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LR 540
Item 1

 
Maine State Lottery Commission.__These rules are routine
technical rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375,
subchapter 2-A;

 
D.__In any investigation conducted under this chapter,
issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and
the production of evidence relevant to any fact at issue;
and

 
E.__Approve or disapprove terms and conditions of uniform
location agreements.

 
2.__Duties.__ The Chief of the State Police shall:

 
A.__Investigate or cause to be investigated all complaints
made to the State Police and all violations of this
chapter or the rules adopted under this chapter;

 
B.__Adopt rules, which are routine technical rules
pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A, to
prevent undesirable conduct relating to the operation of
video gaming terminals, including the following:

 
(1)__The practice of any fraud or deception upon a
player of a video gaming terminal;

 
(2)__The presence of a video gaming terminal on
premises that may be unsafe due to fire hazard or
other such conditions;

 
(3)__The use of obscene advertising;

 
(4)__The solicitation on a public way of persons to
play video gaming terminals;

 
(5)__The infiltration of organized crime into the
operation of video gaming terminals;

 
(6)__The presence of disorderly persons in a location
where video gaming terminals are in use; and

 
(7)__The use of the word "casino" to describe any
video gaming terminal licensed under this chapter or
as the name or any part of the name of the licensed
premises or of a portion of the premises where the
video gaming terminal is located;

 
C.__Direct the director to disable any video gaming
terminal if the Chief of the State Police has reason to
believe that:


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