An Act Regarding Gaming Conducted by Nonprofit Organizations
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 0915
Committee: Legal and Veterans Affairs
Sponsors: JENNINGS, CLARK, RICHARDSON, GAGNON, MAYO
Amends: 17 MRSA §332, 17 MRSA §333

Legislative Document 
No. 915 
H.P.672 
House of Representatives, February 20,2003 
An Act Regarding Gaming Conducted by Nonprofit Organizations 
Reference to the Committee on Legal and Veterans Affairs suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Representative JENNINGS of Leeds. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Cosponsored by Representatives: CLARK of Millinocket, RICHARDSON of Brunswick, 
Senators: GAGNON of Kennebec, MAYO of Sagadahoc. 
Printed on recycled paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 17 MRSA §332, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1999, c. 716, 
§l, is further amended to read: 
4. 
Location. A license, issued pursuant to this section, 
saa±± 
must 
specify 
Eae--±eeaEiea 
where 
the 
organization 
may 
operate the licensed game of chance. We A licensee may operate 
games of chance in more than one location at the same time. 
A. 
An 
agricultural 
society 
or 
a 
bona 
fide 
nonprofit 
organization may operate a game of chance on the grounds of 
an agricultural society and during the annual fair of the 
agricultural society. 
B. 
No 
other licensee 
may operate 
a 
game 
of 
chance 
on 
premises to which the general public has access. 
In any 
room where 
a licensed game of chance is being conducted, 
there must be at least one member of the licensee present in 
that room for every 
nonmembers 
who are present. 
That 
member must have been a member of the licensee for at least 
one year. 
A member of the licensee, either directly or 
through another 
member 
or guest, 
may 
not stake or 
risk 
something of value in the licensee's game of chance unless 
the member has been a 
member, 
as defined in section 330, 
subsection 3-B, of the licensee for at least 14 days not 
including the day of admission into membership. 
A bona fide nonprofit organization may operate a licensed 
game of chance to which the general public has access, once 
every 3 months for 
a period not to exceed 
consecutive 
days. 
The licensed game of chance may be operated at any 
location described in the license and may be conducted only 
by members of the licensee. 
Sec. 2. 17 MRSA §333, as enacted by PL 1973, c. 735, §3, is 
amended to read: 
§333. 
Application 
An application to operate or conduct a game of chance saa±± 
must be on forms provided by the Chief of the State Police. Such 
application saa±± must be signed by a duly authorized officer of 
the organization. It saa±± must contain the full name and address 
of the organization, a full description of the game of chance, 
Eae--~E-iea where the game is to be conducted and any other 
information aeeffiea considered necessary by the Chief of the State 
Police for the issuance of a license to operate a game of chance. 
An application to operate or conduct a game of chance saa±± must 
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• 
bear the consent of the municipal officers of the town or city in 
which such game of chance is to be operated or conducted. 
SUMMARY 
This bill provides that 
a 
licensee 
who 
is 
licensed to 
operate games of chance may operate those games of chance in more 
than one location at the same time .