[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council
of the Township of Evesham 12-12-2017 by Ord. No. 32-12-2017.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Ch. 83,
Games of Chance, adopted 4-20-1971 by Ord. No. 7-4-1971, as amended.
The purpose of this chapter is to regulate all games of chance
held, operated or conducted within the Township of Evesham, pursuant
to Acts of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey known as the
"Bingo Licensing Law," N.J.S.A. 5:8-24 et seq., and the "Raffles Licensing
Law," N.J.S.A. 5:8-50 et seq., and in accordance with the rules and
regulations issued or to be promulgated by the Legalized Games of
Chance Control Commission within the Department of Law and Public
Safety in the State of New Jersey (LGCCC). All applications, licenses
and proceedings in connection therewith shall be subject to the provisions
of such acts, and any laws and rules and regulations hereafter enacted
and shall be further subject to the provisions of this chapter.
It shall be lawful for the Municipal Clerk, except when prohibited
by statute, to license 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 citizen 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 "bingo" and "raffles" when the entire net
proceeds of such games of chance are to be devoted to educational,
charitable, patriotic, religious or public-spirited uses, and in the
case of senior citizen associations and clubs to the support of these
organizations, and for any such organization or association, church,
congregation, society, club, company or squad, when so licensed, to
hold, operate and conduct such games of chance pursuant to the terms
and conditions set forth in and by this chapter, the New Jersey Bingo
and Raffles Licensing Laws, the LGCCC Law and the rules and regulations
adopted and promulgated or to be promulgated or adopted by the New
Jersey LGCCC, but only when the entire net proceeds thereof are devoted
to the uses aforesaid and for any person or persons to participate
in and play such games of chance conducted under any such license.
No person, organization, association, club, fire company or
squad shall operate or conduct within the Township of Evesham any
game of chance, as the same is defined in the Bingo Licensing Law
(N.J.S.A. 5:8-24 et seq.) and the Raffles Licensing Law (N.J.S.A.
5:8-50 et seq.), as the same may be hereinafter amended and supplemented,
without first obtaining a license issued by the Township of Evesham.
Said license shall be issued pursuant and subject to the provisions
of the aforementioned statutes and the rules and regulations promulgated
pursuant thereto or issued thereunder by the LGCCC or its successor.
Each applicant for either a bingo or raffle license or any game
of chance covered by the aforesaid statutes shall file with the Municipal
Clerk a written application on forms prescribed by and in conformance
with the statutes referred to in the previous section and the rules
and regulations promulgated or issued by the LGCCC.
The Municipal Clerk shall, in accordance with the Bingo and
Raffles Licensing Laws and in accordance with the rules and regulations
issued by the LGCCC, cause a background investigation of members of
applicant listed in Part G of the application, with due expedition
after the filing of the application. If the Municipal Clerk determines
that the applicant is duly qualified to be licensed to hold, operate
and conduct games of chance, the Municipal Clerk shall issue a license
to the applicant for the holding, operation and conduct of the specific
kind of games of chance applied for, accordingly, upon payment of
the license fee or fees.
Each license shall be in such form as shall be prescribed in
the rules and regulations promulgated by the LGCCC and shall contain
a description of the kind of games of chance authorized to be held,
operated and conducted thereunder; a statement of the name and address
of the licensee; the names and addresses of the member(s) of the licensee
under whom such games of chance will be held, operated and conducted;
the number of times or the hours during which such games of chance
are authorized to be conducted; the place(s) where and the date(s)
and time(s) when such games of chance are to be conducted; the specific
purposes to which the entire net proceeds of such games of chance
are to be devoted; if any prizes are to be offered and given in cash,
a statement of the amounts of the prizes authorized so 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 game or games of chance shall be conspicuously
displayed at the place where the same is to be conducted at all times
during the conduct thereof. The prizes to be awarded are of nominal
retail value.
Games of chance commonly known as "bingo" and "raffles," as provided by the Laws of the State of New Jersey 1954, Chapters 5 and 6, may be conducted on the first day of the week commonly known and designated as "Sunday," provided that the applicant for the license to conduct such game otherwise qualifies under the provisions of the aforementioned statutes of the State of New Jersey and the rules and regulations of the LGCCC and, specifically, provided that the organization conducting the games is a charitable, religious or other organization specifically qualifying under the provisions of the aforementioned statutes.
The issuing authority responsible for approving and granting
of bingo and raffle licenses shall be the Municipal Clerk.
A municipal fee in an amount equal to the amount charged by
the LGCCC shall be charged for each license and shall be due at the
time the application is made. This fee is in addition to, separate
and apart from, the fee charged by the LGCCC.
Whenever the suspension or revocation of a license is to be
considered, the rules set forth at N.J.A.C. 13:47-10.1 et seq. shall
be followed.
