Sec. 11. 13-B MRSA §201, sub-§3, ķE, as amended by PL 1985, c. 737, Pt. A, §35, is further amended to read:

E. County and local agricultural Agricultural societies, as that term is used in Title 7, chapter 3 4;

Sec. 12. 17 MRSA §330, sub-§1-C, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 672, §1, is amended to read:

1-C. Agricultural society. "Agricultural society" or "fair" means a nonprofit agricultural fair society eligible for the state a stipend under Title 7, section 62 chapter 4.

Sec. 13. 17 MRSA §331, sub-§6, ķA, as repealed and replaced by PL 2001, c. 471, Pt. F, §4 and affected by §5, is amended to read:

A. Any agricultural society eligible for the state a stipend under Title 7, section 62 chapter 4, or any bona fide, nonprofit organization that is either charitable, educational, political, civic, recreational, fraternal, patriotic or religious or any auxiliary of such organization;

Sec. 14. 17 MRSA §332, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2001, c. 538, §2, is further amended to read:

1. Organizations eligible. Notwithstanding other provisions of law, the Chief of the State Police may issue a license to operate a game of chance to an agricultural society eligible for the state a stipend under Title 7, section 62 chapter 4, or to a bona fide nonprofit charitable, educational, political, civic, recreational, fraternal, patriotic or religious organization, or to a volunteer fire department or to an auxiliary of any of these organizations, any of which must be founded, chartered or organized in this State for a period of not less than 2 consecutive years before applying for a license.

Sec. 15. 22 MRSA §1607, as amended by PL 1987, c. 395, Pt. A, §88, is further amended to read:

§1607. Application

This chapter does not apply to fairs licensed, exhibitions and similar events held by agricultural societies and associations, pomological societies or poultry associations as