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91. Registration of Casino Service Employees.
a.No person may commence employment as a casino service employee unless the person has been registered with the commission, which registration shall be in accordance with subsection f. of this section.
b.Any applicant for casino service employee registration shall produce such information as the commission may require. Subsequent to the registration of a casino service employee, the commission may revoke, suspend, limit, or otherwise restrict the registration upon a finding that the registrant is disqualified on the basis of the criteria contained in section 86 of P.L.1977, c.110 (C.5:12-86). If a casino service employee registrant has not been employed in any position within a casino hotel facility for a period of three years, the registration of that casino service employee shall lapse.
c.The commission may, by regulation, require that all applicants for casino service employee registration be residents of this State for a period not to exceed three months immediately prior to such registration, but application may be made prior to the expiration of the required period of residency. The commission shall waive the required residency period for an applicant upon a showing that the residency period would cause undue hardship upon the casino licensee which intends to employ said applicant, or upon a showing of other good cause.
d.Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection b. of this section, no casino service employee registration shall be revoked on the basis of a conviction of any of the offenses enumerated in this act as disqualification criteria or the commission of any act or acts which would constitute any offense under subsection c. of section 86 of P.L.1977, c.110 (C.5:12-86), as specified in subsection g. of that section, provided that the registrant has affirmatively demonstrated the registrant's rehabilitation. In determining whether the registrant has affirmatively demonstrated the registrant's rehabilitation the commission shall consider the following factors:
(1)The nature and duties of the registrant's position;
(2)The nature and seriousness of the offense or conduct;
(3)The circumstances under which the offense or conduct occurred;
(4)The date of the offense or conduct;
(5)The age of the registrant when the offense or conduct was committed;
(6)Whether the offense or conduct was an isolated or repeated incident;
(7)Any social conditions which may have contributed to the offense or conduct;
(8)Any evidence of rehabilitation, including good conduct in prison or in the community, counseling or psychiatric treatment received, acquisition of additional academic or vocational schooling, successful participation in correctional work-release programs, or the recommendation of persons who have or have had the registrant under their supervision.
e.The commission may waive any disqualification criterion for a casino service employee consistent with the public policy of this act and upon a finding that the interests of justice so require.
f.Upon petition by the holder of a casino license, casino service employee registration shall be granted to each applicant for such registration named therein, provided that the petition certifies that each such applicant has filed a completed application for casino service employee registration as required by the commission.
All casino hotel employee registrations shall expire 120 days after the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act, P.L.2002, c.65. Any holder of a casino hotel employee registration may until that date convert that registration to a casino service employee registration without fee.
g.For the purposes of this section, each applicant shall submit to the division the applicant's name, address, fingerprints and written consent for a criminal history record background check to be performed. The division is hereby authorized to exchange fingerprint data with and receive criminal history record information from the State Bureau of Identification in the Division of State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation consistent with applicable State and federal laws, rules and regulations. The applicant shall bear the cost for the criminal history record background check, including all costs of administering and processing the check. The Division of State Police shall promptly notify the division in the event a current or prospective licensee, who was the subject of a criminal history record background check pursuant to this section, is arrested for a crime or offense in this State after the date the background check was performed.
L.1977, c.110, s.91; amended 1978, c.7, s.19; 1979, c.282, s.26; 1980, c.28, s.6; 1980, c.161; 1981, c.503, s.12; 1987, c.354, s.14; 1991, c.182, s.30; 1995, c.18, s.29; 2002, c.65, s.16; 2003, c.199, s.8; 2009, c.36, s.12.
