| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 8 MRSA §271, sub-§5, as amended by PL 1995, c. 408, §3, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | 5. Minimum number of race dates. The commission may assign a | | commercial licensee a minimum number of race dates for a period | | of up to 3 years. The specific calendar dates for the minimum | | number of race dates and any additional race dates are determined | each year in accordance with subsection 1. For the purposes of | this subsection, "commercial licensee" means a licensee with an | annual total of more than 25 race dates with pari-mutuel wagering | in the previous calendar year. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 8 MRSA §271, sub-§9, as reallocated by RR 1997, c. 1, §7, is | | amended to read: |
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| | | 9. Previous year's dates. Beginning with licenses issued for | | calendar year 1996, notwithstanding any other provision of this | chapter, every commercial track that is licensed | | specific calendar year must be assigned all of the race dates | | that it requests for that year if it conducted live racing on | | those dates during the immediately preceding calendar year. For | | the purposes of this section, a race date is the same from year | | to year if it is the closest calendar date that falls on the same | | day of the week. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 8 MRSA §275-A, sub-§1, as repealed and replaced by PL 1999, | | c. 482, §2 and affected by §10, is repealed and the following | | enacted in its place: |
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| | | 1.__Commercial track.__"Commercial track" means a harness | | racing track owned or operated by a commercial licensee. |
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| | | Sec. 4. 8 MRSA §275-A, sub-§1-E is enacted to read: |
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| | | 1-E.__Commercial licensee.__"Commercial licensee" means a | | licensee that conducted more than 25 race dates with pari-mutuel | | wagering in each of the 2 previous calendar years. |
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| | | Sec. 5. 8 MRSA §275-D, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1997, c. 528, §20, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | 3. Notice to commercial track; objections. An applicant | | shall send written notice of its application for an off-track | betting license to any commercial racetrack | | area the facility will be located and shall present proof to the | | commission that it has provided the notice. The notice must | | include all information contained in the application except | | information described in subsection 2, paragraph Q. A |
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