LD 1371
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commission for addiction counseling services in
accordance with rules adopted by the commission;

 
(2) Seven percent of total gross slot income must be
used by the commission to supplement harness racing
purses and must be disbursed for that purpose at the
times and in the manner prescribed in section 296;

 
(3) One percent of total gross slot income must be
credited by the commission to the Sire Stakes Fund
created in section 281;

 
(4) Three percent of the total gross slot income must
be forwarded by the commission to the Treasurer of
State, who shall credit the money to the Agricultural
Fair Support Fund established in Title 7, section 76;

 
(5) Ten percent of the total gross slot income must
be forwarded by the commission to the State
Controller to be credited to the Fund for a Healthy
Maine established by Title 22, section 1511 and
segregated into a separate account under Title 22,
section 1511, subsection 10, with use of funds in the
account restricted to the purposes described in Title
22, section 1511, subsection 6, paragraph E;

 
(6)__Two percent of the total gross slot income must
be forwarded by the commission to the Finance
Authority of Maine for application to the University
of Maine System Scholarship Fund created in Title 20-
A, section 11631; and

 
(7)__One percent of the total gross slot income must
be forwarded by the commission to the board of
trustees of the Maine Technical College System to be
applied by the board to fund its scholarships program
under Title 20-A, section 12716, subsection 1.

 
B. The balance of the gross slot income must be retained
by the licensee from which the licensee is required to pay
the slot machine distributor and all other expenses
associated with the operation of the slot machines.

 
2. Failure to deposit funds.__A licensee who willfully
refuses to comply with this section commits a Class D crime.
The license of that person may be revoked by the commission
and the slot machines operated by that licensee may be
disabled and may be
confiscated by the director.


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