B. Forty percent of these funds must be divided among all entities licensed as agricultural fairs by the department. These funds must be distributed in the same proportion as funds distributed for premium payments made pursuant to section 64 and may be used at the fairs' discretion.

Sec. A-3. 8 MRSA §298 is enacted to read:

§298. Fund to supplement harness racing purses

1. Fund created.__A fund is established to supplement harness racing purses to which the commission shall credit all payments received pursuant to section 1036, subsection 1, paragraph B, subparagraph (2) for distribution in accordance with this section.

2. Distribution.__On May 30th, September 30th and January 30th, all amounts credited to the fund established by this section as of the last day of the preceding month and not distributed before that day must be distributed to each commercial track licensed under section 271, with each track receiving an amount of money determined by multiplying the amount of money available for distribution by a fraction, the numerator of which is the total number of live race days conducted by the commercial track during the preceding time period and the denominator of which is the total number of race days conducted by all commercial tracks licensed under section 271 during that time period.__The payment in January must be adjusted so that for the prior 3 time periods each commercial track receives a portion of the total money distributed over the full year from the fund established by this section, the amount determined by multiplying the total amount of money by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of live race days conducted by the commercial track during the calendar year and the denominator of which is the total number of race days conducted by all commercial tracks licensed under section 271 during that calendar year.__All funds distributed pursuant to this section must be used to supplement harness racing purses.