Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 2042
Committee Amendment CA_A_S553 (Senate)
Amends: 8 MRSA §298

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ·A" to S.P. 786, L.D. 2042, Bill, "An 
Act To Amend the Harness Racing Laws Regarding Distributions from 
the Fund to Supplement Harness Racing Purses" 
Amend 
the bill by striking out all of 
section 
and 
inserting in its place the following: 
. Sec. 1. 8 MRSA §298, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2003, 
Pt. 
A, 
§3 
and affected by Pt. 
B, 
§ll, is repealed 
following enacted in its place: 
c. 
and 
687, 
the 
2. 
Distribution. 
On April 30th, July 30th, October 30th 
and January 30th of each year, all amounts credited to the fund 
established by this section as of the last day of the preceding 
month and not distributed before that day must be distributed to 
each commercial track, as defined in section 275-A, subsection 1, 
to each agricultural fair licensee that conducts live racing on 
fair dates assigned by the commissioner pursuant to Title 7, 
section 65 and to each agr icul tural fair licensee that conducts 
an extended meet as long as that licensee conducted an extended 
meet in 2005, with each commercial track and each agricultural 
fair 
licensee 
rece~v~ng 
an 
amount 
of 
money 
determined 
by 
multiplying the amount of money available for distribution times 
a fraction, the numerator of which is the total number of live 
race dashes assigned to the commercial track or agricultural fair 
licensee for the year and the denominator of which is the total 
number of race dashes assigned to all commercial tracks 
and 
agricultural fair licensees for the year. 
The payment in January 
must be adjusted so that for the prior year each commercial track 
or agricultural fair licensee entitled to a distribution receives 
that portion of the total money distributed for the full year 
from the fund established by this section that is determined by 
mUltiplying 
the 
total 
amount 
of 
money 
by 
a 
fraction, 
the 
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numerator of which is the number of live race dashes conducted by 
the commercial track or agricultural fair licensee during the 
calendar year that qualify for a distribution and the denominator 
of which is the total number of race dashes conducted during that 
calendar year that qualify for a distribution. 
For purposes of 
this subsection. a race dash qualifies for distribution if the 
dash was conducted by a commercial track or by an agricultural 
fair licensee on dates assigned under Title 7. section 65 or 
during 
an extended meet. 
The 
number of dashes held at an 
extended meet that qualify for distribution may not exceed the 
number of dashes conducted by the licensee during an extended 
meet in 2005. 
The funds distributed pursuant to this subsection 
must be used to supplemen~ harness racing purses. ' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment clarifies the intent of allowing agricultural 
fair licensees that held an extended meet in 2005 to qualify for 
distribution from the fund to supplement harness racing purses 
based on the total number of race dashes conducted. 
The number 
of dashes at an extended meet that are 
distribution, 
however, 
may 
not 
exceed 
conducted at the extended meet in 2005. 
counted in calculating 
the 
number 
of 
dashes 
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