§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.