Under and subject to the terms, conditions and restrictions of this chapter, the Raffles Licensing Law (L. 1954, Ch.
5), the Bingo Licensing Law (L. 1954, Ch.
6), the Legalized Games of Chance Control Law (L. 1954, Ch.
7) and the rules and regulations adopted and promulgated or to be adopted and promulgated hereafter by the Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission of the State of New Jersey, licenses shall be issued in this municipality to bona fide organizations or associations as described in said laws.
No application for the issuance of a license shall be refused
by the governing body until after a hearing is held on due notice
to the applicant, at which the applicant shall be entitled to be heard
upon the qualifications of the applicant and the merits of the application.
Each license shall be in such form as shall be prescribed in
the rules and regulations promulgated by the State Control Commission
and shall comply with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 5:8-29 and N.J.S.A.
5:8-56.
No person under the age of eighteen (18) years shall be permitted
to participate in any game or games of chance held, operated or conducted
pursuant to any license issued by this municipality.
No game or games of chance shall be held, operated or conducted
under any license issued by this municipality more often than on six
(6) days in any calendar month nor in any room or outdoor area where
alcoholic beverages are sold or served during the progress of the
game or games.
All conditions, restrictions, regulations or rules relating
to the licensing and conduct of games of chance shall be in accordance
with said Raffles Licensing Law, Bingo Licensing Law, Legalized Games
of Chance Control Law and the rules and regulations of said State
Control Commission.
The Township Clerk shall, on behalf of the municipality:
A. File with the Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission a certified
copy of this chapter within ten (10) days after its adoption.
B. On or before the first day of February in each year or at any other
time or times which said Commission may determine, make a report to
the Commission of the number of licenses issued in this municipality
under each of said licensing laws and the names and addresses of the
licensees, the aggregate of the license fees collected, the names
and addresses of all persons detected of violation of each of said
laws or of the rules and regulations adopted by the State Control
Commission, of all persons prosecuted of such violations and the result
of each such prosecution and the penalties imposed therein, during
the preceding calendar year of the period for which the report is
required.
The license fees for raffles shall be set forth in accordance
with N.J.A.C. 13:47-4.9. The license fee for raffles shall be a fee
of forty dollars ($40) for each occasion upon which any raffles game
is to be conducted under such license, of which a fee twenty dollars
($20) shall be remitted to the Township and the remaining twenty dollars
($20) for each such occasion shall be remitted to the Legalized Games
of Chance Control Commission. An on-premises draw raffle awarding
cash prizes (50/50) having a value of four hundred dollars ($400)
or less and merchandise prizes having a combined retail value of less
than four hundred dollars ($400) is exempt from a license fee. (Ord.
#95-03, § 1; Ord. #97-02, § I; Ord. No 2018-18)
The license fee for bingo shall be a fee or fees of forty dollars
($40) for each occasion upon which any game or games are to be conducted
under such license, of which a fee twenty dollars ($20) for each occasion
upon which any game or games are to be conducted under such license
shall be remitted to the Township and the remaining twenty dollars
($20) for each such occasion shall be remitted to the Legalized Games
of Chance Control Commission. (Ord. #95-03, § 2; Ord. No.2018-18)
No person, organization, club, company or squad shall conduct,
operate, run, participate in or attend at any unlicensed raffle or
bingo game in this municipality.
No person, organization, club, company or squad shall violate
any of the terms or provisions of any one (1) or more of the following:
A. Bingo Licensing Law, L. 1954, Ch.
6, (N.J.S.A. 5:8-24, et seq.);
B. Raffles Licensing Law, L. 1954, Ch.
5, (N.J.S.A. 5:8-50, et seq.);
C. Legalized Games of Chance Control Law, L. 1954, Ch.
7, (N.J.S.A. 5:8-1, et seq.);
A conviction hereunder shall also be a proper ground, in the
discretion of the licensing body, to suspend or revoke the license
if any has been issued and is outstanding.