An Act To Authorize a Casino To Benefit Federally Recognized Indian Tribes in the State
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 1446
House Amendment HA_A_H459 (House)
Amends: 8 MRSA §1036

HOUSE AMENDMENT "Il-" to H.P. 990, L.D. 1446, Bill, "An Act To Authorize a 
Casino To Benefit Federally Recognized Indian Tribes in the State" 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 17 the following: 
'Sec. 18. 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 fon¥arded 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 ~md 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 Trostees 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; 
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D. Four percent of the net slot machine income must be forv/arded 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 mles 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 inconie must be forwarded by the board to the 
Treasurer of State, who sha1l 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 sha1l credit the money to the fund established in section 298 
to suppleme11t hamess racing purses; 
1. One percent of the net slot machine income must be credited by the board to the 
Sire Stakes Fund created in section 281; 
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 I, 2013, 1/2 of 1 % of the net slot machine income must be 
forwarded by the board to the Treasurer of State, who sha1l 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 fann stabilization pursuant 
to Title 7, sections 3153-B and 3153-D; and 
M. 
Beginning July 1, 2013, 1/2 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 1023-P. 
If a recipient of net slot machine income in paragraph :g, H or I owns or receives funds 
from a slot machine facility or casino, other than the casino in Oxford County 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.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
Under current law, 4% of net sl()}"",machine income must be forwarded to the tribal 
govenunents of the Penobscot Nation and the Passamaquoddy Tribe, unless those tribal 
governments own or receive funds from a slot machine facility or casino, other than the 
casino located in Oxford County or the slot machine facility in Bangor, in which case the 
tribal governments are not due any of the net slot machine income. 
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HOUSE AMENDMENT 
,HOUSE AMENDMENT"'~ " to H.P. 990~ L.D. 1446 
This amendment removes that disqualification-; allowing those tribal govemments to 
receive net slot machine income even if they own or receive funds from a slot machine 
facility oc ,,,ioo. 
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SPONSORED BY, '~-G':=: 
(Representative LV 
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TOWN: Ellsworth 
FISCAL "KOTE REQUIRED 
(See attacbed) 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 06116115 
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LD 1446 
LR 2065(02) 
An Act To Authorize a Casino To Benefit Federally Recognized Indian Tribes in the State 
Fiscal Note for House Amendment ,I/,n to Original Bill 
Sponsor: Rep. Luchini of £Usworth 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Potential revenue increase - Passamaquoddy Tribe and Penobscot Nation 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Under current law 4% of net slot machine income from Oxford Casino is directed to the Penobscot Nation and the 
Passamaquoddy Tribe unless they receive funds from a slot machine facility or casino other than Oxford Casino or 
Hollywood Casino, in which case Oxford Casino would retain the 4% of net slot machine income. This amendment 
allows the Penobscot Nation and the Passamaquoddy Tribe to receive the 4% regardless of whether they receive 
revenue from casinos other than Oxford or Hollywood. A total of $2,316,634 was distributed to the Penobscot Nation 
and the Passamaquoddy Tribe from the Oxford Casino in fiscal year 2013-l4. 
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