CHAPTER 516

H.P. 441 - L.D. 578

An Act To Increase the Sale of Lottery Tickets To Benefit

Conservation and Wildlife

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 8 MRSA §374, sub-§5, as amended by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. B, §17 and affected by Pt. D, §7, is further amended to read:

5. Wildlife lottery game. No later than January 30, 1996, the commission, in consultation with the Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund Board, shall develop and initiate a wildlife lottery game designed to raise funds for the Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund established pursuant to Title 12, chapter 903, subchapter 6. The sales commission paid to agents for the sale of wildlife lottery game tickets must be one percentage point higher than the sales commission paid to agents for the sale of other instant lottery game tickets. The commission shall provide the net proceeds of this wildlife lottery game to the Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund annually. The commission shall change the wildlife game ticket periodically throughout the year.