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Amend the amendment by inserting after section 19 the following:
‘Sec. 20. 8 MRSA §1036, sub-§2-A, as amended by PL 2013, c. 118, §2, is further amended to read:
 
2-A. Distribution from casino of slot machine income.   A casino operator shall collect and distribute 46% of the net slot machine income from slot machines operated by the casino operator to the board for distribution by the board as follows:
 
A. Twenty-five percent of the net slot machine income must be forwarded directly by the board to the Treasurer of State, who shall credit the money to the Department of Education, to be used to supplement and not to supplant funding for essential programs and services for kindergarten to grade 12 under Title 20-A, chapter 606-B;
 
B. Four percent of the net slot machine income must be forwarded by the board to the University of Maine System Scholarship Fund created in Title 20-A, section 10909 and to the Board of Trustees of the Maine Maritime Academy to be applied by the board of trustees to fund its scholarship program. The slot machine income under this paragraph must be distributed as follows:
 
(1) The University of Maine System share is the total amount of the distribution multiplied by the ratio of enrolled students in the system to the total number of enrolled students both in the system and at the Maine Maritime Academy; and
 
(2) The Maine Maritime Academy share is the total amount of the distribution multiplied by the ratio of enrolled students at the academy to the total number of enrolled students both in the system and at the academy;
 
C. Three percent of the net slot machine income must be forwarded by the board to the Board of Trustees of the Maine Community College System to be applied by the board of trustees to fund its scholarships program under Title 20-A, section 12716, subsection 1;
 
D. Four percent of the net slot machine income must be forwarded by the board to the Treasurer of State, who shall distribute the funds to the tribal governments of the Penobscot Nation and the Passamaquoddy Tribe, except that, if the Penobscot Nation owns or operates a slot machine facility or casino, the Penobscot Nation may not receive a distribution under this paragraph and the 2% of the net slot machine income that otherwise would be distributed to the Penobscot Nation must be deposited in the General Fund and, if the Passamaquoddy Tribe owns or operates a slot machine facility or casino, the Passamaquoddy Tribe may not receive a distribution under this paragraph and the 2% of the net slot machine income that otherwise would be distributed to the Passamaquoddy Tribe must be deposited in the General Fund;
 
E. Three percent of the net slot machine income must be deposited to the General Fund for administrative expenses of the board, including gambling addiction counseling services, in accordance with rules adopted by the board;
 
F. Two percent of the net slot machine income must be forwarded directly to the municipality in which the casino is located;
 
G. One percent of the net slot machine income must be forwarded by the board to the Treasurer of State, who shall credit the money to the Agricultural Fair Support Fund established in Title 7, section 91;
 
H. One percent of the net slot machine income must be forwarded by the board to the Treasurer of State, who shall credit the money to the fund established in section 298 to supplement harness racing purses;
 
I. One percent of the net slot machine income must be credited by the board to the Sire Stakes Fund created in section 281;
 
J. One percent of the net slot machine income must be forwarded directly to the county in which the casino is located to pay for mitigation of costs resulting from gaming operations;
 
L. Beginning July 1, 2013, 1/2 of 1% of the net slot machine income must be forwarded by the board to the Treasurer of State, who shall credit the money to the Maine Milk Pool, Other Special Revenue Funds account within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to help fund dairy farm stabilization pursuant to Title 7, sections 3153-B and 3153-D; and
 
M. Beginning July 1, 2013, 1/2 of 1% of the net slot machine income must be forwarded by the board to the Treasurer of State, who shall credit the money to the Dairy Improvement Fund established under Title 10, section 1023-P.
 
If a recipient of net slot machine income in paragraph D, H or I owns or receives funds from a slot machine facility or casino, other than the casino in Oxford County or the slot machine facility in Bangor, then the recipient may not receive funds under this subsection, and those funds must be retained by the Oxford County casino operator.’
Amend the amendment in section 20 in subsection 2-D in paragraph R in the last line (page 11, line 40 in amendment) by inserting after the following: "Micmacs" the following: ', except that, if the Penobscot Nation owns or operates a slot machine facility or casino, the Penobscot Nation may not receive a distribution under this paragraph and the 0.4075% of the net slot machine income that otherwise would be distributed to the Penobscot Nation must be deposited in the General Fund; if the Passamaquoddy Tribe owns or operates a slot machine facility or casino, the Passamaquoddy Tribe may not receive a distribution under this paragraph and the 0.4075% of the net slot machine income that otherwise would be distributed to the Passamaquoddy Tribe must be deposited in the General Fund; if the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians owns or operates a slot machine facility or casino, the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians may not receive a distribution under this paragraph and the 0.4075% of the net slot machine income that otherwise would be distributed to the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians must be deposited in the General Fund; and, if the Aroostook Band of Micmacs owns or operates a slot machine facility or casino, the Aroostook Band of Micmacs may not receive a distribution under this paragraph and the 0.4075% of the net slot machine income that otherwise would be distributed to the Aroostook Band of Micmacs 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
This amendment removes from current law the language that provides that if the Penobscot Nation or the Passamaquoddy Tribe receives funds from a slot machine facility or casino, other than the casino in Oxford County or the slot machine facility in Bangor, then the Penobscot Nation or the Passamaquoddy Tribe may not receive funds from the Oxford Casino. It provides that, if the Penobscot Nation owns or operates a slot machine facility or casino, the Penobscot Nation may not receive a distribution from the Oxford Casino and the funds must be deposited in the General Fund and that, if the Passamaquoddy Tribe owns or operates a slot machine facility or casino, the Passamaquoddy Tribe may not receive a distribution from the Oxford Casino and the funds must be deposited in the General Fund. It also provides that, if the Penobscot Nation owns or operates a slot machine facility or casino, the Penobscot Nation may not receive a distribution from the York County or Cumberland County casino operator and the funds must be deposited in the General Fund; if the Passamaquoddy Tribe owns or operates a slot machine facility or casino, the Passamaquoddy Tribe may not receive a distribution from the York County or Cumberland County casino operator and the funds must be deposited in the General Fund; if the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians owns or operates a slot machine facility or casino, the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians may not receive a distribution from the York County or Cumberland County casino operator and the funds must be deposited in the General Fund; and if the Aroostook Band of Micmacs owns or operates a slot machine facility or casino, the Aroostook Band of Micmacs may not receive a distribution from the York County or Cumberland County casino operator and the funds must be deposited in the General Fund.
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