Resolve, To Conduct a Market Analysis Regarding the Feasibility of Expanded Gaming in Maine
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 1856
Senate Amendment SA_B_S519 (Senate)

SENATE AMENDMENT" e, " to H.P. l343, L.D. 1856, "Resolve, To Conduct a 
Market Analysis Regarding the Feasibility of Expanded Gaming in Maine" 
Amend the resolve by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, To Conduct a Market Analysis Regarding the Feasibility of Expanded 
Gaming in Maine and a Framework for a Statewide Comprehensive Gaming Plan' 
Amend the resolve in the emergency preamble by inserting after the 4th indented 
paragraph the following: 
'Whereas, in light of the numerous pieces of legislation proposing gaming in the 
State dealt with by each recent Legislature and the number of citizen-initiated bills 
authorizing gaming proposed recently, it is imperative that a study of a comprehensive 
gaming plan be completed as soon as possible to address expanded gaming in the State; 
and' 
Amend the resolve in section 2 in the first paragraph in the last line (page I, line 28 in 
L.D.) by striking out the following: "considers the following" and inserting the following: 
'includes, but is not limited to' 
Amend the resolve in section 2 in subsection 2 in the first line (page I, line 33 in 
L.D.) by striking out the following: "If a market exists:" and inserting the following: 'A 
potential framework for a comprehensive gaming plan that considers the following:' 
Amend the resolve in section 2 in subsection 2 by striking out all of paragraphs E and 
F (page 2, lines 6 to 9 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
'E. Providing for an estimate of the impact of expanded gaming on existing casinos 
operating in the State; 
F. Establishment of a license fee for a facility that is representative of market value; 
G. The development of a competitive bid process that gives preference to federally 
recognized Indian tribes in the State and commercial facilities that currently conduct 
live harness racing where pari-mutuel wagers are authorized; 
H. Establishment of a competitive bidding process for license fees with a required 
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Requirements for amenities at newly licensed casino-style facilities, including 
hotel rooms and conference centers; and 
J. Establishment of a single structure for the distribution of slot machine and table 
game revenue for all facilities licensed to operate slot machines or table games; and 
be it further' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment requires the market analysis performed pursuant to the resolve to 
include the development of a potential framework for a comprehensive statewide gaming 
plan. 
This amendment expands the issues to be analyzed by the consulting firm to 
include, among other items, the development of a competitive bid process that gives 
preference to federally recognized Indian tribes in the State and commercial facilities that 
currently conduct live harness racing where pari-mutuel wagers are authorized and the 
establishment of a single structure for the distribution ~Iot machine and table game 
revenue for all facilities licensed to o~ate slot n£chy;res or table games. 
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