| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 30 MRSA c. 601 is amended by repealing the chapter | | headnote and enacting the following in its place: |
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| | | MAINE INDIAN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT |
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| | | IMPLEMENTATION OF MAINE INDIAN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT |
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| | | Sec. 2. 30 MRSA §6212, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 600, Pt. A, | | §24 and affected by §25, is amended to read: |
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| | | 6. Funding. The commission may receive and accept, from | | any source, allocations, appropriations, loans, grants and | | contributions of money or other things of value to be held, | used or applied to carry out this chapter subchapter, subject | | to the conditions upon which the loans, grants and | | contributions may be made, including, but not limited to, | | appropriations, allocations, loans, grants or gifts from a | | private source, federal agency or governmental subdivision of | | the State or its agencies. Notwithstanding Title 5, chapter | | 149, upon receipt of a written request from the commission, | | the State Controller shall pay the commission's full state | | allotment for each fiscal year to meet the estimated annual | | disbursement requirements of the commission. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 30 MRSA c. 601, sub-c. 2 is enacted to read: |
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| | | GAMING CONDUCTED BY PASSAMAQUODDY |
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| | | TRIBE AND PENOBSCOT NATION |
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| | | This subchapter may be known and cited as "The Maine Tribal | | Gaming Act." |
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| | | As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise | | indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. |
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| | | 1.__Bazaar game.__"Bazaar game" means a game, sport, | | amusement, diversion, scheme, plan, project, contest, | | undertaking or enterprise in which chance, fortune, luck or | | lot is the predominating factor or element in the winning or | | awarding of a |
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