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the municipality, of a security plan for the premises on which the
slot machines are located. The revenue-sharing agreement must
provide for a minimum payment to the municipality of 3% of the
total gross net slot machine income derived from the machines
located in the municipality.

 
Sec. 7. 8 MRSA §1018, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 687, Pt. A,
§5 and affected by Pt. B, §11, is amended to read:

 
1. Fees. The application fee for a license and the annual fee
for a registered slot machine under this chapter are as set out
in this subsection.

 
A. The initial registration fee for a registered slot
machine is $100. The annual renewal fee is an amount, set
by rules of the board, equal to the cost to the board of
licensing slot machines and determined by dividing the costs
of administering the slot machine licenses by the total
number of slot machines licensed by the board $100 for each
registered slot machine.

 
B. The initial application fee for a slot machine
distributor license is $200,000. The annual renewal fee is
an amount, set by rules of the board, equal to the cost to
the board of licensing slot machine distributors and
determined by dividing the costs of administering the slot
machine distributor licenses by the total number of slot
machine distributors licensed by the board $75,000.

 
C. The initial application fee for a slot machine operator
license is $200,000. The annual renewal fee is $75,000 plus
an amount, set by rules of the board, equal to the cost to
the board of licensing slot machine operators and determined
by dividing the costs of administering the slot machine
operator licenses by the total number of slot machine
operators licensed by the board.

 
D. The annual application fee for a license for a gambling
services vendor is $2,000.

 
E. The annual application fee for an employee license under
section 1015 is $250.

 
In addition to the application fee for a license or annual fee
for a registered slot machine, the board may charge a one-time
application fee for a license or registration listed in
paragraphs A to E in an amount equal to the projected cost of
processing the application and performing any background
investigations. If the actual cost exceeds the projected cost,
an additional fee may be charged to meet the actual cost. If the


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