§300-A.__Tribal Commercial Track Development Fund

1.__Fund created.__The Tribal Commercial Track Development Fund is established to provide revenues to be used for development, administration and infrastructure maintenance of the tribal commercial track and development and funding of a vocational education program focusing on harness racing in Washington County.

2.__Distribution. On January 30th, May 30th and September 30th all amounts credited to the fund established by this section, pursuant to section 1036, subsection 3, paragraph H, as of the last day of the preceding month must be distributed to a tribal commercial track.

Sec. 11. 8 MRSA §1001, sub-§43-A is enacted to read:

43-A.__Tribal commercial track.__"Tribal commercial track" has the same meaning as in section 275-A, subsection 12.

Sec. 12. 8 MRSA §1011, sub-§§2 and 3, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 687, Pt. A, §5 and affected by Pt. B, §11, are amended to read:

2. Eligible persons. The board may accept applications for a license to operate slot machines from a person licensed to operate a tribal commercial track. The board may also accept applications for a license to operate slot machines from any person who is licensed to operate a commercial track that satisfies the following criteria:

A. The commercial track is located at or within a 5-mile radius of the center of a commercial track that conducted harness racing with pari-mutuel wagering on more than 25 days during calendar year 2002; and

B. The operation of slot machines at the commercial track is approved by the voters of the municipality in which the commercial track to be licensed is located by referendum election held at any time after December 31, 2002 and before December 31, 2003.

3. Requirements for license; continued commercial track or tribal commercial track licensure. The board may not issue a license to operate slot machines to any person unless that person demonstrates compliance with the qualifications set forth in sections 1016 and 1019. A person who is granted a license to