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B. If the population of the region is less than 300,000, | | based on the 1990 U.S. Census, conducted racing on more than | | 25 days in each of the previous 2 calendar years, except that | | if a racetrack that qualifies as a commercial track under this | | paragraph ceases operation, a separate racetrack operated by | | the owner or operator of the racetrack that ceased operation | | qualifies as a commercial track, and for all purposes is | | considered the same commercial track as the track that ceased | | operation, if the population of the region of that separate | | racetrack is less than 300,000, based on the 1990 U.S. Census, | | and the sum of the number of days on which racing was | | conducted at the track that ceased operation and the number of | | days on which racing was conducted at the separate racetrack | | equals at least 26 days in each of the 2 preceding calendar | | years. |
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| | | Sec. 11. 8 MRSA §275-B, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 388, §8, is | | amended to read: |
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| | | 1. Racetracks. A person licensed pursuant to section 271 to | | conduct harness horse racing with pari-mutuel betting may sell | | pari-mutuel pools and common pari-mutuel pools for simulcast | | races.__The seller must be within the enclosure of the racetrack | | where the licensed race or race meet is conducted. |
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| | | Sec. 12. 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 racetracks; objections. An applicant | | shall send written notice of its application for an off-track | | betting license to any commercial racetrack in whose market 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 | | commercial racetrack shall notify the commission within 30 days | | of receiving notice if the racetrack objects to the location of | | the facility based on adverse impact to the commercial track. | | The commission shall suspend consideration of the application for | | the 30-day objection period. If the commission receives an | | objection from a racetrack in whose market area the facility | | would be located within the 30-day period, the commission shall | | reject the application. If the commission does not receive an | | objection within that period, the commission may proceed to | consider the application. For purposes of this section, the | market area is the area within a 50-mile radius of the commercial | racetrack | | a distance of 50 miles from the center of the racetrack along the | | most commonly used roadway adjacent to the racetrack, as |
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