New Jersey Statutes 5:8-51.1. Senior citizen club exemption
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 5:8-51.1
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
The governing body of any municipality shall issue a special license to any senior citizen association or club desiring to hold, operate and conduct games of chance solely for the purpose of amusement and recreation of its members. The special license shall be valid only for those games of chance held, operated and conducted where no player or other person furnishes anything of value for the opportunity to participate; the prizes awarded or to be awarded are nominal; no person other than a bona fide active member of the organization participates in the conduct of the games; and no person is paid for conducting or assisting in the conduct of the game or games. The special license shall be issued under this act without fee and shall be effective for a period of two years.
L. 1985, c. 299, s. 6, eff. Aug. 23, 1985.