§261-A. Commission 1. Establishment. The State Harness Racing Commission as established by Title 5, section 12004‑G, subsection 32 and referred to in this chapter as the “commission,” shall carry out the functions specified in this chapter. The commission is affiliated with the department as specified in this chapter. [PL 1997, c. 528, §3 (AMD).] […]
§261. Commission (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1975, c. 771, §103 (AMD). PL 1983, c. 75 (AMD). PL 1983, c. 812, §55 (AMD). PL 1983, c. 834, §1 (RPR). PL 1987, c. 402, §A81 (RPR). PL 1989, c. 503, §B48 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 579, §3 (RP). PL 1991, c. 579, §18 (AFF).
§262. Organization Three of the members of the commission constitute a quorum to do business. The commission shall meet as necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter and shall keep a record of all proceedings of the commission and preserve all books, maps, documents, papers and records entrusted to its care. [PL 2017, […]
§263-A. Commission responsibilities The commission has the following responsibilities under this chapter. [PL 1997, c. 528, §6 (NEW).] 1. Rulemaking. The commission shall adopt rules for: A. The conduct of harness racing and off-track betting facilities, including rules that may reduce the required number of separate live races for a licensee that is […]
§263-B. Department responsibilities The department has the following responsibilities under this chapter. [PL 1997, c. 528, §6 (NEW).] 1. Strategies. The department shall work with members of the harness racing industry to formulate common strategies for improving the status of harness racing in the State. [PL 1997, c. 528, §6 (NEW).] 2. Leadership […]
§263-C. Executive director (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 8, SECTION 263-A) The chief operating officer of the State Harness Racing Commission is the executive director. [PL 1999, c. 790, Pt. A, §8 (RAL).] 1. Position. The executive director is a classified position within the department. [PL 2003, c. 401, §2 (AMD).] 2. Appointment. The commissioner […]
§263. Offices The commission shall have an office in Augusta and, during the time in which racing is conducted in the State, may maintain branch offices elsewhere.
§264. Employees The department may employ such personnel as it considers necessary to provide adequate oversight and enforcement and to carry out the purposes of this chapter, subject to the Civil Service Law. The department may fix the compensation of the employees on a per diem basis, subject to the Civil Service Law. [PL […]
§265. Compensation Members of the commission are entitled to be compensated as provided in Title 5, chapter 379. [PL 1997, c. 527, §3 (AMD); PL 1997, c. 528, §8 (AMD).] Compensation of the members of the commission and all other necessary expenses of the commission must be paid out of the operating account established […]
§266. Disbursements Compensation of the commissioners, their assistants and all other necessary expenses of the commission shall be paid out of the operating account established under section 267‑A. [PL 2007, c. 539, Pt. G, §3 (AMD); PL 2007, c. 539, Pt. G, §15 (AFF).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2007, c. 539, Pt. G, §3 (AMD). […]
§267-A. Operating account for the commission 1. Account established. An operating account for the commission, referred to in this section as “the operating account,” is established as a dedicated, nonlapsing fund. Funds in the operating account may be allocated and expended only for the purposes of funding the operations of the commission. The fund may […]
§267. Budget; report 1. Budget. The department shall develop a recommended operating budget covering All Other account expenses for the biennium for the operating account established in section 267‑A. The recommended budget must provide for the conduct of core activities necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter and may allow for expenditures […]
§268. Rules The commission shall adopt rules for holding, conducting and operating all harness horse races or meets for public exhibition held in this State; for the establishment of a minimum number of race dates at commercial tracks; and for the operation of racetracks on which any such race or meet is held. [PL […]
§269. Races No person, association or corporation shall hold, conduct or operate any harness horse race or meet for public exhibition, if pari-mutuel betting is permitted, within the State without a license from the commission.
§270-A. Confidentiality of records and information For the purposes of Title 1, section 402, subsection 3, the types of records and information listed in section 1006, subsection 1 when collected by or provided to the commission are designated as confidential and may not be disclosed except as provided in section 1006, subsection 2. This section […]
§270. Licenses Any person, association or corporation licensed to conduct pari-mutuel betting desiring to hold a harness horse race or meet for public exhibition if pari-mutuel betting is permitted shall apply to the commission for a license to do so. The application must be signed and sworn to by the person or executive officer of […]
§271. Issuance of licenses for the conduct of racing 1. Licensing. If the commission is satisfied that all of this chapter and rules prescribed by the commission have been substantially complied with during the past year and will be fully complied with during the coming year by the person, association or corporation applying for a […]
§272-A. Trust account (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1997, c. 474, §2 (NEW). PL 1997, c. 474, §6 (AFF). PL 1997, c. 735, §§2-4 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 482, §1 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 401, §8 (RP).
§272-B. Association funding Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, up to 3% of funds designated to supplement purses may be paid to a statewide association of horsemen in accordance with this section. A statewide association of horsemen, referred to in this section as “the association,” means an association of horsemen a majority of the […]
§272-C. Trust account 1. Establishment; deposits; rules. A licensee conducting live racing in the State shall establish a trust account for the benefit of the persons who race horses at that licensee’s facility. Except as provided by subsection 3, funds distributed to or retained by the licensee pursuant to sections 287, 289, 290, 292 and […]