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Session Laws, 1972
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Marvin Mandel, Governor                         1727

tions governing outdoor musical festivals adopted by the said State
Board of Health.

(c)  The Superintendent of the State Police shall not issue a per-
mit until the promoter furnishes evidence that he has provided: (1)
adequate security for the safety of the spectators and their prop-
erty, and (2) adequate arrangements for the orderly flow of traffic
to, at, and from the outdoor musical festivals
AND (3) ADEQUATE
SECURITY FOR THE PERSON AND PROPERTY OF THOSE
WHO MIGHT REASONABLY BE AFFECTED BY SUCH FES-
TIVALS.

(d)  The said State Board of Health HEALTH OFFICER shall
retain the bond required in subsection (b) above for a period of
thirty (30) days after the outdoor musical festival has terminated.
In the event the promoters fail to remove all trash, debris, or residue
and repair any damage to personal property, real property, crops
or livestock belonging to another person created or caused by the
outdoor musical festival or the spectators, within seventy-two (72)
hours after said termination, then in that event, said State Board of
Health
THE HEALTH OFFICER may use as much of said bond
money as is needed to remove said trash, debris or residue and
repair said damage to personal property, real property, crops or
livestock. Any moneys unexpended from said bond shall be returned
by said State Board of Health to the promoter thirty (30) days after
termination of the outdoor musical festival.

(E) THE HEALTH OFFICER AND THE SUPERINTENDENT
OF STATE POLICE SHALL WAIVE THE BOND REQUIRE-
MENT IF IT IS SHOWN THAT PROPER SANITATION, MEDI-
CAL AND HEALTH FACILITIES WILL BE PROVIDED AND
ADEQUATE SECURITY AND TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS
WILL BE PRESENT.

159B.

(a)  For the purposes of this section, "Outdoor Musical Festival
Promoter" means every person engaged in the business of organiz-
ing, producing or staging musical entertainment in open spaces and
not in a permanent structure for a gathering of one thousand
(1,000) or more persons who pay a consideration or admission charge
to view and/or hear such musical entertainment.

(b)  Persons engaged in the business of outdoor musical festival
promoting shall pay an annual license tax of five hundred dollars
($500.00).

159C.

No promoter shall obtain a license pursuant to Section 159B of
this Article, until he has first obtained the permits required by Sec-
tion 159A of this Article.

159D.

Any persons or corporation who ADVERTISES, organizes, oper-
ates, produces, stages or permits an outdoor musical festival to be
organized, operated, produced or staged on land in which he or it
owns or leases without having first obtained the required permits


 

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