ASSEMBLY, No. 621
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
217th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2016 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JOSEPH A. LAGANA
District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblyman LOUIS D. GREENWALD
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)
Assemblyman PAUL D. MORIARTY
District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)
Assemblywoman GABRIELA M. MOSQUERA
District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)
Assemblyman RAJ MUKHERJI
District 33 (Hudson)
Senator NILSA CRUZ-PEREZ
District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)
Senator SHIRLEY K. TURNER
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Holley, Assemblywoman Lampitt, Assemblymen Coughlin, Eustace and Senator Beach
SYNOPSIS
Permits bowling alleys, including alleys licensed to sell alcoholic beverages, to conduct amusement games.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Appropriations Committee on December 15, 2016, with amendments.
An Act permitting bowling alleys, including alleys licensed to sell alcoholic beverages, to conduct amusement games and supplementing P.L.1959, c.108 (C.5:8-78 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The operator of a bowling alley 1located anywhere in this State1, including a bowling alley for which a plenary retail consumption license as defined in R.S.33:1-12 has been issued 1, whose premises include no less than 16 United States Bowling Congress (USBS) sanctioned bowling lanes and no less than 40 amusement games,1 shall be eligible to be issued for that premises an amusement game license 1[,]1 pursuant to P.L.1959, c.109 (C.5:8-100 et seq.), provided that 1[the premises includes at least 10 United States Bowling Congress (USBC) sanctioned bowling lanes, at least 40 amusement games, and meets]1 all other requirements for licensure to conduct amusement games 1are met1.
1In any bowling alley that has been issued an amusement game license:
not more than 50 percent of the amusement games shall be games that allow a player to attempt to win merchandise by manipulating a mechanical claw or crane; and
a redemption center at which players may exchange tickets they have won for prizes shall be open at all times that the facility is open to the public.1
2. This act shall take effect immediately.