Sec. 1. 17 MRSA §311, sub-§1-B is enacted to read:

1-B.__Chief of State Police.__"Chief of the State Police" or "chief" means the Chief of the State Police or the chief's designee.

Sec. 2. 17 MRSA §317-A, as amended by PL 1999, c. 74, §3, is further amended to read:

§317-A. Investigations; actions on licenses

1. Chief of 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 or commercial beano hall permits;

B. Suspend or, revoke or refuse to issue a license, after notice of the opportunity for a hearing, if the applicant, applicant's agent or employee, licensee or the licensee's agent or employee violates a provision of this chapter or Title 17-A, chapter 39 or fails to meet the statutory requirements for licensure pursuant to this chapter;

C. Immediately suspend or revoke a license if there is probable cause to believe that the licensee or the licensee's agent or employee violated a provision of Title 17-A, chapter 39;

D. Suspend or revoke a commercial beano hall permit, after notice of the opportunity for hearing, if a permittee or permittee's employee commits murder or a Class A, B or C crime or violates a provision of this chapter or Title 17-A, chapter 15, 29, 37 or 39; and

E. Immediately suspend or revoke a commercial beano hall permit if there is probable cause to believe that the permittee or the permittee's employee committed murder or a Class A, B or C crime or violated a provision of Title 17-A, chapter 15, 29, 37 or 39.; and

F.__Issue a subpoena in the name of the State Police in accordance with Title 5, section 9060, except that this authority applies to any stage of an investigation under this chapter and is not limited to an adjudicatory hearing.__If a witness refuses to obey a subpoena or to give any evidence relevant to proper inquiry by the chief, the