1996 and for the following three fiscal years, if the amount of money expended as operating expenses by...
• Section 5:12-161.3 - Prevailing Wage Rate For Workers Employed On Projects With Casino Redevelopment Authority Involvement.
  1.Each worker employed in the construction or rehabilitation of facilities undertaken in connection with loans, loan guarantees, expenditures, investments, tax exemptions or other incentives...
• Section 5:12-161.4 - Exercise Of Rights, Powers Or Duties.
  2.For the purpose of implementing the provisions of sections 1 through 3 of this act, the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development shall, and...
• Section 5:12-161.5 - Prevailing Wage Rules, Regulations, Adoption By Casino Reinvestment Development Authority.
  3.The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority shall, in consultation with the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development, adopt rules and regulations, consistent with the rules...
• Section 5:12-161.6 - Inapplicability Of C.5:12-161.3 Through C.5:12-161.5.
  4.The provisions of sections 1 through 3 of this act shall not apply to construction and rehabilitation of facilities conducted entirely under contracts entered...
• Section 5:12-162 - Bonds
  a. The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority shall have the power and is authorized from time to time to issue its bonds to licensees in...
• Section 5:12-162.1 - Issuance Of Bond, Notes, Other Obligations.
  4. a. In addition to the authorization contained in any other statutory provisions relating to the issuance or sale of bonds, notes or other...
• Section 5:12-163 - Resolution Authorizing Bonds; Provisions
  Any resolution of the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority authorizing the issuance or offering of bonds may contain provisions, except as expressly limited in this...
• Section 5:12-164 - Pledges Of Income, Revenue Or Property; Validity; Effect
  Any pledge made by the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority of income, revenues or other property shall be valid and binding from the time the...
• Section 5:12-165 - Treatment Of Interest On Bonds As Provided Under Internal Revenue Code Of 1954; Consent; Application Of State Or Federal Laws
  The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority may consent, at or prior to the time of issuance of any issue of its bonds, to the inclusion...
• Section 5:12-166 - Liability Of Members On Bonds
  Neither the members of the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority nor any person executing bonds issued pursuant to this act shall be liable personally on...
• Section 5:12-167 - Property And Bonds Of Authority; Tax Exemption
  All property of the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority is declared to be public property devoted to an essential public and governmental function and purpose...
• Section 5:12-168 - Authority Property; Exemption From Execution Or Judicial Process
  All property of the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution and no execution or...
• Section 5:12-169 - Annual Report; Audit
  On or before the last day of February in each year, the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority shall make an annual report on its activities...
• Section 5:12-170 - Authority May Use Employees Of Other Agencies
  22. The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority shall be entitled to call to its assistance and avail itself of the services of the employees of...
• Section 5:12-171 - Annual Budget; Approval; Line Item Vetoes; Transmittal
  The annual budget of the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority for administrative and operating costs shall be submitted to the State Treasurer for his approval...
• Section 5:12-172 - Guarantee Of Obligations; Provisions Of Resolution
  The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority shall have the power to guarantee the obligations of any other person, corporation, association or of any instrumentality, municipality...
• Section 5:12-173 - Investments; Authorization; Criteria And Priorities
  The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority shall have the power to invest in projects, in the form of equity investments or loans, or a combination...
• Section 5:12-173.1 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Redevelopment In Atlantic City.
  1.The Legislature finds that the single most significant factor contributing to the cost of constructing, maintaining, operating and supporting highways, roads and infrastructure, in...
• Section 5:12-173.2 - Minimum Charge Of $3.00 Imposed For Use Of Casino Parking Facility.
  2.On and after July 1, 1993, there is established a minimum amount which shall be charged in the City of Atlantic City for the...
• Section 5:12-173.3 - Minimum Fee Of $3.00 Imposed For Use Of Casino Parking Space.
  3.On and after July 1, 1993, there is imposed in the City of Atlantic City a fee upon the use of spaces for the...
• Section 5:12-173.3a - Covenant By State With Bond Holders As To Casino Parking Fee
  7. The State of New Jersey hereby covenants with the purchasers, holders and owners, from time to time, of any bonds secured by funds...
• Section 5:12-173.4 - Special Fund, Use Of Fees.
  4. a. The State Treasurer shall deposit the first $1.50 of the fee collected pursuant to section 3 of this act, P.L.1993, c.159 (C.5:12-173.3)...
• Section 5:12-173.5 - Responsibility For Collection Of Fees.
  5.Each person subject to the provisions of section 3 of P.L.1993, c.159 (C.5:12-173.3) shall be responsible for the collection of the fees imposed pursuant...
• Section 5:12-173.6 - Issuance Of Bonds, Notes
  6. a. Notwithstanding any provisions of P.L.1984, c.218 (C.5:12-153 et al.) restricting the issuance or sale of bonds, notes or other obligations by the...
• Section 5:12-173.7 - Covenants By Authority; Contracts With Holders Of Bonds, Notes
  7. In any resolution of the authority authorizing or relating to the issuance of bonds or notes pursuant to section 6 of this act,...
• Section 5:12-173.8 - Moneys Set Aside For Hotel Development Projects
  8. a. From the moneys made available to the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1984, c.218 (C.5:12-144.1), the authority shall,...
• Section 5:12-173.9 - Short Title
  1.Sections 1 through 13 of P.L.2001, c.221 (C.5:12-173.9 et seq.) shall be known and may be referred to as the "Casino Reinvestment Development Authority...
• Section 5:12-173.10 - Findings, Declaration Relative To Crda Urban Revitalization Program
  2.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.Legalized casino gambling was approved by New Jersey's voters in 1976 as a "unique tool of urban redevelopment"...
• Section 5:12-173.11 - Definitions Relative To Crda Urban Revitalization Incentive Programs.
  3.As used in this act: "Authority" means the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority established pursuant to P.L.1984, c.218 (C.5:12-153 et seq.); "Baseline luxury tax revenue...
• Section 5:12-173.12 - Urban Revitalization Incentive Program.
  4. a. There is established the incentive program that shall be administered by the authority. The purpose of the incentive program is to facilitate...
• Section 5:12-173.13 - Deposit Of Sales And Use Tax Revenues
  5. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, all revenues received pursuant to the "Sales and Use Tax...
• Section 5:12-173.14 - Deposit Of Hotel Room Use Fee Revenues
  6. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, all revenues received from hotel room use fees pursuant to...
• Section 5:12-173.15 - Project Fund Created.
  7. a. There is created a dedicated, nonlapsing project fund to be held by the State Treasurer, which shall be the repository for all...
• Section 5:12-173.16 - Room Fund Created.
  8. a. There is created a dedicated, nonlapsing room fund to be held by the State Treasurer, which shall be the repository for all...
• Section 5:12-173.17 - Separate Accounts Within Project, Room Funds
  9. a. The State Treasurer shall maintain separate accounts in the project fund and room fund for each casino licensee approved by the authority...
• Section 5:12-173.18 - Proposed District Project Plan
  10. a. A casino licensee or the authority, as appropriate, shall submit a proposed district project plan for approval by the authority under the...
• Section 5:12-173.19 - Proposal For Entertainment-retail Project, Community And Housing Development Project.
  11. a. A casino licensee shall submit a proposal to the authority and to the department for an entertainment- retail project or community and...
• Section 5:12-173.20 - Authority Sponsored Project.
  12. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in P.L.2001, c.221 (C.5:12-173.9 et al.), the authority may sponsor a district project which meets the criteria...
• Section 5:12-173.22 - Issuance Of Bonds By Crda, Establishment Of Casino Capital Construction Fund.
  13. a. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority established pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1984, c.218 (C.5:12-153) shall...
• Section 5:12-173.22a - Atlantic City Expansion Fund; Creation, Use.
  5. a. The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority shall issue, upon the approval of the State Treasurer, bonds, notes or other obligations, in an amount...
• Section 5:12-173.23 - To 5:12-173.26 Has Been Reallocated To 5:12-163.3 To 5:12-161.6
• Section 5:12-173.27 - To 5:12-173.30 Has Been Reallocated To 18a:72a-5.1 To 18a:72a-5.4
• Section 5:12-173.31 - To 5:12-173.34 Has Been Reallocated To 26:2i-5.3 To 26:2i-5.6
• Section 5:12-173.35 - To 5:12-173.38 Has Been Reallocated To 40:37a-55.2 To 40:37a-55.5
• Section 5:12-174 - Waiver Of Project Eligibility Determination
  Upon a showing of good cause by a licensee, the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority may waive the requirements of section 25 of this 1984...
• Section 5:12-175 - Waiver Of Requirements Relating To Composition Of Investment Tax Credit
  Upon a showing of good cause by a licensee, the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority may, in its sole discretion, waive the requirements of subsection...
• Section 5:12-176 - Waiver Of Requirements Relating To Composition, During First Ten Years Of Tax Obligation, Of Investment Tax Credit; Conditions
  Upon a showing of good cause by a licensee, the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority may, in its sole discretion, waive the requirements of subsection...
• Section 5:12-177 - Donation In Lieu Of Bond Purchase Or Investment
  In lieu of buying the bonds of the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority or in lieu of making a direct investment, the Casino Reinvestment Development...
• Section 5:12-178 - Projects Or Investments Benefiting, Improving, Or Increasing Value Of Casino Hotel Or Related Facility; Authority Investment; Prohibition
  The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority shall not invest in, issue a guarantee in support of, or approve any investment or project which directly and...
• Section 5:12-179 - Determination Of Investment Or Donation Eligibility Prior To Adoption Of Rules And Regulations; Conditions
  a. Notwithstanding any other law or any other section of this 1984 amendatory and supplementary act to the contrary, a casino licensee may seek...
• Section 5:12-180 - Investments Or Contributions Adverse To Priorities; Prohibition Of Support Or Approval By Authority
  Notwithstanding any other law or section of this 1984 amendatory and supplementary act to the contrary, the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority shall not grant...
• Section 5:12-181 - Aid To Minority, Women's Businesses
  a. Beginning with the proceeds received by the authority for the calendar year 1984 from the sale of bonds and for 24 years thereafter,...
• Section 5:12-182 - Eminent Domain Or Condemnation
  a. The Legislature finds and declares that the achievement of the beneficial purposes of this 1984 amendatory and supplementary act requires the granting to...
• Section 5:12-183 - Minutes Of Authority Meetings; Effective Date Of Actions; Veto
  A true copy of the minutes of every meeting of the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority shall be forthwith delivered by and under the certification...
• Section 5:12-184 - Declarations
  The Legislature declares that the opportunity for full minority and women's business enterprise participation in the casino industry is essential if social and economic...
• Section 5:12-185 - Definitions
  As used in this act: a. "Casino licensee" means any entity which holds or is an applicant for a casino license pursuant to section...
• Section 5:12-186 - Minority, Women's Business Contracts.
  4. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, every casino licensee shall establish goals of expending at least...
• Section 5:12-187 - Bus Business Set Aside.
  5. a. Every casino licensee shall establish goals of expending at least 5% of the dollar value of its bus business with minority and...
• Section 5:12-187.1 - Penalties For Violations.
  7.If the division determines that the provisions of sections 4 and 5 of P.L.1985, c.539 (C.5:12-186 and C.5:12-187) relating to expenditures and assignments to...
• Section 5:12-188 - Determining Qualifications
  The Division of Development for Small Businesses and Women's and Minority Businesses in the Department of Commerce and Economic Development created pursuant to P.L....
• Section 5:12-189 - List Of Qualified Enterprises
  The Division of Development for Small Businesses and Women's and Minority Businesses shall supply casino licensees with a list of those minority and women's...
• Section 5:12-190 - Additional Regulations.
  8.The Division of Development for Small Businesses and Women's and Minority Businesses and the Division of Gaming Enforcement shall develop such other regulations as...
• Section 5:12-191 - Short Title
  1. Sections 1 through 20 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Casino Simulcasting Act." L.1992,c.19,s.1.
• Section 5:12-192 - Definitions
  2. As used in sections 1 through 20 of this act: "Casino" means a licensed casino or gambling house located in Atlantic City at...
• Section 5:12-193 - Casino Simulcasting Permitted.
  3. It shall be lawful for a casino to conduct casino simulcasting with any in-State sending track and with any out-of-State sending track in...
• Section 5:12-194 - Establishment Of Casino Simulcasting Facility.
  4. a. (1) A casino licensee which wishes to conduct casino simulcasting shall establish a simulcasting facility as part of the casino hotel. The...
• Section 5:12-195 - Applications To Conduct Casino Simulcasting, Conditions Of Approval.
  5.A permit holder which wishes to conduct casino simulcasting shall request the approval of the New Jersey Racing Commission in its annual application for...
• Section 5:12-196 - Transmission Of Live Races To Casinos
  6. A permit holder which is authorized to conduct casino simulcasting shall have discretion to transmit all or some of the live races conducted...
• Section 5:12-197 - Casino Wagers Included In Parimutuel Pool
  7. Sums wagered at a casino on the result of a simulcast horse race at an in-State sending track shall be included in the...
• Section 5:12-198 - Distribution Of Undistributed Casino Wagers.
  8.Sums wagered at a casino on races being transmitted to that casino from an in-State sending track shall be deposited in the parimutuel pool...
• Section 5:12-199 - Out-of-state Horse Races, Simulcast; Approved Casinos, Licensed Sending Tracks.
  9. A casino which chooses to conduct casino simulcasting and which operates a simulcasting facility may, with the approval of both the New Jersey...
• Section 5:12-200 - Receipt From Out-of-state Of Simulcast Horse Races During Permitted Hours Of Operation
  10. A casino which has been authorized to receive simulcast horse races from out-of-State sending tracks may receive such races only during permitted hours...
• Section 5:12-201 - Payment To Out-of-state Sending Track.
  11. a. A casino which receives a simulcast horse race from an out-of-State sending track shall pay the out-of-State sending track for the transmission...
• Section 5:12-202 - Combining Of Parimutuel Pools, Formation Of Interstate Common Pool
  12. a. Except as provided in subsection b. of this section, the New Jersey Racing Commission shall not permit an out-of-State sending track to...
• Section 5:12-203 - Wagers Subject To Takeout Rate.
  13.Sums wagered at a casino on races being transmitted to that casino from an out-of-State sending track shall be subject to the takeout rate...
• Section 5:12-204 - Procedure For Revision Of Formula
  14. During the 36th month after the commencement at any casino in Atlantic City of casino simulcasting from an out-of-State sending track, any operating...
• Section 5:12-205 - "Casino Simulcasting Special Fund" Established
  15. The New Jersey Racing Commission shall establish and administer a separate fund to be known as the "Casino Simulcasting Special Fund," into which...
• Section 5:12-206 - Payment To Atlantic City Racetrack
  16. Payment to the Atlantic City Racetrack of sums provided by subsection c. of section 13 or subsection a. of section 15 of this...
• Section 5:12-207 - Depositing Of State Revenue
  17. The State revenue derived from casino simulcasting pursuant to subsection a. of sections 8 and 13 of this act shall be deposited in...
• Section 5:12-208 - "Casino Simulcasting Fund" Established
  18. There is hereby created and established in the Department of the Treasury a separate special account to be known as the "Casino Simulcasting...
• Section 5:12-209 - Distribution Of Interest From Funds Generated By Simulcasting
  19. All amounts generated from casino simulcasting shall be placed in an interest-bearing account and thereafter all accrued interest shall be distributed proportionately to...
• Section 5:12-210 - Rules, Regulations.
  20.The Division of Gaming Enforcement and the New Jersey Racing Commission shall individually and jointly promulgate and adopt any rules and regulations, pursuant to...
• Section 5:12-211 - Continuance Of Casino, Simulcast Operations During Certain States Of Emergency; Violations, Fines.
  4.In the event of a state of emergency, a casino licensee may continue to conduct casino and simulcast operations for a period not to...
• Section 5:12-212 - Division Approval Of Internal Controls Prior To State Of Emergency.
  5.In order for a casino licensee to conduct casino and simulcast operations during a state of emergency as authorized in section 4 of P.L.2008,...
• Section 5:12-213 - Prohibitions Relative To Operation During State Of Emergency.
  6.During any state of emergency, as defined in section 23 of P.L.2011, c.19 (C.5:12-45.3), a casino licensee shall not: a.Amend or seek permission to...
• Section 5:12-214 - Restriction Of Transfer Of Property.
  7.During any state of emergency, no transfer of property shall occur that would otherwise require the issuance of interim casino authorization pursuant to section...
• Section 5:12-215 - Calculation Of Certain Time Periods.
  8.In the event a state of emergency is declared that prevents employees of the commission and the division from performing their normal duties, the...
• Section 5:12-216 - Adoption Of Regulations.
  9.Notwithstanding any provision of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to the contrary, the Casino Control Commission may adopt immediately upon...
• Section 5:12-217 - Effective Date.
  11.This act shall take effect immediately and shall continue in full force and effect unless superseded by constitutional amendment. L.2008, c.23, s.11.
• Section 5:12-218 - Definitions Relative To The Atlantic City Tourism District.
  1.As used in P.L.2011, c.18 (C.5:12-218 et al.): "Atlantic City" or "city" means the City of Atlantic City, Atlantic County. "Atlantic City convention center...
• Section 5:12-219 - Atlantic City Tourism District.
  5. a. (1) There shall be established by resolution of the authority the Atlantic City Tourism District, which shall consist of those lands within...
• Section 5:12-220 - Development And Design Guidelines, Land Use Regulations.
  6. a. In conjunction with the adoption, pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2011, c.18 (C.5:12-219), of the resolution establishing the tourism district, or in...
• Section 5:12-221 - Actions Of Authority After Creation Of Tourism District.
  7. a. After the creation of the tourism district pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2011, c.18 (C.5:12-219): (1)The authority shall enter into an agreement...
• Section 5:12-222 - Development Of Public Safety Plan.
  8.In conjunction with the establishment of the tourism district pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2011, c.18 (C.5:12-219), the Attorney General and Superintendent of State...
• Section 5:12-223 - Agreements; Fees, Use.
  9. a. If the not-for-profit corporation is unable to perform its obligations under an agreement with the authority, or Convention Center Division, or if...
• Section 5:12-224 - Transfer Of Atlantic City International Airport; Distribution Of Revenues, Proceeds.
  10. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, if the South Jersey Transportation Authority shall transfer for consideration, by sale or...
• Section 5:12-226 - Atlantic City Convention And Visitors Authority, Transfer To Crda.
  12. a. Until the Transfer Date, the authority shall not exercise any powers, rights, or duties conferred by P.L.2011, c.18 (C.5:12-218 et al.) or...
• Section 5:12-227 - Status Of Project After Transfer.
  13.Upon the transfer of the convention center authority as provided in section 12 of P.L.2011, c.18 (C.5:12-226), all convention center authority projects, including the...
• Section 5:12-228 - Actions Permitted Prior To Transfer Date.
  14. a. Prior to the Transfer Date, the authority is authorized to issue bonds, refunding bonds, notes, or other indebtedness to facilitate the timely...
• Section 5:12-229 - Provisions Of Existing Laws Unaffected.
  15.Upon the transfer of the convention center authority, the provisions of P.L.1981, c.459 (C.52:27H-29 et seq.) and P.L.2008, c.47 (C.52:27H-31.1 et al.) insofar as...
• Section 5:12-230 - Powers Assumed By Authority Upon Establishment Of Tourism District.
  16.Upon the establishment of the tourism district by resolution of the authority pursuant to the provisions of section 5 of P.L.2011, c.18 (C.5:12-219), or...
• Section 5:12-231 - Law Subject To Provisions Of C.52:14d-1 et Seq.; Exceptions.
  17.P.L.2011, c.18 (C.5:12-218 et al.) shall be subject to the provisions of the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L.1971, c.375 (C.52:14D-1 et seq.), except as...
• Section 5:12-232 - Obligations To Bondholders Unaffected.
  18.The authority shall exercise due regard for the rights of the holders of bonds of the authority, at any time outstanding, and nothing in,...
• Section 5:12-233 - Entry Into Partnerships By Authority.
  19.The authority, in implementing any of its functions involving the tourism district, including but not limited to, the regulation and encouragement of economic development...
• Section 5:12a-4.1 - Use Of Mobile Gaming Devices Permitted Under Certain Circumstances.
  13. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the Division of Gaming Enforcement may authorize the use of mobile gaming...
• Section 5:12a-7 - Certain Provisions Repealed Relative To Wagers On Certain Sports Contests, Athletic Events.
  1.The provisions of chapter 37 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes, chapter 40 of Title 2A of the New Jersey Statutes, chapter...
• Section 5:12a-8 - Construction Of Act.
  2.The provisions of this act P.L.2014, c.62 (C.5:12A-7 et al.), are not intended and shall not be construed as causing the State to sponsor,...
• Section 5:12a-9 - Severability.
  4.The provisions of this act, P.L.2014, c.62 (C.5:12A-7 et al.), shall be deemed to be severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, word or...
• Section 5:13-1 - Legislative Findings; Purpose Of Law
  a. The Legislature finds that the sport of skiing is practiced by a large number of citizens of this State and also attracts to...
• Section 5:13-2 - Definitions
  As used in this act a. "Operator" means a person or entity who owns, manages, controls or directs the operation of an area where...
• Section 5:13-3 - Responsibility Of Operator
  a. It shall be the responsibility of the operator to the extent practicable, to: (1) Establish and post a system generally identifying slopes and...
• Section 5:13-4 - Duties Of Skiers
  a. Skiers shall conduct themselves within the limits of their individual ability and shall not act in a manner that may contribute to the...
• Section 5:13-5 - Assumption Of Risk Of Skier
  A skier is deemed to have knowledge of and to assume the inherent risks of skiing, operating toboggans, sleds or similar vehicles created by...
• Section 5:13-6 - Application Of Law On Comparative Negligence
  The assumption of risk set forth in section 5 shall be a complete bar of suit and shall serve as a complete defense to...
• Section 5:13-7 - Report Of Injury; Precondition To Suit; Limitation On Time
  As a precondition to bringing any suit in connection with a skiing injury against an operator, a skier shall report in writing to the...
• Section 5:13-8 - Limitation Of Action
  Sections 2, 3, 4 and 5, and any other law notwithstanding, an action for injury or death against a ski area operator, ski area...
• Section 5:13-9 - Minors; Tolling Of Limitations
  If a skiing accident or incident, or an action based upon a skiing accident or incident, involves a minor, the time limits set forth...
• Section 5:13-10 - Provisions Of Act Cumulative With Defenses Under Tort Claims Act
  The provisions of this act are cumulative with the defenses available to a public entity or public employee under the New Jersey Tort Claims...
• Section 5:13-11 - Severability
  The provisions of this act shall be deemed to be severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this act is declared...
• Section 5:13-12 - Helmet Required For Downhill Skiers, Snowboarders; Violations, Penalties.
  1. a. A person under 18 years of age engaged in the activity of downhill skiing or operation of snowboards, including the use of...
• Section 5:14-1 - Short Title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Roller Skating Rink Safety and Fair Liability Act." L.1991,c.28,s.1.
• Section 5:14-2 - Findings, Declarations
  a. The Legislature finds and declares that the recreational sport of roller skating is practiced by a large number of citizens of this State;...
• Section 5:14-3 - Definitions
  As used in this act: a. "Operator" means a person or entity who owns, manages, controls or directs or who has operational responsibility for...
• Section 5:14-4 - Responsibilities Of Operator
  It shall be the responsibility of the operator to the extent practicable to: a. Post the duties of roller skaters and spectators and the...
• Section 5:14-5 - Responsibilities Of Roller Skater
  Each roller skater shall: a. Maintain reasonable control of his speed and course at all times; b. Heed all posted signs and warnings; c....
• Section 5:14-6 - Risks Of Roller Skating
  Roller skaters and spectators are deemed to have knowledge of and to assume the inherent risks of roller skating, insofar as those risks are...
• Section 5:14-7 - Failure To Adhere To Duties, Defense Against Suit
  The assumption of risk set forth in section 6 of this act shall be a complete bar of suit and shall serve as a...
• Section 5:15-1 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Equine Animal Activities
  1.The Legislature finds and declares that equine animal activities are practiced by a large number of citizens of this State; that equine animal activities...
• Section 5:15-2 - Definitions Relative To Equine Animal Activities
  2.As used in this act: "Equestrian area" means all of the real and personal property under the control of the operator or on the...
• Section 5:15-3 - Assumption Of Inherent Risks Of Equine Animal Activities
  3.A participant and spectator are deemed to assume the inherent risks of equine animal activities created by equine animals , weather conditions, conditions of...
• Section 5:15-4 - Equine Activity Prohibited Under Certain Circumstances
  4.A participant or a spectator shall not engage in, attempt to engage in, or interfere with, an equine animal activity if he is knowingly...
• Section 5:15-5 - Complete Bar Of Suit, Defense
  5.The assumption of risk set forth in section 3 of this act shall be a complete bar of suit and shall serve as a...
• Section 5:15-6 - Written Report As Precondition To Suit
  6. a. As a precondition to bringing any suit in connection with a participant injury against an operator, a participant shall submit a written...
• Section 5:15-7 - Action Must Be Commenced Within Two Years
  7.Notwithstanding any provision of this act, or any other law to the contrary, an action for injury or death against an operator, an equestrian...
• Section 5:15-8 - Time Limits For Action Involving Minor
  8.If a participant accident or incident, or an action based upon an equine animal activity or incident, involves a minor, the time limits set...
• Section 5:15-9 - Exceptions To Limitation On Liability
  9.Notwithstanding any provisions of sections 3 and 4 of this act to the contrary, the following actions or lack thereof on the part of...
• Section 5:15-10 - Posting Of Sign Required
  10.All operators shall post and maintain signs on all lands owned or leased thereby and used for equine activities, which signs shall be posted...
• Section 5:15-11 - Provisions Of Act Cumulative
  11.The provisions of this act are cumulative with the defenses available to a public entity or public employee under the "New Jersey Tort Claims...
• Section 5:15-12 - Act Not Applicable To Racing Industry
  12.This act shall not apply to the horse racing industry. L.1997,c.287,s.12.
• Section 5:16-1 - Short Title.
  1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Campground Facilities Act." L.1999,c.299,s.1.
• Section 5:16-2 - Definitions Relative To Campground Facilities.
  2.As used in this act: a."Last known address" means the address provided by the occupant in the latest rental agreement or the address provided...
• Section 5:16-3 - Lien Upon Personal Property Located At Campground Facility.
  3. a. The owner of a campground facility or the owner's heirs, successors or assignees shall have a lien upon all personal property located...
• Section 5:16-4 - Enforcement Of Lien.
  4.If charges under a rental agreement are more than 30 days overdue, the owner may enforce a lien as follows: a.Notice shall be delivered...
• Section 5:16-5 - Advertisement Of Sale.
  5. a. After the expiration of the time given in the notice, an advertisement of the sale shall be published once a week for...
• Section 5:16-6 - Sale Of Personal Property.
  6. a. A sale of personal property shall conform to the terms of the notification. b.A sale of personal property shall be public and...
• Section 5:16-7 - Removal Of Person Violating Terms Of Rental Agreement.
  7. a. A campground facility owner may remove or cause to be removed from such campground facility any person residing in the campground facility...
• Section 5:17-1 - Athletic Code Of Conduct, Permitted; "Youth Sports Event" Defined
  1. a. A school board or. youth sports team organization may establish an athletic code of conduct. An athletic code of conduct established pursuant...
• Section 5:17-2 - Athletic Code Of Conduct Established By School Board, Agreement Required For Participation
  2.A school board which has established an athletic code of conduct pursuant to the provisions of this act may require that all students, coaches,...
• Section 5:17-3 - Athletic Code Of Conduct Established By Certain Sports Teams, Agreement Required For Participation
  3.Any sports teams organized pursuant to a nonprofit or similar charter or which are member teams in a league organized by or affiliated with...
• Section 5:17-4 - Violation Of Code, Ban; Resumption Of Participation On Counseling
  4.Any student, coach, official, parent or other person subject to the terms and conditions of an athletic code of conduct established pursuant to the...
• Section 5:17-5 - Attorney General To Promulgate Model Code, Policies
  5.The Attorney General shall promulgate: a. (1) A model athletic code of conduct which may be adopted by a school board or youth sports...
• Section 5:18-1 - Protective Eyewear For Certain Children Participating In Sports.
  1.Any child who wears corrective eyeglasses while participating in racquetball, squash, tennis, women's lacrosse, basketball, women's field hockey, badminton, paddleball, soccer, volleyball, baseball or...
• Section 5:18-2 - Grants To Assist Low-income Families.
  2.The New Jersey Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, established under P.L.1999, c.265 (C.26:1A-37.5 et seq.) is authorized to provide grants to assist low-income...
• Section 5:18-3 - Immunity From Civil Liability.
  3.No school, community or government agency engaged in organizing, teaching, refereeing or coaching a sports activity described in section 1 of this act shall...
• Section 5:19-1 - Participation In Contests Of Skill Not Deemed Unlawful Gambling.
  1.Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, participation by a New Jersey resident in a contest of skill in which a...

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