| | | 3.__Rules.__Adopt rules consistent with this Title for | | enforcement of all laws concerning games of chance.__Rules | | adopted under this section are routine technical rules pursuant | | to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A. |
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| | | Sec. 49. 17 MRSA §345, first ¶, as amended by PL 1997, c. 728, §8, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | Any person, firm, corporation, association or organization | making application to the Chief of the State Police | | conduct or operate a game of chance or any such person, firm, | | corporation, association or organization authorized under this | chapter to operate or conduct a game of chance, | | inspection of any equipment, prizes, records or items and | | materials used or to be used in the conduct or operation of a | | game of chance by the Chief of the State Police, the commission | | or the chief's or commission's authorized representative. |
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| | | This bill creates the Beano and Games of Chance Commission. | | It replaces the Chief of the State Police as the administrator of | | the beano and games of chance laws with the commission. The | | Chief of the State Police remains the enforcement body with | | regard to beano and games of chance. |
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| | | The Beano and Games of Chance Commission consists of 5 members | | appointed by the Governor and subject to approval by the joint | | standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over | | legal and veterans affairs. |
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