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, and for a casino license the qualifications of each person who is required to be qualified under this act as well as the qualifications of the facility in which the casino is to be located.

b. Any applicant, licensee, registrant, or any other person who must be qualified pursuant to this act shall provide all information required by this act and satisfy all requests for information pertaining to qualification and in the form specified by regulation. All applicants, registrants, and licensees shall waive liability as to the State of New Jersey, and its instrumentalities and agents, for any damages resulting from any disclosure or publication in any manner, other than a willfully unlawful disclosure or publication, of any material or information acquired during inquiries, investigations or hearings.

c. All applicants, licensees, registrants, intermediary companies, and holding companies shall consent to inspections, searches and seizures and the supplying of handwriting exemplars as authorized by this act and regulations promulgated hereunder.

d. All applicants, licensees, registrants, and any other person who shall be qualified pursuant to this act shall have the continuing duty to provide any assistance or information required by the division, and to cooperate in any inquiry, investigation or hearing conducted by the division and any hearing conducted by the commission. If, upon issuance of a formal request to answer or produce information, evidence or testimony, any applicant, licensee, registrant, or any other person who shall be qualified pursuant to this act refuses to comply, the application, license, registration or qualification of such person may be denied or revoked.

e. No applicant or licensee shall give or provide, offer to give or provide, directly or indirectly, any compensation or reward or any percentage or share of the money or property played or received through gaming or simulcast wagering activities, except as authorized by this act, in consideration for obtaining any license, authorization, permission or privilege to participate in any way in gaming or simulcast wagering operations.

f. Each applicant or person who must be qualified under this act shall be photographed and fingerprinted for identification and investigation purposes in accordance with procedures set forth by regulation.

g. All licensees, all registrants, and all other persons required to be qualified under this act shall have a duty to inform the division of any action which they believe would constitute a violation of this act. No person who so informs the division shall be discriminated against by an applicant, licensee or registrant because of the supplying of such information.

h. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1995, c.18.)

L.1977, c.110, s.80; amended 1979, c.282, s.17; 1981, c.503, s.9; 1991, c.182, s.20; 1993, c.292, s.12; 1995, c.18, s.21; 2009, c.36, s.6; 2011, c.19, s.44.