{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-5-8-28","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 5:8-28","heading":"Hearing;  amendment of license","body":"No application for the issuance of a license shall be refused by the governing body until after a hearing is held on due notice to the applicant, at  which the applicant shall be entitled to be heard upon the qualifications of  the applicant and the merits of the application.\nAny license issued under this act may be amended, upon application made to the governing body of the municipality which issued it, if the subject matter of the proposed amendment could lawfully and properly have been included in the  original license and upon payment of such additional license fee, if any, as  would have been payable, if it had been so included.\nL.1954, c. 6, p. 36, s. 5.","path":["TITLE 5 AMUSEMENTS, PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS AND MEETINGS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"19d5d95391fb439b987e805eb71024af9b4beebdfcb47425012cbac7f2c6800b","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-5-8-27","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-5-8-29"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}