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The commission must run and administer Tri-state Lotto and must adopt rules for how it is established and operated.
The commission may use existing studies, plans, data, and other materials held by state and local agencies, and those agencies may help the commission.
Other laws imposing penalties or disabilities for lottery ticket sales or related lottery acts do not apply to conduct under this chapter; if this compact conflicts with other member-state laws, this compact prevails.
Ticket sales are barred above commission-set prices, by unlicensed sellers, and to people under 18; prizes also may not be paid to specified commission-related persons.
Tri-state Lotto sales proceeds must be delivered weekly to the party state commission, and specified funds must be paid into and managed through the Tri-state Lotto Prize Account and Operations Account.
This section allows a prize to be paid to someone other than the winner only in specified court-approved situations, and it sets filing, service, payment, confidentiality, and child-support offset rules.
1. Prizes over $5,000; certified list. All prizes over $5,000 are awarded to holders of winning tickets as provided in this section. Within one week after any drawing or selection of prize winning tickets, the commission shall deliver to
Unclaimed prize money for the prize on a winning ticket must be retained by the commission for payment to the person entitled to the prize money for one year after the drawing or selection of a winning ticket in which the prize was won. If
The commission and Tri-state Lotto continue until all party states revoke the compact.
This compact shall be construed liberally to effectuate its purposes. [PL 1983, c. 732, §1 (NEW).]
The party states may adopt amendments and supplements to the compact by concurrent legislation.
The commission has sovereign immunity, cannot be sued by players over its lottery-administration activities, and cannot pledge party-state credit or impose liability on the party states.
The Tri-state Lotto Commission’s fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30 of the next calendar year.
This section defines terms used in the chapter, including amusement ride, amusement ride inspector, amusement show, ASTM standards, commissioner, operator, owner, and rider.
Amusement rides must be inspected and meet applicable ASTM standards before operation, with added inspection, insurance, training, recordkeeping, and application requirements for owners and operators.
The amusement ride inspection fee is $100 per amusement ride identified in an inspection application submitted to the Office of the State Fire Marshal pursuant to section 472, subsection 6. The applicant must pay the $100 inspection fee
A person may not operate an amusement show without first getting a license from the commissioner.
Traveling circuses and amusement devices generally need a commissioner’s license before operating in Maine.
The commissioner must adopt rules to implement this chapter.
Circuses and traveling amusement shows must use fire-resisting, flameproof tents and equipment, and arrange them to provide safe egress in an emergency.
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