An Act To Extend the Temporary Redllllction in High.-stakes Beano , 'License Fees (AFTER DEADLINE)
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1770
Committee: Legal and Veterans Affairs
Sponsors: MITCHELL, SOCTOMAH, SCHNEIDER

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124thMAINE LEGISLATURE 
SE.COND REGULAR SESSION.;.2010 
Legislative Document 
No. 1770 
H.P.1260 
House of Representatives, February 4,2010 
An Act To Extend the Temporary Redllllction in High.-stakes Beano 
, 'License Fees" 
(AFTER DEADLINE) 
(EMERGENCY) 
Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 
205. 
Reference to the Committee on Legal and Veterans Affairs suggested and ordered printed. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative MITCHELL of the Penobscot Nation. 
Cosponsored by Senator' SULLIV AN of York and 
Representatives: SOCTOMAH of the Passamaquoddy Tribe, TARDY ofNewpOli, Senator: 
SCHNEIDER of Penobscot. 
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Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legisla~re do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and 
~rhereas, this legislation reduces the annual license fee for high-stakes beano for 
this year and next year; and 
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within 
the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as 
immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, 
therefore, 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 17 MRS A §314-A, sub-§4, as amerided by PL 2007,c. 109, §1, is further 
aniended to read: 
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4. Term of license; fees. A license issued under this section is valid for a period of 
one year. The annual license fee for a high-stakes beano license is $50,000, except that 
the annual license fee due in 2008 aHtl,. 2009, 2010 and 2011 is $25,000. License fees 
may be paid in advance in quarterly installments. All license fees must be paid to the 
Treasurer of State-to be credited to the General Fund. 
Sec. 2. Report. By February 1,2011, the Chief of the State Police, with input from 
holders of licenses issued, p.ursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 17, section 
314-A, shall 'submit a report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having 
jurisdiction over. legal ,and veterans affairs on the' enforcement and administrative 
functions conducted with regard to the conduct of high-stakes beano during calendar year 
2010, including any recommendations regarding the fees for a high-stakes beano license. 
Emergency clause. 
In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this 
legislation takes effect when approved. 
'SUMMARY 
Current law provides that the annual license fee for a high-stakes beano license is 
$50,000, except that the fee due in 2008 and 2009 was $25,000. This bill extends the 
reduction in license fees to 2010 and 2011, and requires that the Chief of the State Police, 
with input from those federally recognized Indian tribes issued licenses for high-stakes 
beano, submit a report by February 1, 2011 to the joint stan<;Jing committee of the 
Legislature having jurisdiction over legal and veterans affairs regarding enforcement and 
administrative fuilctions conducted with regard to high-stakes beano, including 
recommendations regarding fees for high-stakes beano licenses. 
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