| | A. The Chief of the State Police commission may issue one | | special exempt raffle license per year to any organization, | | department or class eligible to hold a raffle under | | subsection 6 without obtaining a license. The special | | exempt raffle license entitles the licensee to hold one | | raffle in which the holder of a winning chance receives | | something of value worth more than $10,000 but not more than | | $75,000. Section 341 does not apply to raffles licensed | | under this section. |
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| | B. The Chief of the State Police commission may not issue a | | license under this subsection to hold a raffle in which the | | holder of a winning chance receives a cash prize worth more | | than $10,000. |
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| | | C. All tickets sold pursuant to a special exempt raffle | | license must be purchased from a licensed distributor or | | licensed printer. Tickets must be sequentially numbered and | | have printed on their faces the following information: the | | name of the special exempt raffle licensee; a description of | | the prize or prizes; the price of the ticket; and the date, | | time and place of the drawing. Any organization, department | | or class listed in subsection 6 that conducts a raffle under | | section 331-A shall retain all unsold raffle tickets for 6 | | months after the raffle drawing and make those tickets | | available for inspection at the request of the Chief of the | | State Police or the commission. |
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| | D. The Chief of the State Police commission may issue only | | one special exempt raffle license per year, either under | | this subsection or subsection 7, to the same organization, | | department or class listed in subsection 6. |
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| | | Sec. 30. 17 MRSA §332, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1993, c. 730, §1, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | 1. Organizations eligible. Notwithstanding other provisions | of law, the Chief of the State Police commission may issue a | | license to operate a game of chance to an agricultural society | | eligible for the state stipend under Title 7, section 62, or to a | | bona fide nonprofit charitable, educational, political, civic, | | recreational, fraternal, patriotic or religious organization, or | | to a volunteer fire department or to an auxiliary of any of these | | organizations, any of which must be founded, chartered or | | organized in this State before applying for a license. |
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| | | Sec. 31. 17 MRSA §332, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1981, c. 593, §1, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | 2. Games conducted by members and bartenders of licensees |
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