An Act To Adjust Fees Charged for Licenses Issued by the Bureau of State Police Licensing Division
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1405
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Sponsors: BLANCHETTE, MAYO
Amends: 15 MRSA §393, 17 MRSA §314, 17 MRSA §339, 25 MRSA §2003, 32 MRSA §9407, 32 MRSA §940, 32 MRSA §9410-A

Legislative Document 
No. 1405 
H.P.1032 
House of Representatives, March 20, 2003 
An Act To Adjust Fees Charged for Licenses Issued by the Bureau 
of State Police Licensing Division 
Submitted by the Department of Public Safety pursuant to Joint Rule 204. 
Reference to the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered 
printed. 
Presented by Representative BLANCHETTE of Bangor. 
Cosponsored by Senator MAYO of Sagadahoc. 
Prin'N on n:cyeiN roper 
/!l~./?1.11/oc~ 
MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 15 MRSA §393, sub·§6, as enacted by PL 1977, c. 225, 
§2, is amended to read: 
6. 
Filinq fee. The commissioner may establish a reasonable 
filing fee not to exceed $a§ .£5..Q to defray costs of processing 
applications. 
Sec. 2. 17 MRSA §314, 2nd 1[, as amended by PL 1997, c. 684, 
§l, is further amended to read: 
The fee for such a license to any nonprofit organization is 
$la..-QQ $14.25 for each calendar week, or portion thereof, that 
the amusement is to be operated, or the license may be issued for 
a calendar month for a fee of $;le..-QQ $42.50 or a calendar year 
for a fee of $4QQ lill. 
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. 
The 
special per-game license may not be issued more than 6 times to 
anyone 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 anyone 
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. 3. 17 MRSA §339, as amended by PL 1997, c. 684, §6, is 
further amended to read: 
§339. 
Fees 
,,~. 
1. 
Oriqinal application fee. The original application for a 
license to operate a game of chance must be accompanied by a fee 
of 
$7..-§Q~. 
This is not a 
fee for a license and is not 
refundable. 
2. 
Operation of qanaes of chance. Except. as p.rovf<!ed in 
subsection 3, the fee for a license to operate· a game o·f chance. 
is $15 $17.50 for each week computed on a Mcmday' to Sunday basis 
or portion thereof. The license may be iss·ued for a calendar 
month for a fee of $eQ .ll.Q or for a calendar ye'ar for a fee of 
$7QQ .lliQ.. 
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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 
$1e .llQ. 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 $eQ ~. 
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. 
3. 
Games of cards. The fee for a 
license issued to an 
organization to operate a game of cards, when the organization 
charges no more than $1 daily entry fee for participation in the 
games of cards and when no money or valuable thing other than the 
$1 daily entry fee is gambled by any person in connection with 
the game of cards, is $1TeQ ~ 
for each calendar year or portion 
thereof. 
4. 
Distributors. 
The 
distributor is 
$ede ~ 
thereof. 
fee 
for 
for 
each 
a 
license 
issued 
calendar year or 
to 
a 
portion 
5. 
Printers. The fee for a license issued to a printer is 
$1e ~ 
for each calendar year or portion thereof. 
6. 
Application. Licenses to operate any authorized game of 
chance may be issued for a period not to exceed 6 months on one 
application. 
All 
fees 
required 
by 
this 
section 
must 
accompany 
the 
application for any license issued by authority of this chapter. 
Fees submitted as license fees must be 
refunded if the 
license is not issued. Rebates may not be given for any unused 
license or portion of an unused license. If any license is 
suspended or revoked as provided by this chapter, fees paid for 
licenses issued may not be refunded. 
Sec. 4. 25 MRSA §2003, sub-§l, tE, as amended by PL 1993, c. 
524, §§5-8 and as amended by PL 1995, c. 560, Pt. K, 
§82 and 
affected by §83 and as amended by PL 2001, c. 354, §3, is further 
amended by amending subparagraph (4) to read: 
(4) 
Submits an application fee along with the written 
application to the proper issuing authority pursuant to 
the following schedule: 
(a) 
Resident of 
a 
municipality or unorganized 
territory, 
$6§ ~ for 
an original or 
renewal 
application aHa-~-f&F-a-~~~r-eH€ep~-~~-a 
pel'seH--whe--paia--$~9--fel'--a--eeHeealea--fil'eaI'Hls 
peI'Hlit-~--r-enewa-1--4,*Fi-ag--1991-~--],.9.9.2...-i-&-eHtit±ea 
te-a-€.£eQ4.~--t.~.e--r-enewa-l--f-ee&--,i.n..-a-a--'aHlEH~B:t-e~Qal 
te-~-f-or--a-pe'££~Hi--who--pai4-$~9--t-&r--an--e!Pi~iHa± 
applieatieH-aRQ-~-~-a-pe£6eH-~~~~-fe!P 
a - pe£Hli~- .£eRewa~ ... - - -T1le--<H'-edi-t--i-s- -va~iG -liB: t i1-f Qlly 
QtililSea; and 
(b) 
Nonresident, 
$~9 tl2Q for 
an original or 
renewal applicationT-eH€ep~--t.~-~~~-wh&-paia 
$ 89 - f e£-a- ~-ed- -f-i-r-eal"-m6- -pe-l?fA-i-t;. -41:i'Fi-ag--1991-e I' 
199a--i-s--eR-t.4.-t.~eQ--te-~-$~Q-~reGi-~--t.~.e--peI'Hlit 
l'eHewal--~.---.!l:-be--€.£eai~--is--va-1-~-·-un-t.-i~--fQ±±y 
QtililSea; and 
Sec. 5. 32 MRS A §8117, sub-§ I, as amended by PL 1991, c . 780, 
Pt. H, §2, is further amended to read: 
1. 
Amount. The fee for an original biennial license is $499 
.iQQQ, of which $§9 llQ.Q must be submitted with the application 
and $a§9 .l5.Q.Q. must be submitted upon issuance of the license. 
The fee for a biennial renewal is $a99 £lQQ, which is refundable 
upon denial of renewal. 
The fee for an investigative! assistant' s 
license is $a99 ~, of which $100 must be submitted with the 
application and $a99 ~ 
must be submitted upon issuance of the 
license. 
Sec. 6. 32 MRSA §9407, sub-§l, as amended by PL 1983, c. 221, 
§3, is further amended to read: 
1. 
App1ication; fee. 
Applications for original licenses 
shall ~ 
be made to the commissioner on forms presc:ribed by hiHl 
the commissioner with respect to the requirements of section 
9405. The fee for a license application is $499 ll5..Q, of which 
$100 must be submitted with the application and $~99 $650 must be 
submitted upon issuance of the license. 
In addition to the 
remainder of the fee for the license application" t.he applicant 
must submit $10 for each employee on the list required to be 
submitted pursuant to section 9405, subsection I-A, paragraph F, 
subparagraph 6, upon issuance of the license. 
If the previously 
issued license has expired and has not been renewed within a 
period of 60 days, the application shall. !ID.l§..t be considered the 
original application and the same fees and all requirements of an 
original application shall apply. 
Sec. 7. 32 MRSA §940S, as amended by PL 1983, c. 221, §4, is 
further amended to read: 
§9408. 
Renewal of license 
Each contract security company license shall ~ 
be issued 
for a 
term of one year and is, unless revoked or suspended, 
renewable annually. The fee for a license renewal is $699 ~, 
which is refundable upon denial of renewal. 
In addition to the 
fee for the license renewal, the applicant must submit $10 for 
each employee employed on the date of the license renewal and who 
performs security guard functions within the State. 
Sec. S. 32 MRSA §9410-A, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 
170, §12, is amended to read: 
2. 
Reportinq 
new 
security 
quards 
to 
cODDissioner. 
A 
licensee shall notify the commissioner of all employees who will 
perform security guard functions in the State and who were not 
listed in the application for a contract security company license 
before the date that the employee begins to perform security 
guard functions in the State. The notice shall must be made on 
forms prescribed by the commissioner and accompanied by $10 for 
each employee listed on the notice. The forms shall must contain, 
but not be limited to, the following information: 
A. 
The employee's full name; 
B. 
The employee's full current address and addresses for 
the prior 5 years; and 
c. 
The employee's date and place of birth, height, weight 
and color of eyes. 
SUMMARY 
This bill adjusts fees collected for issuance of licenses 
and permits issued by the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of 
State Police, Licensing Division for games of chance and beano, 
contract security guard 
companies, 
private 
investigators 
and 
firearms permits.