Sponsored by:
Assemblyman RALPH R. CAPUTO
District 28 (Essex)
Assemblywoman ANNETTE CHAPARRO
District 33 (Hudson)
Assemblyman LOUIS D. GREENWALD
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Guardian and Assemblywoman Swift
SYNOPSIS
Extends authorization for Internet gaming law to 2033.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act extending the authorization for the Internet gaming law to 2033 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] 20 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.
STATEMENT
This bill extends the expiration date for the authorization to conduct games through the Internet to 2033. Under current law, the authorization for Internet gaming is set to expire in November 2023, 10 years following the enactment of the original authorization.