LD 1614
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a calendar month for a fee of $36.00 $42.50 or a calendar year
for a fee of $400 $472. A special per-game license may be issued
to any qualified nonprofit organization for the purposes of
operating a game of "beano" or "bingo" for a fee of $5.00 $5.
The special per-game license may not be issued more than 6 times
to any one organization in a calendar year. All license fees
must be paid to the Treasurer of State to be credited to the
General Fund. A license is not assignable or transferable.
Nothing contained in this section may be construed to prohibit
any volunteer fire department or any agricultural fair
association or bona fide nonprofit charitable, educational,
political, civic, recreational, fraternal, patriotic, religious,
veterans' organization or auxiliary of any of them from obtaining
licenses for a period not to exceed 6 months on one application.
No more than one license may be issued to any organization for
any one period. No more than one licensee may operate or conduct
a game of "beano" or "bingo" on the same premises on the same
date.

 
Sec. S-3. 17 MRSA §339, as amended by PL 1997, c. 684, §6, is
further amended to read:

 
§339. Fees

 
1. Original application fee. The original application for a
license to operate a game of chance must be accompanied by a fee
of $7.50 $15. This is not a fee for a license and is not
refundable.

 
2. Operation of games of chance. Except as provided in
subsection 3, the fee for a license to operate a game of chance
is $15 $17.50 for each week computed on a Monday to Sunday basis
or portion thereof. The license may be issued for a calendar
month for a fee of $60 $70 or for a calendar year for a fee of
$700 $820.

 
Any combination of monthly or weekly licenses may be issued.
Except as provided in subsection 3, licenses to conduct any
authorized game of chance may be issued for a period not to
exceed 6 months on one application.

 
2-A. Operation of electronic video machines. The fee for a
game of chance license to operate an electronic video machine is
$15 $30 for each week computed on a Monday to Sunday basis or
portion of a week. The license may be issued for a calendar
month for a fee of $60 $120.

 
Any combination of monthly or weekly licenses may be issued.
Licenses to operate an authorized electronic video machine may be
issued for a period not to exceed 6 months on one application.

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