53:2-24 Additional grounds for revocation, suspension of license, registration.

19. In addition to the grounds elsewhere set forth in P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.), any license or registration issued or made pursuant thereto may be revoked or suspended for a period as the division deems in the public interest or the licensee or registrant may be reprimanded, for:

a. Conviction of any crime or offense in relation to illegal gambling, bookmaking, or similar crimes or offenses if the crime or offense was committed at or on a pier or other waterfront terminal or within 500 feet thereof;

b. Willful authority of, or willful attempt to commit at or on a waterfront terminal or adjacent highway, any act of physical injury to any other person or of willful damage to or misappropriation of any other person's property, unless justified or excused by law;

c. Receipt or solicitation of anything of value from any person other than a licensee's or registrant's employer as consideration for the selection or retention for employment of a licensee or registrant;

d. Coercion of a licensee or registrant by threat of discrimination or violence or economic reprisal, to make purchases from or to utilize the services of any person;

e. Refusal to answer any material question or produce any evidence lawfully required to be answered or produced at any investigation, interview, hearing, or other proceeding conducted by the division pursuant to section 14 of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.53:2-19), or, if the refusal is accompanied by a valid plea of privilege against self-incrimination, refusal to obey an order to answer the question or produce any evidence made by the division pursuant to section 14 of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.53:2-19); or

f. Association with a person who has been identified by a federal, State, or local law enforcement agency as a member or associate of an organized crime group, a terrorist group, or a career offender cartel, or who is a career offender, under circumstances where that association creates a reasonable belief that the participation of the licensee or registrant in any activity required to be licensed or registered under P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.) would be inimical to the purposes of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.); or

g. Conviction of a racketeering activity or knowing association with a person who has been convicted of a racketeering activity by a court of the United States, or any State, or territory thereof under circumstances where that association creates a reasonable belief that the participation of the licensee or registrant in any activity required to be licensed or registered under P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.) would be inimical to the purposes of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.).

L.2017, c.324, s.19.