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 Amusement Games Control Commissioner, duly executed and verified, in which shall be stated the name and address of the applicant, together with sufficient facts relating to its incorporation and organization if the applicant be a corporation or organization; the specific kind of amusement games intended to be held, operated and conducted by the applicant, and the place or places where, the period , term, date or dates and the time or times when, such amusement games are intended to be conducted by the applicant, under the license applied for; and that no prize or prizes will be offered and given under said license except of merchandise only and same shall be of a value not in excess of the sum or value authorized to be offered and given by this act and such other information as shall be prescribed by the Amusement Games Control Commissioner.

Every such municipal license so issued shall be inoperative unless the licensee named therein shall also, within 90 days from the issuance thereof and prior to the conduct or operation of amusement games thereunder, procure a State license authorizing the licensee holding the municipal license to operate and conduct certain games according to the terms of such municipal license. The said State license shall be issued by the State Amusement Games Control Commissioner, if he finds that all of the conditions, terms and requirements of this act and of said rules and regulations have been fully met and complied with. As a condition of granting any such State license the applicant therefor shall pay to the said commissioner an annual fee of $250.00. An applicant who is the owner of an arcade shall pay an additional annual fee of $10.00 per machine for each machine over 50 machines. If any such municipal license authorizes the licensee to conduct and operate games at more than one place or of more than one specific kind the applicant for the State license shall pay the said annual fee of $250.00 for each such place and for each such specific kind.

For the purposes of this section, "arcade" means a place where a single player upon payment of a fee is permitted to play a machine or device to obtain a prize, ticket or token redeemable for a prize, or attain a score upon the basis of which a prize, ticket or token is awarded.

L.1959, c. 109, p. 508, s. 3. Amended by L.1962, c. 200, s. 1; L.1963, c. 131, s. 1; L.1971, c. 129, s. 1, approved May 6, 1971; L.1983, c. 255, s. 1, eff. July 7, 1983.