New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 74C - EXCHANGE WAGERING
Subchapter 6 - LICENSING; PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS; HEARING PROCESS
Section 13:74C-6.8 - Refusal to issue or renew license
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The burden shall rest on each applicant to show that he or she is qualified in every respect to receive the license applied for. Ability, as well as good character and integrity, must be clearly shown by the applicant in order to receive the license applied for.
(b) The Commission may investigate the applicant or any person named in the application, with respect to such person's background, good character, qualifications, financial responsibility, criminal record, subversive record, and other reports concerning such persons, in order to determine whether the applicant is qualified to receive the license applied for.
(c) The Commission may refuse to issue or renew a license, or may suspend a license issued pursuant to this chapter, if it shall find that the applicant is not of good character, is not qualified to hold the license applied for, or that the applicant, or any person who is a partner, agent, employee, or associate of the applicant, has been convicted of a crime in any jurisdiction, or is associating or consorting with any person or persons who has been convicted of a crime or crimes in any jurisdiction, or is consorting with, or has consorted with bookmakers, touts, or persons of similar pursuits, or is financially irresponsible, or has been guilty of or attempted any fraud or misrepresentation in connection with racing, breeding, or otherwise, or has violated or attempted to violate any law with respect to racing in any jurisdiction or any rule, regulation, or order of the Commission, or shall have violated any rule of racing, which shall have been approved or adopted by the Commission, or has been guilty of or engaged in similar, related, or like practices.
(d) In considering an application for a license, the Commission or Commission Executive Director may require that the applicant appear before the Commission, the Commission Executive Director, or designee, for an interview in connection with the license application. An applicant has the unqualified duty to cooperate with the Commission in connection with its investigation into any application for a license and a license shall be denied where the applicant fails to do so.
(e) Any person making any false, untrue, or misleading statements on a license application, or in connection with any written or oral examination in connection with an application for a license, shall be denied a license and is subject to the additional penalties set forth at N.J.A.C. 13:74C-6.10.
(f) Where a license is denied, the Commission Executive Director shall cause a ruling to be issued reflecting the license denial. An applicant who has been denied a license may appeal the license denial to the Commission in accordance with N.J.A.C. 13:74C-6.12.
