Sec. 45. 17 MRSA §343, last ¶, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 674, §3, is amended to read:

The Chief of the State Police commission shall provide a mechanism for individuals and businesses to request a determination from the State Police commission as to whether a particular game, contest, scheme or device qualifies as a game of chance or a game of skill.

Sec. 46. 17 MRSA §343-A, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 684, §8, is amended to read:

§343-A. Investigations; suspension and revocation

1. Chief of the State Police. The Chief of the State Police may:

A. Investigate all aspects of this chapter including the direct and indirect ownership or control of any licenses;

B. Suspend Recommend to the commission that it suspend or revoke a license, after notice and the opportunity for a hearing, if the licensee or the licensee's agent or employee violates a provision of this chapter or Title 17-A, chapter 39; and

C. Immediately Recommend to the commission that it immediately suspend or revoke a license if there is probable cause to believe that the licensee or the licensee's agent or employee violated section 332, subsection 3-A or 3-B, paragraph C or a provision of Title 17-A, chapter 39.

2. Suspension or revocation after notice and opportunity for hearing. The Chief of the State Police commission must notify the licensee in writing, before a license is suspended or revoked and after notice of the opportunity for a hearing, pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph B, of the intended commencement date of the suspension or revocation, which may not be made any sooner than 96 hours after the licensee's receipt of the notice, of the duration of the suspension or revocation and of the right to a hearing pursuant to this subsection. The licensee has the right to request a hearing before the Commissioner of Public Safety or the commissioner's designee commission. Upon the licensee's request for a hearing, the