‘Sec. 8. 8 MRSA §1036, sub-§2-D is enacted to read:
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Session - 126th Maine Legislature S "A" to C "A", Filing Number S-438, Sponsored by Burns
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LR 1211 Item 6 |
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Amend the amendment by striking out all of section 8 (page 5, lines 20 to 37 in amendment) and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 8. 8 MRSA §1036, sub-§2-D is enacted to read:
Amend the amendment on page 6 by inserting after section 11 the following:
‘Sec. 12. 37-B MRSA §514, as enacted by PL 2013, c. 128, §3, is amended by adding at the end a new paragraph to read:
In distributing funds received pursuant to Title 8, section 1036, subsection 2-D, the director shall seek input from veterans' organizations in the State, including the American Legion, American Veterans, Disabled American Veterans and Veterans of Foreign Wars.’
summary
This amendment increases, from 16% to 24%, the percentage of the net table game income from table games operated by the Passamaquoddy Tribe that must be collected and distributed and increases, from 2% to 10%, the percentage distributed to the Coordinated Veterans Assistance Fund.
The amendment also directs the Director of the Bureau of Maine Veterans' Services within the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management to seek input from veterans' organizations in the State, including the American Legion, American Veterans, Disabled American Veterans and Veterans of Foreign Wars, in distributing the table game income from the Coordinated Veterans Assistance Fund.