LD 1573
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Page 7 of 10 An Act To Authorize a Tribal Commercial Track and Slot Machines in Washington C... Page 9 of 10
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LR 1964
Item 1

 
2. Distribution from commercial track or tribal commercial
track. A slot machine operator shall collect and distribute 39%
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:

 
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;

 
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;

 
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;

 
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;

 
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;

 
F. Two percent of the total gross slot machine income must
be forwarded by the board to the University of Maine System
Scholarship Fund created in Title 20-A, section 11631.__The
amount from a tribal commercial track allocated in
accordance with this paragraph must fund scholarships at the
University of Maine campuses in Washington County;

 
G. One percent of the total gross slot machine income must
be forwarded by the board to the board of trustees of the
Maine Community College System to be applied by the board of
trustees to fund its scholarships program under Title 20-A,
section 12716, subsection 1.__The amount from a tribal
commercial track allocated in accordance with this paragraph
must fund scholarships at the community college in
Washington County;


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