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Amend the amendment by inserting after section 5 the following:
‘Sec. 6. Exemption of deposit of fees in account of Gambling Control Board. Notwithstanding the provision of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 8, section 1018, subsection 1 that requires fees collected pursuant to Title 8, section 1018 to be deposited directly to the Administrative Expenses Other Special Revenue Funds account within the Department of Public Safety, Gambling Control Board, all fees imposed pursuant to Title 8, section 1018, subsection 1, paragraphs A to E that are associated with a casino located in Oxford County licensed pursuant to Title 8, section 1011, subsection 2-A or a slot machine facility licensed as of January 1, 2011 pursuant to Title 8, section 1011, subsection 2 and collected during fiscal years 2011-12 and 2012-13 must be deposited in the General Fund.’
Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
Committee Amendment "A" requires fees collected from slot machine operators and casinos to be deposited in the Administrative Expenses Other Special Revenue Funds account within the Department of Public Safety, Gambling Control Board instead of in the General Fund. This amendment exempts the fees associated with a casino located in Oxford County and a slot machine facility licensed as such as of January 1, 2011 from that requirement for fiscal years 2011-12 and 2012-13 only and requires those fees from that casino and that slot machine facility to be deposited in the General Fund.