‘An Act To Ensure the State's Authority over the Operation of Gambling Activities’
| SP0657 LD 1880 |
Second Regular Session - 125th Maine Legislature C "A", Filing Number S-507, Sponsored by
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LR 2834 Item 2 |
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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Ensure the State's Authority over the Operation of Gambling Activities’
Amend the bill in the emergency preamble by striking out all of the 3rd paragraph (page 1, lines 6 to 8 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
Whereas, ‘the State needs to assert its authority over the conduct of gambling; and’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the emergency clause and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 8 MRSA §371, sub-§6 is enacted to read:
Sec. 2. 17-A MRSA §952, sub-§11, as enacted by PL 1975, c. 499, §1, is amended to read:
summary
This amendment replaces the bill. The amendment establishes a definition of "agent" as it pertains to those businesses licensed to sell lottery tickets on behalf of the State. The amendment provides that a gambling activity not expressly authorized by Maine law does not cease to be unlawful solely because it is authorized under federal law or the laws of another state or jurisdiction.