[Second Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 2190

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

220th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  RALPH R. CAPUTO

District 28 (Essex)

Assemblywoman  ANNETTE CHAPARRO

District 33 (Hudson)

Assemblyman  LOUIS D. GREENWALD

District 6 (Burlington and Camden)

Senator  JAMES BEACH

District 6 (Burlington and Camden)

Senator  VINCENT J. POLISTINA

District 2 (Atlantic)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Guardian and Assemblywoman Swift

SYNOPSIS

     Extends authorization for Internet gaming law to 2028.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Budget Committee on June 28, 2023, with amendments.

An Act extending the authorization for the Internet gaming law to ¹[2033] ²[2025¹] 2028² and amending P.L.2013, c.27.

Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

      1.   Section 36 of P.L.2013, c.27 (C.5:12-95.33) is amended to read as follows:

      36.  a.  The Division of Gaming Enforcement shall select the date upon which the provisions of P.L.2013, c.27 (C.5:12-95.17 et al.) shall become operative which shall not be less than three months, nor more than nine months, after the date of enactment, except that upon application by the division, the Casino Control Commission may allow the division, for good cause, to extend the operative date beyond nine months.  The division shall provide all casino licensees and applicants with 45 days' notice of the operative date.  Notwithstanding this delayed operative date, the division and the commission may take such anticipatory administrative action in advance as may be necessary for the implementation of P.L.2013, c.27 (C.5:12-95.17 et al.).

      b.   The authorization to conduct games through the Internet as provided for in P.L.2013, c.27 shall expire [10] ¹[20] ²[12¹] 15² years following the operative date established pursuant to subsection a. of this section, unless reauthorized by law.

(cf: P.L.2013, c.27, s.36)

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.