[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council
of the Township of Medford 1-14-2003 by Ord. No. 2002-37. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
No person, firm, group, association or organization
whatsoever shall operate or conduct any game of chance as the same
is defined in the Raffles Licensing Law, N.J.S.A. 5:8-50 et seq.,
or as may hereafter be amended and supplemented, without first obtaining
a license therefor from the Township of Medford Council, which license
shall be issued to bona fide organizations or associations of veterans
of any war in which the United States has been engaged, churches or
religious congregations and religious organizations, charitable, educational
and fraternal organizations, civic and service clubs, senior citizens
associations and clubs, officially recognized volunteer fire companies,
and officially recognized volunteer first aid or rescue squads, to
hold and operate the specific kind of game or games of chance commonly
known as a raffle or raffles, pursuant to and subject to the provisions
of the aforementioned statute and the rules and regulations of the
Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission of the State of New Jersey.
A.
Each applicant for a raffle license shall file with
the Clerk of the municipality a written application therefor in the
form prescribed in the regulations promulgated by the Legalized Games
of Chance Control Commission, N.J.A.C. 13:47-1.1 et seq.
B.
The application shall contain the following information:
(1)
The name and address of the applicant together with
sufficient facts relating to its incorporation and organization to
enable the governing body of the municipality to determine whether
or not it is a bona fide organization, as set forth above;
(2)
The names and addresses of the organization's officers;
(3)
The specific kind or kinds of raffle or raffles intended
to be held, operated and conducted by the applicant;
(4)
The place or places where the raffle or raffles are
to be held;
(5)
The date or dates and time or times when such raffle
or raffles are intended to be held, operated or conducted;
(6)
The items of expense intended to be incurred or paid
in connection with the holding, operating or conducting of such raffle
or raffles and the names and addresses of the persons to whom, and
the purposes for which they are to be paid;
(7)
The specific purposes to which the entire net proceeds
of such raffle or raffles shall be devoted and in what manner;
(8)
That no commission, salary, compensation, reward or
recompense will be paid to any person for holding, operating or conducting
raffle or raffles;
(9)
That no prize will be offered and given in cash except
as permitted in N.J.S.A. 5:8-50 et seq. and the regulations promulgated
by the Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission;
(10)
A description of the value and character of the prizes
which are to be given; and
(11)
Any other information which said rules and regulations
require.
C.
In each application there shall be designated an active
member or members of the applicant under whom the raffle or raffles
are to be held, operated and conducted and the application shall be
appended a statement executed by the applicant and by the member or
members so designated, that he/she or they will be responsible for
the holding, operation and conduct of such raffle or raffles in accordance
with the terms of the license and the provisions of said rules and
regulations governing the holding, operation and conduct of such raffle
or raffles and of the statutes, if the license is granted.
D.
License applications shall be filed in quadruplicate
with the Municipal Clerk. One copy shall be retained by the Municipal
Clerk, the second copy shall be returned to the applicant after a
license has been granted or denied by the governing body. The third
copy shall be forwarded to the Control Commission by the Municipal
Clerk and the fourth copy shall be delivered to the law enforcement
agency in the municipality.
E.
No application shall be accepted unless the applicant
at the time of filing the application exhibits a valid registration
certificate issued to it by the Control Commission bearing its identification
number which shall be entered on the application.
F.
Whenever a licensee shall submit an application for
a raffles license to the Municipal Clerk, two sample raffle tickets
shall accompany the application.
Pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:47-4.10, the Township
Clerk shall charge a fee in an amount equal to the amount charged
by the Control Commission as set forth in N.J.A.C. 13:47-49c at the
time the application is filed.
A.
Upon receipt of the application the Township Clerk
must verify that the application complies with the provisions of this
chapter, state statutes and regulations.
B.
The governing body of the municipality shall make an investigation of the qualifications of each applicant and the merits of the application, with due expedition after the filing of the application, and if it shall determine that the applicant is duly qualified to be licensed under the Raffles Licensing Law, N.J.S.A. 5:8-50 et seq., governing the holding, operation and conduct thereof in the municipality and the requirements set forth in § 116-2, and the rules and regulations, it shall issue a license to the applicant for the holding, operation and conduct of the specific kind, or one or more of the specific kinds, of raffles applied for accordingly, upon the payment of a license fee as prescribed by regulation promulgated by the Control Commission.
C.
The Township Council hereby delegates its authority, pursuant to § 116-4B above, to the Township Clerk to issue licenses, pursuant to the N.J.S.A. 5:8-24 et seq. (Bingo Licensing Law) and N.J.S.A. 5:8-50 et seq. (Raffles Licensing Law). In the event that the Township Clerk is unavailable or unable to review the application, the Deputy Clerk shall approve or disapprove of the application pursuant to the rules and regulations of the New Jersey Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission.
[Amended 6-3-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-8]
No license for the holding, operation or conduct
of any game or games of chance shall be issued under this act which
shall be effective for a period of more than one year.
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 time 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 Legalized
Games of Chance Control Commission and shall contain a description
of the kind or kinds of raffle or raffles authorized to be held, operated
and conducted thereunder, a statement of the name and address of the
licensee, of the names and addresses of the member or members of the
applicant under whom such raffle or raffles will be held, operated
and conducted, of the number of times, or the hours during which,
such raffle or raffles are authorized to be conducted and the place
or places where and the date or dates and time or times when, such
raffle or raffles are to be conducted and of the specific purposes
to which the entire net proceeds of such raffle or raffles are to
be devoted, a statement of the value and character of the prizes authorized
to be offered and given, and any other information which may be required
by said rules and regulations, to be contained therein, and each license
issued for the conduct of any raffle shall be conspicuously displayed
at the place where any game is to be conducted thereunder at all times
during the conduct thereof.
Raffles are permitted to be held on the first
day of the week commonly known and designated as a Sunday.
Any person violating any provision of the aforementioned
statute and/or the rules and regulations of the Legalized Games of
Chance Control Commission of the State of New Jersey shall be penalized
in accordance with N.J.S.A. 5:8-57 et seq.
