| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 8 MRSA §300, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 687, Pt. A, §4 and | | affected by Pt. B, §11, is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 8 MRSA §1036, sub-§§1 and 2, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 687, Pt. | | A, §5 and affected by Pt. B, §11, are amended to read: |
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| | | 1. Distribution for administrative expenses of board. A slot | machine operator shall collect and distribute 1% 2% of adjusted | | gross slot machine income to the Treasurer of State for deposit | | in the General Fund for the administrative expenses of the board. | | For purposes of this subsection, "adjusted gross slot machine | | income" means the total value of money or tokens, credits or | | similar objects or things of value used to actually play a slot | | machine before payback is distributed to a player. |
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| | | 2. Distribution from commercial track. A slot machine | operator shall collect and distribute 39% 38% of the total gross | | slot machine income from slot machines operated by the slot | | machine operator to the board for distribution by the board as | | follows: |
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| | | A. Three percent of the total gross slot machine income | | must be deposited to the General Fund for administrative | | expenses of the board, including gambling addiction | | counseling services, in accordance with rules adopted by the | | board; |
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| | | B. Ten percent of the total gross slot machine income must | | be forwarded by the board to the Treasurer of State, who | | shall credit the money to the fund established in section | | 298 to supplement harness racing purses; |
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| | | C. Three percent of the total gross slot machine income | | must be credited by the board to the Sire Stakes Fund | | created in section 281; |
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| | | D. Three percent of the total gross slot machine income | | must be forwarded by the board to the Treasurer of State, | | who shall credit the money to the Agricultural Fair Support | | Fund established in Title 7, section 77; |
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| | | E. Ten percent of the total gross slot machine income must | | be forwarded by the board to the State Controller to be | | credited to the Fund for a Healthy Maine established by | | Title 22, section 1511 and segregated into a separate | | account under Title 22, section 1511, subsection 11, with | | the use of funds in the account restricted to the purposes | | described in Title 22, section 1511, subsection 6, paragraph | | E; |
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