CHAPTER 204
S.P. 281 - L.D. 992
An Act to Permit the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to Accept Gifts for the Benefit of Wildlife Protection and Conservation
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 17 MRSA §331, sub-§6, ¶¶B and C, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 190, §3, are amended to read:
B. Any volunteer police force, fire department or ambulance corps; or
C. Any class or organization of an elementary, secondary or post-secondary educational institution operated or accredited by the State.; or
Sec. 2. 17 MRSA §331, sub-§6, as amended by PL 1995, c. 462, Pt. B, §3, is further amended to read:
6. Raffles with prizes of $10,000 or less. Notwithstanding subsection 1, a license to conduct or operate a raffle as defined in section 330, subsection 5, in which the holder of the winning chance does not receive something of value worth more than $10,000, is not required of the following:
A. Any agricultural society eligible for the state stipend under Title 7, section 62, or any bona fide, nonprofit organization that is either charitable, educational, political, civic, recreational, fraternal, patriotic or religious or any auxiliary of such organization;
B. Any volunteer police force, fire department or ambulance corps; or
C. Any class or organization of an elementary, secondary or post-secondary postsecondary educational institution operated or accredited by the State.; or
D. Any state agency that conducts or operates a raffle for a donated item to benefit fish and wildlife conservation projects.
Any exempt organization, department or class or combination listed in paragraph A, B or, C or D may sponsor, operate and conduct a raffle without a license only for the exclusive benefit of that organization, department or class or combination and that raffle must be conducted only by duly authorized members of the sponsoring organization, department or class or combination.
A state agency may not conduct or operate more than 2 raffles per year pursuant to paragraph D.
Effective September 21, 2001, unless otherwise indicated.
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