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| | | An Act To Extend the Number of Days Nonprofit Organizations |
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| | | Are Allowed To Operate Games of Chance |
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| | | Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts of the Legislature do not become | | effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as | | emergencies; and |
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| | | Whereas, many nonprofit organizations hold carnivals and fairs | | at which games of chance are operated as a means to raise money | | for the nonprofit organization; and |
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| | | Whereas, current law restricts to 2 days the length of time that | | a nonprofit organization may operate a game of chance, which | | places an undue burden on those organizations that operate their | | fund-raising activities for more than 2 days; and |
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| | | Whereas, most nonprofit organizations hold their fund-raising | | activities in the summer months, before the usual effective date | | for nonemergency legislation; and |
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| | | Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create | | an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and | | require the following legislation as immediately necessary for | | the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, | | therefore, |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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