An Act To Increase College Scholarships
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1399
Committee: Legal and Veterans Affairs
Sponsors: BRENNAN, CUMMINGS, BARTLETT, SCHNEIDER, STRIMLING, ADAMS, BARSTOW, PINGREE
Amends: 8 MRSA §300, 8 MRSA §1036

Legislative Document 
No. 1399 
S.P.488 
In Senate, March 22, 2005 
An Act To Increase College Scholarships 
Reference to the Committee on Legal and Veterans Affairs suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Senator BRENNAN of Cumberland. 
Cosponsored by Representative CUMMINGS of Portland and 
JOY J. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the Senate 
Senators: BARTLETT of Cumberland, SCHNEIDER of Penobscot, STRIMLING of 
Cumberland, Representatives: ADAMS of Portland, BARSTOW of Gorham, PINGREE of 
North Haven. 
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 8 MRSA §300, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 687, Pt. A, §4 
and affected by Pt. B, §11, is repealed. 
Sec. 2. 8 MRSA §1036, sub-§§1 and 2, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 
687, Pt. A, §5 and affected by Pt. B, §11, are amended to read: 
1. 
Distribution for administrative expenses of board. 
A 
slot machine operator shall collect and distribute 
1% 
2% 
of 
adjusted gross slot machine income to the Treasurer of State for 
deposit in the General Fund for the administrative expenses of 
the board. 
For purposes of this subsection, "adjusted gross slot 
machine income" means the total value of money or tokens, credits 
or similar objects or things of value used to actually play a 
slot machine before payback is distributed to a player. 
2. 
Distribution from 
commercial 
track. 
A slot machine 
operator shall collect and distribute 39% 38% of the total gross 
slot machine 
income 
from slot machines operated by the slot 
machine operator to the board for distribution by the board as 
follows: 
A. 
Three percent of the total gross slot machine income 
must be deposited to the General Fund for administrative 
expenses 
of 
the 
board, 
including 
gambling 
addiction 
counseling services, in accordance with rules adopted by the 
board; 
B. 
Ten percent of the total gross slot machine income must 
be forwarded by the board to the Treasurer of State, who 
shall credit the money to the fund established in section 
to supplement harness racing purses; 
C. 
Three percent of the 
must be credited by the 
created in section 281; 
total gross slot machine income 
board to the Sire Stakes 
Fund 
D. 
Three percent of the total gross slot machine income 
must be forwarded by the board to the Treasurer of State, 
who shall credit the money to the Agricultural Fair Support 
Fund established in Title 7, section 77; 
E. 
Ten percent of the total gross slot machine income must 
be forwarded by the board to the State Controller to be 
credited to the Fund for 
a 
Healthy Maine established by 
Title 
22, 
section 
1511 
and 
segregated 
into 
a 
separate 
account under Title 22, section 1511, subsection 11, with 
the use of funds in the account restricted to the purposes 
described in Title 22, section 1511, subsection 6, paragraph 
E; 
F. 
Two and one-half percent of the total gross slot machine 
income must be forwarded by the board to the University of 
Maine System Scholarship Fund created in Title 20-A, section 
11631; 
G. 
One and one-half percent of the total gross slot machine 
income must 
be 
forwarded 
by the board to the board of 
trustees of the Maine Community College System to be applied 
by the board of trustees to fund its scholarships program 
under Title 20-A, section 12716, subsection 1; 
H. 
Four percent of the total gross slot machine income must 
be forwarded by the board to the Treasurer of State, who 
shall credit the money to the Fund to Encourage Racing at 
Maine's 
Commercial 
Tracks, 
established 
in 
section 
299; 
however, 
the 
payment 
required 
by 
this 
paragraph 
is 
terminated 
when 
all 
commercial 
tracks 
have 
obtained 
a 
license to operate slot machines in accordance with this 
chapter; and 
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One percent of the total gross slot machine income must 
be forwarded directly to the municipality in which the slot 
machines are located. 
SUMMARY 
This bill repeals 
the 
laws 
that establish the 
Fund 
to 
Stabilize Off-track Betting Facilities and require that 2% of the 
total gross slot machine income be deposited in this fund. 
The 
bill provides that consistent with 
the intent of the 
Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 8, section 1036, subsection 2, paragraph 
I, half of the money that otherwise would be deposited in the 
Fund to Stabilize Off-track Betting Facilities is deposited in 
the General Fund for the administrative expenses of the Gambling 
Control Board. 
The bill also provides that the other half of 
this money is divided equally between the University of Maine 
System 
and 
the 
Maine 
Community 
College 
System 
for 
student 
scholarships.