An Act To
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 2062
Committee Amendment CA_A_S390 (Senate)
Amends: 8 MRSA §1001, 8 MRSA §1020

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT " A " to S.P. 732, L.D. 2062, Bill, "An Act To 
Amend the Department of Public Safety, Gambling Control Board Laws Regarding 
Registered Equipment" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 8 MRSA §1001, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2013, c. 212, §1, is further 
amended to read: 
2. 
Associated equipment. 
"Associated equipment" means any mechanical, 
electromechanical or electronic component part or machine that is used, or intended for 
use, in a slot machine or table game and that affects the outcome of the game or that is 
involved in the handling of money, tokens, credits or similar objects or things of value 
used to play a slot machine or table game or the calculation of or distribution of payoffs 
of the slot machine or table game. 
Sec. 2. 8 MRSA §1001, sub-§17, as amended by IB 2009, c. 2, §6, is further 
amended to read: 
17. Gambling services. "Gambling services" means any goods or services provided 
to an operator licensed under this chapter or at a gambling facility that are used directly in 
connection with the operation of a slot machine or table game, including, but not limited 
to, associated equipment, maintenance, security services or junket services, and excluding 
slot machine or table game distribution by a slot machine distributor or table game 
distributor. 
Sec. 3. 8 MRSA §1020, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2011, c. 585, §7, is further 
amended to read: 
1. 
Registration required. A slot machine may not be operated or distributed 
pursuant to this chapter unless the slot machine is registered by the board and. the slot 
machine operator is licensed by the board and the each slot machine distributor are eaoh 
or gambling services vendor that distributed the slot machine or the slot machine's 
associated equipment is licensed by the board or the slot machine is distributed to and 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT"(\ "to S.P. 732, L.D. 2062 
operated by an accredited postsecondary institution for the purposes of training and 
education under section 1011, subsection 1-B. 
Sec. 4. 8 MRSA §1020, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 687, Pt. A, §5 and 
affected by Pt. B, §11, is amended to read: 
4. Examination of slot machines and associated equipment. The board shall, in 
cooperation with the department, examine slot machines and slot machine associated 
equipment of slot machine distributors and gambling services vendors seeking 
registration as required in this chapter. 
The board shall require the slot machine 
distributor or gambling services vendor seeking examination and approval of the slot 
machine or slot machine associated equipment to pay the anticipated cost of the 
examination before the examination occurs. After the examination occurs, the board shall 
refund overpayments or charge and collect amounts sufficient to reimburse the board for 
underpayments of actual cost. The board may contract for the examinations of slot 
machines and slot machine associated equipment as required by this section.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the unanimous report of the committee, clarifies that the 
only licensed entities that may register a slot machine or slot machine associated 
equipment are licensed slot machine distributors and licensed gambling services vendors. 
The amendment also changes the definition of "associated equipment" to clarify that 
only mechanical, electromechanical or electronic components or machines that are used 
in or intended for use in a slot machine or table game and that affect the outcome of the 
game or that are involved in the handling of money, tokens, credits or similar objects or 
things of value used to play a slot machine or table game or the calculation of or 
distribution of payoffs of the slot machine or table game must be registered. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 02/11/20 frac 
LD 2062 
LR3040(02) 
An Act To Amend the Department of Public Safety, Gambling Control Board Laws Regarding 
Registered Equipment 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "~' l ::i .. 3~0) 
Committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Any additional costs to the Gambling Control Unit within the Department of Public Safety as a result of changes to 
the registration process for slot machines and associated equipment or the definition of what consititutes a slot 
machine and associated equipment are anticipated to be minor and can be absorbed within existing budgeted 
resources. 
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