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This chapter may not be construed to limit municipal
regulation of the activities licensed under this chapter, as long
as such municipal regulation does not conflict with this chapter
or rules adopted under this chapter.

 
§1063. Rules

 
Rules adopted pursuant to this chapter are routine technical
rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

 
§1064. Applicability of Title 17, chapter 14

 
Except as expressly provided in this chapter, the provisions
of Title 17, chapter 14 do not apply to the ownership,
distribution or operation of slot machines in the State.

 
Sec. A-5. 17-A MRSA §952, sub-§5-A, ¶¶B and C, as enacted by PL 2001, c.
461, §1, are amended to read:

 
B. That is used to advance gambling activity; and

 
C. That is not a machine that a person may lawfully operate
pursuant to a license that has been issued under Title 17,
chapter 14 or that is operated by the Department of
Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Alcoholic
Beverages and Lottery Operations.; and

 
Sec. A-6. 17-A MRSA §952, sub-§5-A, ¶D is enacted to read:

 
D.__That is not a slot machine registered pursuant to Title
8, section 1021 and owned by a slot machine distributor
licensed pursuant to Title 8, section 1012.

 
Sec. A-7. 17-A MRSA §959, sub-§§1 and 2, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 461,
§2, are amended to read:

 
1. An illegal gambling machine, including any monetary
contents and any associated proceeds, is subject to forfeiture to
the State.

 
2. An illegal gambling machine and, any monetary contents and
any associated proceeds may be declared forfeited under this
section by any court that has jurisdiction over the illegal
gambling machine or final jurisdiction over any related criminal
proceeding brought under this chapter or by the Superior Court
for Kennebec County. Property subject to forfeiture may be kept
or stored at any location within the territorial boundaries of
the State and is subject to the authority of any court in which a
petition seeking the forfeiture of that property is filed.


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