| A.__Is eligible for a license to conduct games of chance | pursuant to section 332; |
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| B.__Is exempt from federal taxation under the Internal | Revenue Code, Section 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), 501(c)(8), | 501(c)(10) or 501(c)(19); and |
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| C.__Owns or leases the premises upon which the video gaming | terminals will be located and uses those premises to fulfill | the primary charitable or nonprofit purpose of the | organization.__If the premises are leased, the lease must | run for a term longer than the license term. |
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| Notwithstanding paragraph B, an organization that holds a license | under section 332 to operate an electronic video machine on the | effective date of this chapter is eligible to apply for a license | under this section to operate video gaming terminals for up to 18 | months, provided the organization applies for federal tax status | as specified in paragraph B.__If the Chief of the State Police | determines that the organization is making a good faith effort to | secure the required tax status and is likely to be given such | status, the Chief of the State Police may extend the term of the | license for an additional 6 months to allow the United States | Internal Revenue Service time to complete processing the | application for tax status.__If the organization applied for such | status and was rejected within 3 years of the effective date of | this section, that organization is not eligible under this | subsection. |
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| | 2.__Qualifications for license.__A person may be issued a | license to operate a video gaming terminal if the person is | eligible for a license under subsection 1, has sufficient | financial assets to meet the financial obligations imposed by | this chapter and a method acceptable to the Chief of the State | Police for meeting those obligations and the individual and each | officer, director or partner of the corporation, association or | partnership: |
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| A.__Has not been convicted in Maine or any other | jurisdiction of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, | within the meaning of 18 United States Code, Section 921, | Subsection (a), Paragraph (33); |
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| B.__Does not have a formal charging instrument pending in | Maine or any other jurisdiction for a misdemeanor crime of | domestic violence, within the meaning of 18 United States | Code, Section 921, Subsection (a), Paragraph (33); |
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| C.__Has not been convicted in Maine or any other | jurisdiction within the past 3 years of 3 or more crimes | punishable by imprisonment for less than one year, if those | convictions arose from different criminal episodes; |
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