An Act To Allow the Passamaquoddy Tribe To Operate Slot Machines in Washington County in Conjunction with High-stakes Beano
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 1520
Committee Amendment CA_A_H630 (House)
Amends: 8 MRSA §1011, 8 MRSA §1036, 17 MRSA §314-A

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,,~ " to H.P. 1091, L.D. 1520, Bill, "An Act To 
Allow the Passamaquoddy Tribe To Operate Slot Machines in Washington County in 
Conjunction with High-stakes Beano" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Allow the Passamaquoddy Tribe To Operate a Casino in Washington 
County in Conjunction with High-stakes Beano' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section I and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 8 MRSA §1011, sub-§2-C is enacted to read: 
2-C. 
Passamaquoddy Tribe eligible for license to operate a casino. 
Notwithstanding subsection 2-B, the board may accept an application from the 
Passamaquoddy Tribe for a license to operate a casino at a gaming facility in Washington 
County at which high-stakes beano is conducted by the Passamaquoddy Tribe. 
Sec. 2. 8 MRS A §1018, sub-§l-A, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 699, §2, is amended 
to read: 
1-A. Fees for slot machine and casino operator licenses on or after September 1, 
2012. Notwithstanding subsection 1, paragraphs C and C-l, beginning September 1, 
2012, an applicant for a slot machine operator license or a casino operator license must 
pay a $250,000 nonrefundable privilege fee to be submitted with the application for the 
license and a minimum license fee, or cash bid if the license is part of a competitive 
bidding process established by law, of $5,000,000. This subsection does not apply to a 
casino licensed for operation in the State as of September 1,2012. This subsection does 
not apply to a casino licensed for operation by the Passamaquoddy Tribe under section 
11, subsection 2-C.' 
Amend the bill in section 2 in subsection 7 in the 3rd line from the end (page 1, line 
in L.D.) by striking out the following: "slot machines" and inserting the following: '9: 
casino' 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A .. to H.P. 1091, L.D. 1520 
Amend the bill in section 2 in subsection 7 in the last 2 lines (page 1, lines 18 and 19 
in L.D.) by striking out the following: "those slot machines" and inserting the following: 
'a casino' 
Amend the bill in section 5 by striking out all of subsection 1 and inserting the 
following: 
'I. Distribution for administrative expenses of board. A slot machine operator 
licensed under section 1011, subsection 2 ef~ a casino operator licensed under section 
1011, subsection 2-C or a casino operator that is a commercial track that was licensed to 
operate slot machines under section 1011, subsection 2 on January 1, 2011 shall collect 
and distribute 1 % of gross slot machine income to the Treasurer of State for deposit in the 
General Fund for the administrative expenses of the board. ' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 6, 7 and 8 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 6. 8 MRSA §1036, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2013, c. 118, §1, is further 
amended to read: 
2. Distribution of net slot machine income from casino with commercial track 
and from casino operated in conjunction with beano. 
A slot machine operator 
licensed under section 10 11, subsection 2 ef~ a casino operator licensed under section 
1011, subsection 2-C or a casino operator that is a commercial track that was licensed to 
operate slot machines under section 1011, subsection 2 on January 1, 2011 shall collect 
and distribute 39% of the net slot machine income from slot machines operated by the 
slot machine operator or casino operator to the board for distribution by the board as 
follows: 
A. Three percent of the net slot machine income must be deposited to the General 
Fund for administrative expenses of the board in accordance with rules adopted by 
the board, except that of the amount calculated pursuant to this paragraph, the 
following amounts must be transferred annually to the Gambling Addiction 
Prevention and Treatment Fund established by Title 5, section 20006-B: 
(1) For the fiscal year beginning July 1,2011, $50,000; 
(2) For the fiscal year beginning July 1,2012, $50,000; and 
(3) For the fiscal year beginning July 1,2013 and for each fiscal year thereafter, 
$100,000; 
B. Ten percent of the net 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 298 
to supplement harness racing purses; 
C. Three percent of the net slot machine income must be credited by the board to the 
Sire Stakes Fund created in section 281; 
D. Three percent of the net 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 91; 
E. Ten percent of the net slot machine income must be forwarded by the board to the 
State Controller and except as otherwise provided in this paragraph credited to the 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to H.P. 1091, L.D. 1520 
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. For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2010, June 30, 2011 and June 30, 
2012, the amount credited annually by the State Controller to the Fund for a Healthy 
Maine under this paragraph may not exceed $4,500,000 annually and any funds in 
excess of $4,500,000 annually during these fiscal years must be credited as General 
Fund undedicated revenue, and, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, the amount 
credited by the State Controller to the Fund for a Healthy Maine under this paragraph 
is $0; 
F. Two percent of the net slot machine income must be forwarded by the board to the 
University of Maine System Scholarship Fund created in Title 20-A, section 10909 
and to the Board of Trustees of the Maine Maritime Academy to be applied by the 
board of trustees to fund its scholarship program. The slot machine income under 
this paragraph must be distributed as follows: 
(1) The University of Maine System share is the total amount of the distribution 
mUltiplied by the ratio of enrolled students in the system to the total number of 
enrolled students both in the system and at the Maine Maritime Academy; and 
(2) The Maine Maritime Academy share is the total amount of the distribution 
mUltiplied by the ratio of enrolled students at the academy to the total number of 
enrolled students both in the system and at the academy; 
G. One percent of the net 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 net 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, in which case, that 
4% of the net slot machine income must be credited to the General Fund as 
undedicated revenue; 
I. Two percent of the net slot machine income must be forwarded by the board to the 
Treasurer of State, who shall credit the money to the Fund to Stabilize Off-track 
Betting Facilities established by section 300, as long as a facility has conducted off-
track wagering operations for a minimum of 250 days during the preceding 12-month 
period in which the first payment to the fund is required. 
After 48 months of 
receiving an allocation of the net slot machine income from a licensed operator, the 
percent of net slot machine income forwarded to the Fund to Stabilize Off-track 
Betting Facilities is reduced to 1 % with the remaining 1 % to be forwarded to the 
State in accordance with subsection 1; and 
J. One percent of the net slot machine income must be forwarded directly to the 
municipality in which the slot machines are located. 
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Sec. 7. 8 MRSA §1036, sub-§2-A, as amended by PL 2013, c. 118, §2, is further 
amended to read: 
2-A. Distribution from casino of slot machine income. A casino operator shall 
collect and distribute 46% of the net slot machine income from slot machines operated by 
the casino operator to the board for distribution by the board as follows: 
A. Twenty-five percent of the net slot machine income must be forwarded directly 
by the board to the Treasurer of State, who shall credit the money to the Department 
of Education, to be used to supplement and not to supplant funding for essential 
programs and services for kindergarten to grade 12 under Title 20-A, chapter 606-B; 
B. Four percent of the net slot machine income must be forwarded by the board to 
the University of Maine System Scholarship Fund created in Title 20-A, section 
10909 and to the Board of Trustees of the Maine Maritime Academy to be applied by 
the board of trustees to fund its scholarship program. The slot machine income under 
this paragraph must be distributed as follows: 
(1) The University of Maine System share is the total amount of the distribution 
multiplied by the ratio of enrolled students in the system to the total number of 
enrolled students both in the system and at the Maine Maritime Academy; and 
(2) The Maine Maritime Academy share is the total amount of the distribution 
multiplied by the ratio of enrolled students at the academy to the total number of 
enrolled students both in the system and at the academy; 
C. Three percent of the net 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; 
D. Four percent of the net slot machine income must be forwarded by the board to 
the Treasurer of State, who shall distribute the funds to the tribal governments of the 
Penobscot Nation and the Passamaquoddy Tribe; 
E. Three percent of the net 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; 
F. Two percent of the net slot machine income must be forwarded directly to the 
municipality in which the casino is located; 
G. One percent of the net 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 91; 
H. One percent of the net 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 298 
to supplement harness racing purses; 
I. One percent of the net slot machine income must be credited by the board to the 
Sire Stakes Fund created in section 281; 
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J. One percent of the net slot machine income must be forwarded directly to the 
county in which the casino is located to pay for mitigation of costs reSUlting from 
gaming operations; 
L. Beginning July 1, 2013, 112 of 1 % of the net slot machine income must be 
forwarded by the board to the Treasurer of State, who shall credit the money to the 
Maine Milk Pool, Other Special Revenue Funds account within the Department of 
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to help fund dairy farm stabilization pursuant 
to Title 7, sections 3153-B and 3153-D; and 
M. Beginning July 1, 2013, 112 of 1 % of the net slot machine income must be 
forwarded by the board to the Treasurer of State, who shall credit the money to the 
Dairy Improvement Fund established under Title 10, section 1 023-P. 
If a recipient of net slot machine income in paragraph D, H or I owns or receives funds 
from a slot machine facility or casino, other than the casino in Oxford County, a casino 
operated by the Passamaquoddy Tribe or the slot machine facility in Bangor, then the 
recipient may not receive funds under this subsection, and those funds must be retained 
by the Oxford County casino operator, except that if a casino operator license is issued to 
the Passamaquoddy Tribe, the distribution of slot machine income under paragraph D due 
to the Passamaquoddy Tribe must be deposited in the Coordinated Veterans Assistance 
Fund established in Title 37-B, section 514. 
Sec. 8. 8 MRSA § 1 036, sub-§2-C, as amended by PL 2013, c. 128, § 1, is further 
amended to read: 
2-C. Distribution of table game income from casino with a commercial track or 
from casino operated by Passamaquoddy Tribe. 
A casino operator that is a 
commercial track and was licensed to operate slot machines on January 1, 2011 or a 
casino operator licensed under section 1011, subsection 2-C shall collect and distribute 
16% of the net table game income from table games operated by the casino operator to 
the board for distribution by the board as follows: 
A. Nine percent of the net table game 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. Three percent of the net table game income must be deposited to the Gambling 
Control Board administrative expenses Other Special Revenue Funds account, which 
is a nonlapsing dedicated account; 
C. Two percent of the net table game income must be forwarded directly to the 
municipality in which the table games are located; and 
D. Two percent of net table game income must be deposited into the Coordinated 
Veterans Assistance Fund established in Title 37-B, section 514. 
Sec. 9. 17 MRS A §314-A, sub-§3, as repealed and replaced by PL 1991, c. 426, 
§4, is repealed. 
Sec. 10. 17 MRS A §314-A, sub-§3-A, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. I, §5 
and affected by Pt. X, §2, is repealed. 
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Sec. 11. 17 MRSA §314-A, sub-§3-B, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 410, §1, is 
repealed.' 
Amend the bill in section 9 in the question in the first line (page 5, line 10 in L.D.) by 
striking out the following: "slot machines" and inserting the following: 'a casino' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the minority report of the committee, authorizes the 
Passamaquoddy Tribe to be licensed to operate a casino in Washington County at a 
gaming facility where high-stakes beano operations have been authorized, unlike the bill, 
which authorized only a slot machine facility. Current law provides that if a recipient of 
slot machine revenue from the casino in Oxford is authorized to conduct its own slot 
machine facility or casino, any slot machine revenue distribution reverts back to the 
Oxford Casino. The amendment provides that distributions lost to the Passamaquoddy 
Tribe due to authorization to operate a casino would instead be deposited to the 
Coordinated Veterans Assistance Fund. The bill provides that slot machine revenue 
distributions from a casino operated by the Passamaquoddy Tribe are the same as 
distributions from the casino in Bangor. The amendment provides that distributions of 
table game revenues from a Passamaquoddy casino also mirror the distributions from the 
casino in Bangor. Finally, the amendment removes any restrictions on the dates on which 
federally recognized Indian tribes in the State authorized to conduct high-stakes beano 
may operate high-stakes beano games. 
FISCAL :\OTE RE(JllRED 
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LD 1520 
LR 1211(02) 
An Act To Allow the Passamaquoddy Tribe To Operate Slot Machines in Washington County in 
Conjunction with High-stakes Beano 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,~, CtJ, b3XJ) 
Committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Contingent future biennium cost increase - General Fund 
Contingent future biennium cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Contingent current biennium revenue increase - General Fund 
Contingent current biennium revenue increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
This legislation allows the Gambling Control Board to accept an application for a casino operator license from the 
Passamaquoddy Tribe. Issuance of a license is contingent upon approval by means of a referendum of the voters of 
Washington County. The tax structure for this facility would be consistent with Hollywood Casino at 1 % of gross slot 
income, 39% of net slot income and 16% of net table game income. 
Presented below is an estimate of the potential revenues that may be generated from the new facility and the 
subsequent distribution of those revenues. This fiscal note assumes a total of 500 slot machines and 10 table games, 
generating annual revenue of$3,048,49l for the State's General Fund and $7,226,015 for various other funds. The 
Gambling Control Board, Other Special Revenue Funds account would also receive license fees of $688,000 in the 
first year and $285,000 for license renewals in subsequent years. Annual state costs associated with 5 inspectors, an 
auditor and other related expenses are estimated to be $481,478. 
This legislation could have a significant impact on revenues generated by the Hollywood and Oxford Casinos. An 
assessment of the impact has not been done at this time. 
Summary of Casino Revenue 
Gross Slot Income (total value of money, tokens, credits, other value used to playa slot machine) 
Player Payback - Slot Income 
Net Slot Income 
Share of Net Income for Distribution - 39% 
Operator Share of Net Income - 61 % 
Net Table Game Income 
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Annual 
Estimate 
$200,750,000 
$180,072,750 
$18,669,750 
$7,281,203 
$11,388,548 
$4,380,000 
Share of Net Table Game Income for Distribution - 16% 
Operator Share of Net Table Game Income - 84% 
State Revenues by Fund 
General Fund - 1 % of gross slot income 
General Fund - Net Slot Machines and Table Games Revenue 
Total General Fund Revenue 
Gambling Control Board - Table Games 
Gambling Control Board - License Fees ($688,000 the 1st year) 
Subtotal 
Fund for Healthy Maine 
University of Maine Scholarship Fund 
Maine Community College System - Scholarship Fund 
Purse Supplements 
Sire Stakes Fund 
Fund to Encourage Racing at Commercial Tracks 
Fund to Stabilize Off-Track Betting 
Agricultural Fair Support Fund 
Gambling Addiction Prevention and Treatment Fund 
Coordinated Veterans Assistance Fund 1 
Municipalities 
Passamaquoddy Indian Tribes (Oxford Casino distribution) 1 
Total Other Special Revenue Funds Revenue 
Total Revenue All Funds 
Summary of Expenditure Impacts to the State 
General Fund 
- Public Safety 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
- Public Safety 
Total Expenditures 
$700,800 
$3,679,200 
Annual 
Estimate 
$2,007,500 
$1,040,991 
$3,048,491 
$131,400 
$285,000 
$416,400 
$1,866,975 
$373,395 
$186,698 
$1,866,975 
$560,093 
$746,790 
$186,698 
$560,093 
$100,000 
$1,497,070 
$274,298 
($1,409,470) 
$7,226,015 
$10,274,506 
$65,078 
$416,400 
$481,478 
Under this legislation, amounts distributed from the Oxford Casino to the Passamaquoddy Tribe ($1,409,470) would 
be distributed to the Coordinated Veterans Assistance Fund 
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