CASINO CONTROL ACT
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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
Short title; declaration of policy and legislative findings
Applicability of Casino Simulcasting Act throughout chapter
Definitions
"Affiliate"
“Annuity jackpot”
"Annuity jackpot guarantee"
“Applicant"
"Application"
"Attorney"
"Authorized game" or "authorized gambling game"
Repealed
“Cash equivalent value”
"Casino" or “casino room” or “licensed casino”
"Casino bankroll"
"Casino employee"
Repealed
Repealed
"Casino key employee"
"Casino license"
"Casino security employee"
Repealed
"Casino service industry enterprise"
"Chairman" and "commissioner" or "member"
"Commission"
"Complimentary service or item"
"Conservator"
"Conservatorship action"
"Corporate officer"
"Creditor"
"Debt"
"Director"
"Division"
"Encumbrance"
"Equal employment opportunity"
"Equity security"
"Establishment" or “casino hotel” or “casino hotel facility”
"Family"
"Game" or "gambling game"
"Gaming" or "gambling"
"Gaming device" or "gaming equipment"
"Gross revenue"
"Hearing examiner"
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"Holding company"
"Hotel" or "approved hotel"
Institutional investor
"Intermediary company"
"Junket"
"Junket enterprise"
"Junket representative"
"License"
"License or Registration Fee"
"Licensed casino operation"
"Licensee"
“Multi-casino employee”
“Multi-casino progressive slot machine system”
"Operation"
"Operation certificate"
"Party"
"Person"
Repealed
“Promotional gaming credit”
"Property"
"Publicly traded corporation"
"Registration"
"Registrant"
"Regulated complimentary service account"
"Resident"
"Respondent"
"Restricted casino areas"
"Security"
"Slot machine"
“Slot system agreement”
“Slot system operator”
"State of emergency"
"Statement of compliance"
"Subsidiary"
Repealed
"Transfer"
Repealed
Words and terms: tense, number and gender
ARTICLE 2.
CASINO CONTROL COMMISSION AND DIVISION OF
GAMING ENFORCEMENT: ESTABLISHMENT AND
ORGANIZATION
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Creation of Casino Control Commission; number of members
Members of the commission; qualifications and eligibility
Appointment and terms of commission members
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Compensation of members
Organization and employees
Restrictions on certain contributions
Division of gaming enforcement
Organization and employees
Expenses; limits
ARTICLE 3.
CONTROL AUTHORITY RESTRICTIONS
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Restrictions on pre-employment by commissioners,
commission employees and division employees and agents
Employment restrictions on commissioners, commission
employees and division employees
Post-employment restrictions
Applicant and licensee liability for violations
Enforcement
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ARTICLE 4. CASINO CONTROL COMMISSION - DUTIES AND POWERS
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Duties of the Commission
Repealed
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Investigative hearings
Repealed
Collection of fees, penalties or tax
Regulations
Required regulations
Regulation requiring exclusion of certain persons
Repeat offenders excludable from casino hotels
List of persons self-excluded from gaming activities at all
licensed casinos and simulcasting facilities; procedures;
establishment; liability
Excluded person; forfeiture of winnings; other sanctions
Commission reports and recommendations
Meetings and Quorum
Minutes and records
Information, data deemed confidential; exceptions
Powers not enumerated
ARTICLE 5.
DIVISION OF GAMING ENFORCEMENT - POWERS AND
DUTIES
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General duties and powers
Criminal violations; prosecution; law enforcement powers of
division and its employees and agents
Cooperation by licensees, registrants or applicants
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Inspection, seizure, and warrants
ARTICLE 6.
LICENSING
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General provisions
Pilot program for issuance of additional types of casino
licenses
Increase of casino space by small-scale, staged casino
facility; special amenities
Statement of compliance
Casino license-applicant eligibility
Approved hotel
Casino license-applicant requirements
Additional requirements
Qualifications for issuance of casino license
Applicability of act
Casino license-disqualification criteria
Investigation of applicants for casino licenses; order
approving or denying license
Submission of documentation, information by licensee
Repealed
Licensing of casino key employees
Repealed
Registration of casino employees
Endorsement as multi-casino employee
Licensing of casino service industry enterprises
Registration of labor organizations
Approval and denial of registrations and licenses other than
casino licenses
Renewal of licenses and registrations
ARTICLE 6A.
TEMPORARY CASINO PERMITS [REPEALED]
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Repealed
ARTICLE 6B.
INTERIM CASINO AUTHORIZATION
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Applicability and requirements
Commission consideration of request for interim casino
authorization
Provisions and application of trust agreement
Obligations and responsibilities
Time for determining qualification
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ARTICLE 7.
CONDITIONS OF OPERATION
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Operation certificate
Hours of operation
Casino facility requirements
Internal controls
Games and gaming equipment
Right to receive annuity jackpot payments
Prompt notice of award of annuity jackpot; offset, lien for
child support arrearages
Credit
Non-citizen patrons; proof of identity to establish accounts;
multiple transactions
Non-citizen patrons; proof of identity to redeem chips or
markers
Report of identities and passport numbers
Junkets and complimentary services
Alcoholic beverages in casino hotel facilities
Casino licensee leases and contracts
Disposition of securities by corporate licensee
Casino employment
ARTICLE 8.
HEARINGS
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Conduct of hearings; rules of evidence; punishment of
contempts
Proceedings against licensees
Emergency orders
Judicial review
ARTICLE 9.
SANCTIONS
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Penalties for willful evasion of payment of license fees, other
acts and omissions
Unlicensed casino gambling games unlawful; penalties
Swindling and cheating; penalties
Use of device to obtain advantage at casino game a
disorderly persons offense; forfeiture; notice
Unlawful use of bogus chips or gaming billets, marked cards,
dice, cheating devices, unlawful coins; penalty
Cheating games and devices in a licensed casino; penalty
Unlawful possession of device, equipment or other material
illegally manufactured, distributed, sold or serviced
Employment without license or registration; penalty
Employment or offer to employ by applicant, licensee or
registrant of persons prohibited from employment; penalty
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Regulations requiring exclusion or rejection of certain
persons from licensed casinos; unlawful entry by person
whose name has been placed on list; penalty
Gaming by certain persons prohibited; penalties; defenses
Prohibited political contributions; penalty
Authority of gaming licensee and agents to detain or
question persons; immunity from liability; posted notice
required
Other offenses; general penalty
Continuing offenses
Exemption from gambling statutes
Racketeer-influenced and corrupt organizations-definitions
Prohibited activities
Civil remedies
Civil investigative demand
Supplemental sanctions
Report of suspicious transaction
Failure to file report; sanctions
Record of reports
Rules, regulations
Notification to person involved in transaction prohibited;
fourth degree crime
Immunity from civil liability
Imposition of sanctions-standards
ARTICLE 9A.
CASINO LICENSE CONSERVATORSHIP
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Institution of conservatorship and appointment of
conservators
Powers and duties of conservator conferred by commission;
written instructions; modifications
Powers, authorities and duties of conservators
Compensation of conservators and others
Assumption of outstanding debts
Payment of net earnings during the period of the
conservatorship
Payments following a bulk sale
Continuing jurisdiction of commission
Discontinuation of a conservatorship
Required reports
Review of actions of conservator
Investigation by the division of gaming enforcement
ARTICLE 10.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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Declaration of state's limited exemption from operation of
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provisions of 15 U.S.C. (1172)
Legal shipments of gaming devices into New Jersey
Severability and preemption
Equal employment opportunity; requirements of license
Equal employment opportunity; enforcement by the
commission
Facilities for the handicapped
Repealed
Prohibited political contributions
ARTICLE 11.
FEES AND TAXES
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Casino license fees
License fee on slot machines
Fees for other than casino licenses
Fees to recoup costs of the division or commission
Expiration of gaming-related obligations owed to patrons;
date of expiration; payment to Casino Revenue Fund
Repealed
Casino control fund
Tax on gross revenues
Investment alternative tax; credits; bond purchase contracts;
project areas; allocation of moneys; Atlantic City housing
facilities; accounting and returns; investment
Annual deduction from gross revenue relative to promotional
gaming credits
Casino revenue fund
Use of moneys in casino revenue fund for programs existing
when act enacted; exceptions
Income from investments; credit to fund
Income from investments; determination of amount
Casino revenue fund advisory commission; appointment of
members; terms; vacancies; reimbursement for expenses
Duties of commission
Organization of commission; election of chairperson and
secretary; meetings
Use of state and local employees; miscellaneous expenses
Annual report
Fee of $3.00 imposed daily on occupied hotel rooms in
casino hotel facility
In lieu tax
Profits
Payment of taxes
Repealed
Tax of 8% imposed on multi-casino progressive slot machine
revenue
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Tax of 7.5% imposed on certain adjusted net income of
casino licensees
Determination of tax liability
Penalties
Forms
Application of State Tax Uniform Procedure Law
ARTICLE 12.
CASINO REINVESTMENT
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Casino Reinvestment Development Authority; establishment;
composition
Removal of members; oath of office
Officers; quorum; vote necessary
Compensation
Designation of representatives
Interested parties; prohibition; exception
Dissolution of authority; conditions
Purposes of authority
Powers of authority
Atlantic City Fund
Amounts deposited in Atlantic City Fund
Prevailing wage rate for workers employed on projects with
Casino Redevelopment Authority Involvement
Exercise of rights, powers or duties
Prevailing wage rules, regulations, adoption by Casino
Reinvestment Development Authority
Inapplicability of C.5:12-161.3 through C.5:12-161.5
Bonds
Issuance of bond, notes, other obligations
Resolution authorizing bonds; provisions
Pledges of income, revenue or property; validity; effect
Treatment of interest on bonds as provided under Internal
Revenue Code of 1954; consent; application of state or
Federal laws
Liability of members on bonds
Property and bonds of authority; tax exemption
Authority property; exemption from execution or judicial
process
Annual report; audit
Assistants and employees; authorization; access to
confidential information
Annual budget; approval; line item vetoes; transmittal
Guarantee of obligations; provisions of resolution
Investments; authorization; criteria and priorities
Findings, declarations relative to redevelopment in Atlantic
City
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Minimum charge of $3.00 imposed for use of casino parking
facility
Minimum fee of $3.00 imposed for use of casino parking
space
No reduction in casino parking fees while bonds outstanding
Special fund, use of fees
Responsibility for collection of fees
Bonds issued by casino reinvestment development authority;
methods of securing bonds; negotiability
Powers of authority relating to issuance of bonds or notes
Investment in qualified hotel development projects; eligibility
standards; amount and schedule of investments
Short title
Findings, declaration relative to CRDA urban revitalization
program
Definitions relative to CRDA urban revitalization program
Urban revitalization incentive program
Deposit of sales and use tax revenues
Deposit of hotel room use fee revenues
Project fund created
Room fund created
Separate accounts within project, room funds
Proposed district project plan
Proposal for entertainment-retail project, community and
housing development project
Authority sponsored project
Repealed by L.2004, c. 129, § 13, eff. Aug. 25, 2004
Issuance of bonds by CRDA, establishment of Casino Capital
Construction Fund
Atlantic City Expansion Fund; creation, use
Waiver of project eligibility determination
Waiver of requirements relating to composition of investment
tax credit
Waiver of requirements relating to composition, during first
ten years of tax obligation, of investment tax credit;
conditions
Donation in lieu of bond purchase or investment
Projects or investments benefiting, improving, or increasing
value of casino hotel or related facility; authority investment;
prohibition
Determination of investment or donation eligibility prior to
adoption of rules and regulations; conditions
Investments or contributions adverse to priorities;
prohibition of support or approval by authority
Minority and women's business set-aside
Eminent domain or condemnation
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Minutes or authority meetings; effective date of actions; veto
ARTICLE 13.
SET-ASIDE CONTRACTS
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Legislative declarations
Definitions
Set-aside contracts for minority and women's business
enterprises; percentage requirements and goals; report
Set-aside contracts for minority and women's business
enterprises; bus business
Noncompliance with provisions relating to expenditures and
assignments to minority and women business enterprises;
suspension, revocation or other penalties; compliance period
Unified certification procedure for minority and women's
business enterprises
List of certified enterprises; annual review; challenge of
designation
Regulations
ARTICLE 14.
CASINO SIMULCASTING
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Casino Simulcasting Act; short title
Definitions
Casino simulcasting; in-state and out-of-state sending tracks
Establishment of casino simulcasting facility; location; space
required; hours of operation; security; employees; hiring
preferences; sports wagering
Approval of racing commission required; number of racing
programs to be conducted; cancellation of live program
Transmission from in-state sending track to casinos
Simulcast race wagers included in parimutuel pool generated
from in-state sending track; odds; no charge for placing
wagers
Distribution of wagered sums; deposit in parimutuel pool
generated from in-state track; distribution of remaining
wagered sums
Simulcasting from out-of-state sending tracks; eligibility;
approval
Simulcast racing from out-of-state sending track only during
permitted hours of casino operation
Payment by casino to out-of-state sending track; maximum
payment
Casino parimutuel pools combined with comparable pool at
out-of-state sending track; exception for approved interstate
common pool; distribution of breakage
Distribution of wagered sums generated from out-of-state
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transmission
Petition for revision of distribution formula
Casino simulcasting special fund; disbursements
Payments to Atlantic City Racetrack; due date; conditions of
eligibility
State revenue derived from casino simulcasting deposited in
fund
Casino simulcasting fund; exclusive appropriation to provide
services for eligible senior citizens; publication of accounting
Money generated from casino simulcasting to be placed in
interest-bearing account; distribution of accrued interest
Rules and regulations
ARTICLE 15.
STATE OF EMERGENCY OPERATIONS
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Continuance of casino, simulcast operations during certain
states of emergency; violations, fines
Commission approval of internal controls prior to state of
emergency
Prohibitions relative to operation during state of emergency
Restriction of transfer of property
Calculation of certain time periods
Adoption of regulations
Effective date
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