| | | §91. Agricultural Fair Support Fund |
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| | | 1. Fund created. The Treasurer of State shall establish an | | account to be known as "the Agricultural Fair Support Fund" and | | shall credit to it all money received under Title 8, section | | 1036, subsection 2, paragraph D. |
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| | | 2. Disbursement. No later than January 31st of each year, all | | funds held as of the end of the previous calendar year in the | | Agricultural Fair Support Fund must be distributed by the | | Treasurer of State as follows: |
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| | | A. Thirty-four percent of these funds must be distributed to | | all commercial tracks as defined in Title 8, section 275-A | | and to all fair licensees that during the previous year were | | licensed to and did accept pari-mutuel wagers on harness | | horse races. These funds must be distributed in the manner | | prescribed in Title 8, section 298; and |
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| | | B.__Sixty-six percent of these funds must be divided among | | all fair licensees that were licensed during the previous | | year. These funds must be distributed to licensees according | | to the proportions established by section 86, subsection 5 | | and may be used at the licensee's discretion.__To receive | | distribution under this paragraph, a licensee holding pari- | | mutuel racing in the previous year must have been in | | compliance with section 89. |
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| | | The officers of an agricultural society may appoint persons to | | act as constables at a licensed fair sponsored by that society | | for the preservation of the public peace and the enforcement of | | the regulations of the society. An appointment made under this | | section is valid only within the town where the fair is held and | | only for the period from noon of the day preceding the | | commencement of the fair until noon of the day after the | | termination of the fair.__A constable appointed under this | | section has the powers and duties of a constable under Title 30- | | A, section 2673. |
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| | | §93.__Property management |
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| | | An agricultural society may acquire and hold property, real | | and personal. The annual income from this property must be used | | for the purposes stated in the society's charter. The treasurer | | for a society may receive conveyances or leases of property for | | the society, and hold, sell, mortgage or pledge the property.__A | | treasurer using this authority to manage property shall give |
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