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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 30 MRSA c. 601 is amended by repealing the chapter
headnote and enacting the following in its place:

 
CHAPTER 601

 
MAINE INDIAN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT

 
SUBCHAPTER 1

 
IMPLEMENTATION OF MAINE INDIAN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT

 
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:

 
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.

 
Sec. 3. 30 MRSA c. 601, sub-c. 2 is enacted to read:

 
SUBCHAPTER 2

 
GAMING CONDUCTED BY PASSAMAQUODDY

 
TRIBE AND PENOBSCOT NATION

 
§6301.__Short title

 
This subchapter may be known and cited as "The Maine Tribal
Gaming Act."

 
§6302.__Definitions

 
As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise
indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

 
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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