| 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 B, §11, is repealed.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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