LD 1932
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LR 1888
Item 1

 
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.

 
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.

 
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.

 
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.

 
Sec. 30. 17 MRSA §332, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1993, c. 730, §1, is
further amended to read:

 
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.

 
Sec. 31. 17 MRSA §332, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1981, c. 593, §1, is
further amended to read:

 
2. Games conducted by members and bartenders of licensees


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