An Act Revised Statutes Relating to
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1985
House Amendment HA_A_H928 (House)

HOUSE AMENDMENT .. If, to H. P . 
To 
Make 
Revisions to the 
Maine 
Agricultural Fairs" 
1391, L. D. 1985, Bill, "An Act 
Revised Statutes Relating to 
Amend the bill in section 3 in §81 in subsection 4 in the 
first line 
(page 
1, 
line 
in L.D.) 
by 
striking out 
the 
following: 
"public" 
Further amend the bill in section 3 in §81 in subsection 10 
in the 3rd line (page 2, line 17 in L.D.) by striking out the 
following: 
"for competing in an event" and inserting in its 
place the following: 
'in a competition' 
Further amend the bill in section 3 in §86 in subsection 5 
in the first blocked paragraph in the 2nd line (page 6, line 14 
in L.D.) by striking out the following: 
"event" and inserting in 
its place the following: 
'competition' 
Further amend the bill by striking out all of section 9 and 
inserting in its place the following: 
'Sec. 9. 8 MRSA§298,sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 687, 
Pt. 
A, 
§3 
and affected by Pt. 
B, 
§11, 
is repealed and 
the 
following enacted in its place: 
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 
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HOUSE AMENDMENT 'H" to H.P. 1391, L.D. 1985 
month and not distributed before that day must be distributed to 
each commercial track, as defined in section 27S-A, subsection 1, 
to each agricultural fair licensee that conducts live racing on 
fair dates assigned by the commissioner pursuant to Title 7, 
section 84 and to each agricultural 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 
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 assi£fned under Title 7, 
section 84 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 supplement harness racing purses.' 
SUMMARY 
This 
amendment 
corrects 
the 
definition 
for 
and 
use 
of 
"event." 
This amendment also 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 
counted in calculating distribution, however, may not exceed the 
number of dashes conducted at the extended meet in 2005. 
SPONSORED BY: 
(Represent 
TOWN: 
Unity 
HOUSE 
AMENDMENT