An Act To Allow Table Games at a Facility Licensed To Operate Slot Machines on January 1, 2011
Sec. 1. 8 MRSA §1001, sub-§5-A, as enacted by IB 2009, c. 2, §2, is amended to read:
Sec. 2. 8 MRSA §1011, sub-§2-A, as enacted by IB 2009, c. 2, §29, is amended to read:
(1) No less than 50 acres in size; and
(2) Located not more than:
(a) Thirty miles from a Level I or Level II trauma center verified as such by the American College of Surgeons or successor organization;
(b) Fifteen miles from the main office of a county sheriff;
(c) Twenty-five miles from the main office of a state police field troop;
(d) Thirty miles from an interchange of the interstate highway system;
(e) Ten miles from a fire station;
(f) Ten miles from a facility at which harness racing was conducted pursuant to a license from the State Harness Racing Commission for the 2009 racing year; and
(g) One-half mile from a state highway as defined in Title 23, section 1903, subsection 15.
For the purposes of this paragraph, distances are determined by measuring along the most commonly used roadway, as determined by the Department of Transportation;
Sec. 3. 8 MRSA §1011, sub-§3, as amended by IB 2009, c. 2, §29, is further amended to read:
Sec. 4. 8 MRSA §1018, sub-§1, ¶C-1, as enacted by IB 2009, c. 2, §34, is amended to read:
Sec. 5. 8 MRSA §1019, sub-§6, as amended by IB 2009, c. 2, §35, is further amended to read:
Sec. 6. 8 MRSA §1019, sub-§7, as enacted by IB 2009, c. 2, §36, is amended to read:
Sec. 7. 8 MRSA §1036, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2005, c. 663, §11, is further amended to read:
Sec. 8. 8 MRSA §1036, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2009, c. 462, Pt. H, §1 and c. 622, §2, is further amended to read:
(1) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, $50,000;
(2) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, $50,000; and
(3) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013 and for each fiscal year thereafter, $100,000;
Sec. 9. 8 MRSA §1036, sub-§2-B, as enacted by IB 2009, c. 2, §46, is amended to read:
Sec. 10. 8 MRSA §1036, sub-§2-C is enacted to read:
Sec. 11. Legislation defining eligibility of charitable nonprofit organizations to receive funds. The Joint Standing Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs shall report out legislation to the Second Regular Session of the 125th Legislature defining the eligibility of charitable nonprofit organizations to receive funds from the account held by the Department of Public Safety, Gambling Control Board pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 8, section 1036, subsection 2-C, paragraph D for the purposes of mitigating the reduction of charitable donations from revenues from gaming conducted in accordance with Title 17, chapters 13-A and 62 due to the expansion of gaming conducted under Title 8, chapter 31.
Sec. 12. Referendum. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the Secretary of State shall prepare and furnish to each city, town and plantation in Penobscot County for the statewide election held in November 2011 all ballots, returns and copies of this Act necessary to conduct the county referendum required pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 8, section 1019, subsection 7. The question that appears on the ballot must be:
"Do you favor the addition of table games at a commercial track located in this county that was licensed to operate slot machines on January 1, 2011?"
The ballots must be received, sorted, counted and declared in open ward, town and plantation meetings and returns made to the Secretary of State in the same manner as votes for members of the Legislature.