An Act Regarding the Bureau of State Police, Licensing Division
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1164
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Sponsors: BLANCHETTE, CLUKEY, GAGNON
Amends: 15 MRSA §393, 17 MRSA §314, 17 MRSA §339, 25 MRSA §2003, 32 MRSA §9407, 32 MRSA §9408, 32 MRSA §9410-A

Legislative Document 
No. 1164 
H.P.807 
House of Representatives, March 8, 2005 
An Act Regarding 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 CLUKEY of Aroostook and 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Representati ve: PATRICK of Rumford, Senator: GAGNON of Kennebec. 
Printed on recycled paper 
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. 
Filing fee. The commissioner may establish a reasonable 
filing fee not to exceed $:l§ .t5.Q to defray costs of processing 
applications. 
Sec. 2. 17 MRSA §314, 2nd" as amended by PL 1997, c. 684, 
§1, is further amended to read: 
The fee for such a license to any nonprofit organization is 
$l:lTQQ $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 $iSTQQ $42.50 or a calendar year 
for a fee of $4QQ ~472. 
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, 
religiousT 
.Q£ 
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, sub-§I, as amended by PL 1991, c. 591, 
Pt. H, §2, is further amended to read: 
1. 
Original application fee. The original application for a 
license to operate a game of chance must be accompanied by a fee 
of 
$+T§Q~. 
This is not a 
fee for 
a 
license and is not 
refundable. 
Sec. 4. 17 MRSA §339, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1997, c. 684, 
§6, is further amended to read: 
2. 
Operation of games of chance. Except as provided in 
subsection 3, the fee for a license to operate a game of chance 
is $19 $17.50 for each week computed on a Monday to Sunday basis 
or portion thereof. The license may be issued for a calendar 
month for a fee of $eQ tlQ or for a calendar year for a fee of 
$1QQ ~. 
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. 
Sec. 5. 17MRSA§339,sub-§§2-Ato5, as amended by PL 1991, c. 
591, Pt. H, §2, are further amended to read: 
2-A. 
Operation of electronic video machines. The fee for a 
game of chance license to operate an electronic video machine is 
$l§ i.l.Q. 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 $+T§Q 115 for each calendar year or portion 
thereof. 
4. 
Distributors. 
The 
fee 
for 
distributor is 
$e69 1l2Q for 
each 
thereof. 
a 
license 
issued 
to 
a 
calendar year 
or portion 
5. 
Printers. The fee for a license issued to a printer is 
$l§ ~ 
for each calendar year or portion thereof. 
Sec. 6. 25 MRSA §2003, sub-§l, ,E, as amended by PL 1993, c. 
524, §8 and PL 2003, c. 689, Pt. B, §6, is further amended to 
read: 
E. 
Does the following: 
(1) 
At the request of the issuing authority, takes 
whatever action is required by law to allow the issuing 
author i ty to obtain from the Department of Health and 
Human 
Services, 
limited 
to 
records 
of 
patient 
committals 
to 
Augusta 
Mental 
Health 
Institute 
and 
Bangor 
Mental 
Health 
Institute, 
the 
courts, 
law 
enforcement 
agencies 
and 
the 
military 
information 
relevant to the following: 
(a) 
The ascertainment of whether the information 
supplied on the application or any documents made 
a part of the application is true and correct; 
(b) 
The 
additional 
met; and 
ascertainment 
requirements 
(c) 
Section 2005; 
of whether each of 
of this section has 
the 
been 
(2) 
If a photograph is an integral part of the permit 
to 
carry 
concealed 
firearms 
adopted 
by 
an 
issuing 
authority, 
submits 
to 
being 
photographed 
for 
that 
purpose; 
(3) 
If it becomes necessary to resolve any questions 
as to identity, submits to having fingerprints taken by 
the issuing authority; 
(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, 
$69 ~ for 
an original or 
renewal 
application aRe-~-~F-a--r~~r-eK€ep~-~~-a 
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a-pe£mi~-~e£ewa~,--~~~~~-~-¥a~~-~R~i~-£R*~Y 
R~i*ili5ee; and 
(b) 
Nonresident, 
$eQ ~ 
for 
an original or 
renewal applicationT-eK€ep~-~~-~~r~-w~-paia 
$8Q-~e£-a-~-e4-~..,i'~-m&-~:r;:.m.H::-~~r~~-~g.g.~-e~ 
~996--~-e£~4~~e~--~e-~-$~g-~r&G~~-~~~-pe~mi~ 
~eRewa~--~r--~~-€~ee4~--i&-~~~-~~~--£R±±Y 
R~i~ili5ee; and 
(5) 
Demonstrates to the issuing authority a knowledge 
of handgun safety. 
The applicant may fully satisfy 
this 
requirement 
by 
submitting 
to 
the 
issuing 
authority, 
through 
documentation 
in 
accordance 
with 
this subparagraph, proof that the applicant has within 
years prior to the date of application completed a 
course that included handgun safety offered by or under 
the 
supervision 
of 
a 
federal, 
state, 
county 
or 
municipal 
law 
enforcement 
agency 
or 
a 
firearms 
instructor certified by a private firearms association 
recognized 
as 
knowledgeable 
in matters 
of 
firearms 
safety by the issuing authority or by the state in 
which 
the 
course 
was 
taken. 
A 
course 
completion 
certificate or 
other 
document, 
or 
a 
photocopy, 
is 
sufficient if it recites or otherwise demonstrates that 
the 
course 
meets all of 
the 
requirements 
of 
this 
subparagraph. 
As 
an 
alternative 
way 
of 
fully 
satisfying 
this 
requirement, 
an applicant may personally demonstrate 
knowledge of handgun safety to an issuing authority, if 
the 
issuing 
authority 
is 
willing 
to 
evaluate 
an 
applicant's personal demonstration of such knowledge. 
The issuing authority is not required to offer this 2nd 
option. 
The demonstration of knowledge of handgun safety to the 
issuing authority may not be required of any applicant 
who 
holds 
a 
valid State ~ 
permit 
to 
carry 
a 
concealed firearm 
as of April 
15, 
1990 or of 
any 
applicant who was or is in any of the Armed Forces of 
the United States 
and has 
received at least basic 
firearms training. 
Sec. 7. 32 MRS A §8117, sub-§l, as amended by PL 2003, c. 620, 
§4, is further amended to read: 
1. 
Amount. The fee for an original biennial license is $4GG 
s.QQQ, of which $eG llQ.Q must be submitted with the application 
and 
$~eG .t5.QQ must be submitted upon issuance of the license. 
,,2 
The fee for a 4-year renewal is $4GG .£QQQ, which is refundable 
upon denial of renewal. 
The fee for an investigative assistant's 
license is 
$600, 
of which 
$200 
must 
be 
submitted with 
the 
application and 
$400 must be 
submitted upon issuance of the 
license. 
Sec. 8. 32 MRSA §9407, sub-§l, as amended by PL 1983, c. 221, 
§3, is further amended to read: 
1. 
Application; fee. 
Applications 
for original licenses 
sRall ~ 
be made to the commissioner on forms prescribed by Rim 
the commissioner with respect to the requirements of section 
9405. The fee for a license application is $4GG 1l..2.Q, of which 
$100 must be submitted with the application and $~GG tQ5Q must be 
submitted upon issuance of the license. 
In addition to the 
remainder of the fee for the license application, the applicant 
shall submit $10 for each employee on the list required to be 
submitted pursuant to section 9405, subsection 1-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 
days, 
the application saall 
considered the original application and the same fees 
requirements of an original application saall apply. 
must 
be 
and all 
Sec. 9. 32 MRSA §9408, as amended by PL 1983, c. 221, §4, is 
further amended to read: 
§9408. 
Renewal of license 
Each contract security company license saa.J..J.--Be is issued 
for 
a 
term of one year and is, unless revoked or suspended, 
renewable annually. The fee for a license renewal is $a99 $500, 
which is refundable upon denial of renewal. 
In addition to the 
fee for the license renewaL the applicant shall submit $10 for 
each employee employed on the date of the license renewal who 
performs security guard functions within the State. 
Sec. 10. 32 MRSA §9410-A, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 
170, §12, is amended to read: 
2. 
Reporting 
new 
security guards 
to 
commissioner. 
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 saal;b I!ll.!ll be made on 
forms prescribed by the commissioner and accompanied by $10 for 
each 
employee 
listed 
on 
the 
notice. 
The 
forms 
saall 
must 
contain, but are 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 for games of chance and beano, 
contract security 
guard 
companies, 
private 
investigators 
and 
firearms. 
The 
Department of Public Safety, Bureau of State Police, Licensing 
Division issues these licenses and permits.