| (3)__Five percent must be allocated in each year to | the Maine State Grant Program, Title 20-A, chapter | 419-A; and |
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| (4)__Five percent must be allocated to and | distributed by the Finance Authority of Maine each | year to private nonprofit organizations that have the | principal purpose of providing scholarships to and | otherwise enhancing the postsecondary educational | opportunities of students in this State enrolled in | eligible programs in institutions of higher education | in this State.__Allocations must be administered and | made by the Finance Authority of Maine annually on or | before March 1st of each year. Any unexpended funds | allocated for this purpose do not lapse and must be | carried forward for continued use of the program in | future years. |
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| | The Department of Administrative and Financial Services, | Bureau of Revenue Services shall issue an annual report to the | Legislature, on or before February 1st, which must include a | detailed statement of the aggregate gross revenues paid to the | State pursuant to subsection 3 and the allocations made by the | State pursuant subsection 4. |
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| §6313.__Johnson Act exemption |
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| | Pursuant to the provisions of 15 United States Code, Section | 1172 governing the transportation of gambling devices in | interstate and foreign commerce, the State exempts from that | statute the transportation of any gambling device used or | intended for use at, and transported to or from, a gaming | facility operated under this subchapter. |
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| | This subchapter must be liberally construed in favor of | gaming by and on behalf of the Tribes.__Without limitation of | the foregoing, the grant under this subchapter of authority to | the Tribes and the tribal gaming operator to conduct gaming | operations at the site and the other provisions of this | subchapter may not be interpreted to decrease or derogate from | the authority of the Tribes under existing law to conduct any | activity permitted to be conducted by them, whether on their | respective reservations or elsewhere. |
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| | Sec. 4. Effective date. This Act does not take effect with respect | to the Passamaquoddy Tribe unless, within 60 days after the | adjournment of the Legislature if the Legislature enacts this | Act, or within 90 days of the Governor's proclamation of the | result of the vote if this Act is approved by the voters, the |
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