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.

Sec. A-9. 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-10. 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-11. 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-12. 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.