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LR 2664
Item 1

 
Sec. A-8. 22 MRSA §1511, sub-§11 is enacted to read:

 
11.__Restricted accounts.__The State Controller is authorized
to establish separate accounts within the fund in order to
segregate money received by the fund from any source, whether
public or private, that requires as a condition of the
contribution to the fund that the use of the money contributed be
restricted to one or more of the purposes specified in subsection
6.__Money credited to a restricted account established under this
subsection may be applied only to the purposes to which the
account is restricted.

 
Sec. A-9. 36 MRSA §6652, sub-§1-B, ¶¶A and B, as enacted by PL 1997, c.
24, Pt. C, §14, are amended to read:

 
A. Office furniture, including without limitation tables,
chairs, desks, bookcases, filing cabinets and modular office
partitions; and

 
B. Lamps and lighting fixtures.; and

 
Sec. A-10. 36 MRSA §6652, sub-§1-B, ¶C is enacted to read:

 
C.__A slot machine and associated equipment, as those terms
are defined in Title 8, section 1001, and any part thereof,
and any device or machine used directly and primarily in the
operation or use of a slot machine, including but not
limited to printing mechanisms, video display monitors,
metering devices and computer equipment.

 
Sec. A-11. Report. The Gambling Control Board established in the
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 8, chapter 31 shall submit by
January 15, 2005 a report and recommendations to the Governor and
the Legislature on bringing within the jurisdiction of the board
regulatory authority over off-track betting, high-stakes beano,
beano, pari-mutuel wagering and games of chance.

 
PART B

 
Sec. B-1. 7 MRSA §76, as enacted by IB 2003, c. 1, §1, is repealed.

 
Sec. B-2. 8 MRSA §263-C, sub-§4, ¶¶A and B, as amended by PL 2003, c.
401, §4 and IB 2003, c. 1, §2, are repealed and the following
enacted in their place:

 
A.__Management of the work of the commission, including:

 
(1)__Rulemaking;


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