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 JUNESenator  1,NILSA  CRUZ-PEREZ      District The5 Senate(Camden Budget and AppropriationsGloucester) CommitteeSenator  reportsSHIRLEY favorablyK. Senate Bill No.

2328TURNER (1R),District with15 committee(Hunterdon amendments.and Mercer)   Co-Sponsored by:

     Senator AsBeach amended,  this  bill  provides  thatSYNOPSIS the     operatorPermits of a bowling alley,alleys, including aalleys bowlinglicensed alley for which a plenary retail consumption license has been issued, will be eligible to besell issuedalcoholic forbeverages, that premises an amusement game license provided that the premises includes at least 16 United States Bowling Congress (USBC) sanctioned bowling lanes, at least 40 amusement games, and meets all other requirements for licensure to conduct amusement games.

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621  (1R),     1.    The operator of a bowling alley 1located anywhere in this State1, including a bowling alley for which a plenary retail consumption license as alsodefined reportedin byR.S.33:1-12 thehas committee.been issued,  2whose premises include no less than 16 United States Bowling Congress (USBC) sanctioned bowling lanes and no less than 40 amusement games,2 shall be eligible to be issued for that premises an amusement game license 2[,]2 pursuant to P.L.1959, c.109 (C.5:8-100 et seq.), provided that 2[the premises includes at least 1[10] 161 United States Bowling Congress (USBC) sanctioned bowling lanes, at least 40 amusement games, and meets]2 all other requirements for licensure to conduct amusement games 2are met2.

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621     (1R).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   FISCAL     IMPACT:2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

      The Office of Legislative Services (OLS) estimates that the State license fee revenue impact under the provisions of this bill is indeterminate, but minimal.

 According to the website for the United States Bowling Congress, which is the national governing body of bowling as recognized by the United States Olympic Committee, there are 70 bowling alleys in the State of New Jersey.

 Of those, 98 percent, or 68 have at least 16 lanes.

 State revenues derived from the licensure of amusement games by the bowling alleys would be dependent on the number of bowling alleys that choose to apply for licenses and the number of municipalities in which the bowling alleys are located that have enacted a local ordinance allowing amusement games.

 Under current law, the fee to obtain a State amusement game license is $250.

 Municipal license fees are lower than the State license fee, but vary based on the type of amusement game and number of different amusement games.

 Because the type and number of different amusement games that each bowling alley would offer is not known, municipal revenues derived from the licensure of amusement games by bowling alleys is not able to be determined.