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An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Gambling and Criminal History Record Checks
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 8 MRSA §1036, sub-§2, ¶A, as amended by PL 2009, c. 622, §2, is further amended to read:
 
A. Three percent of the net slot machine income must be deposited for administrative expenses of the board, 1.5% to the General Fund for administrative expenses of the board in accordance with rules adopted by the boardand 1.5% to the Gambling Control Board administrative expenses Other Special Revenue Funds account, which is a nonlapsing dedicated account, 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;
Sec. 2. 8 MRSA §1036, sub-§2-A, ¶E, as enacted by IB 2009, c. 2, §45, is amended to read:
 
E. Three percent of the net slot machine income must be deposited for administrative expenses of the board, including gambling addiction counseling services, in accordance with rules adopted by the board, 1.5% to the General Fund for administrative expenses of the board, including gambling addiction counseling services, in accordance with rules adopted by the boardand 1.5% to the Gambling Control Board administrative expenses Other Special Revenue Funds account, which is a nonlapsing dedicated account;
Sec. 3. 8 MRSA §1036, sub-§2-B, ¶B, as amended by PL 2011, c. 417, §9, is further amended to read:
 
B. Three percent of the net table game income must be deposited for administrative expenses of the board, 2% to the General Fund and 1% to the Gambling Control Board administrative expenses Other Special Revenue Funds account, which is a nonlapsing dedicated account;
Sec. 4. 8 MRSA §1036, sub-§2-C, ¶B, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 417, §10, is amended to read:
 
B. Three percent of the net table game income must be deposited for administrative expenses of the board, 2% to the General Fund and 1% to the Gambling Control Board administrative expenses Other Special Revenue Funds account, which is a nonlapsing dedicated account;
Sec. 5.  8 MRSA §1036, sub-§6  is enacted to read:
 
6.  Fund balance transfer.     Monthly after the books have closed on the previous month's expenditures all funds in the Gambling Control Board administrative expenses Other Special Revenue Funds account in excess of 10% of the authorized allocation must be transferred to the General Fund.
Sec. 6. 20-A MRSA §6103, sub-§10, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 457, Pt. CC, §4, is amended to read:
 
10. Dedicated fund.  The Criminal History Record Check Fund is created as aFees collected pursuant to subsection 3-A must be deposited in a dedicated fund within the Department of Education for the deposit of any fees collected pursuant to subsection 3-A. The purpose of the fund isPublic Safety to reimbursepay the Department of Public Safety, State Bureau of Identification for the cost of conducting the fingerprinting and needed state and national criminal history record checks pursuant to this section. The fund may not lapse, but must be carried forward to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
Sec. 7. 25 MRSA §1541, sub-§6, as amended by PL 2013, c. 267, Pt. B, §22, is further amended to read:
 
6. Establishment of fees.   The State Bureau of Identification may charge a fee to individuals, nongovernmental organizations, governmental organizations that are engaged in licensing and governmental organizations that are not a governmental entity of the State, a county of the State or a municipality of the State for each criminal history record check requested for noncriminal justice purposes pursuant to Title 16, chapter 7. The requestor shall provide a name and date of birth for each record being requested. A request made pursuant to 5 United States Code, Section 9101 must be accompanied by fingerprints. A governmental organization that is engaged in licensing may charge an applicant for the cost of the criminal history record check. The commissioner shall establish a schedule of fees that covers the cost of providing these services. One dollar of each fee generated under this subsection must be deposited to the Other Special Revenue Funds account within the Bureau of State Police to offset the cost of maintenance and replacement of both hardware and software associated with the criminal history record check system. The remaining revenues generated from these fees must be credited to the General Fund.
 
For fingerprint-supported criminal history record checks, unless otherwise specified in law, the full fee charged must be deposited in a dedicated revenue account for the purpose of paying costs of the Department of Public Safety.
 
SUMMARY
This bill specifies in statute the portions of net slot machine and table game income collected by a casino operator or slot machine operator for administrative expenses of the Department of Public Safety, Gambling Control Board that must be deposited in the General Fund and the Gambling Control Board administrative expenses Other Special Revenue Funds account.
The bill moves a dedicated fund in the Department of Education regarding criminal history record checks to the Department of Public Safety. It also provides that, with respect to fingerprint-supported criminal history record checks, unless otherwise specified in law, the full fee charged must be deposited in a dedicated revenue account for the purpose of paying the costs of the Department of Public Safety.