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USA Statutes : maine
Title : Title 08. AMUSEMENTS AND SPORTS
Chapter : Chapter 19. PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS
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Title 8 - §501. License required
Title 8: AMUSEMENTS AND SPORTS
Chapter 19: PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS
§501. License required
Whoever, for money or other valuable article, exhibits any images, pageantry, sleight of hand tricks, puppet show, circus,
traveling amusement show, feats of balancing, wire dancing, personal agility, dexterity or theatrical performances, without
a license therefor as provided, forfeits for every offense not less than $10 nor more than $100. This prohibition does not
extend to any permanently established museum.
The Revisor's Office cannot provide legal advice or
interpretation of Maine law to the public. If you need legal
advice, please consult
a qualified attorney.
Office of the Revisor of Statutes
7 State House Station
State House Room 108
Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 8 - §502. Fees, prosecutions; traveling shows
Title 8: AMUSEMENTS AND SPORTS
Chapter 19: PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS
§502. Fees, prosecutions; traveling shows
The municipal officers of towns may grant licenses for any of the exhibitions or performances described in section 501, on
receiving for their town a sum that they determine proper, 24 hours or more being allowed for the exhibitions or performance
as they may determine. They shall prosecute, by complaint for the use of their town, all violations of section 501.
[1997, c. 728, §2 (amd).]
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A traveling circus, traveling amusement show or amusement device may not operate or exhibit any parade, show or entertainment
in this State without first paying a license fee for each calendar year. Application for the license must be made to the
Commissioner of Public Safety and contain the name of the person or corporation using or operating the traveling circus, traveling
amusement show or amusement device, and a statement of proposed territory within the limits of the State, and names of the
cities and towns in which the traveling circus, traveling amusement show or amusement device is to operate or exhibit. A
traveling circus or traveling amusement show or amusement device may not exhibit any parade, show or entertainment in this
State without first furnishing the Commissioner of Public Safety, in an amount to be determined by the commissioner, a certificate
of public liability insurance issued by an authorized insurer or approved surplus lines insurer pursuant to Title 24-A or
any risk retention group registered in any state pursuant to 15 United States Code, Chapter 65 or through a purchasing group
registered in any state pursuant to 15 United States Code, Chapter 65. Upon receipt of the application, accompanied by a
certificate of public liability insurance and upon payment of the required fee, a license is issued. For amusement shows,
carnivals, thrill shows, ice shows, rodeos or similar types of performances that are held indoors or outdoors the fee is $300.
For circuses that are held outdoors or under tents or similar temporary cover or enclosure the fee is $500. For circuses
held indoors in an auditorium, arena, civic center or similar type building the fee is $300. For circuses produced in their
entirety by a nonprofit, charitable organization a license is required but no fee is charged. The amusement device license
fee is $50 per amusement device. A traveling amusement show, having amusement devices and having secured a traveling amusement
show license, must pay an additional amusement device license fee for each amusement device over 5 rides. "Amusement device"
means a device by which a person is carried or conveyed, or is allowed to move on, around or over a fixed course within a
defined area intended to thrill, excite or amuse, including, but not limited to, bungee jumping and water slides, regardless
of whether a fee to operate is required. It does not include a vehicle or device the operation of which is regulated as to
safety by any other provision of law, except a municipal ordinance under Title 30-A, section 3001 or any coin-operated kiddie
amusement device on a nonmoving base that is designed to accommodate one child.
[1995, c. 533, §1 (amd).]
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License fees must be credited to a special revenue account to defray expenses in carrying out this section. Any balance of
fees may not lapse but must be carried forward as a continuing account to be expended for the same purposes in the following
fiscal years.
[1997, c. 728, §2 (amd).]
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The license must be further conditioned that a traveling circus, traveling amusement show or amusement device being operated
in a manner that is dangerous to the safety of the public be stopped until the condition is remedied. Breach of any condition
in the license is a cause for immediate suspension or revocation of the license, at the discretion of the Commissioner of
Public Safety.
[1997, c. 728, §3 (amd).]
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The Commissioner of Public Safety shall make, amend or rescind, after public hearing, notice of which has been duly advertised
in the state paper, reasonable rules for the operation of traveling circuses, traveling amusement shows or amusement devices.
[1983, c. 328 (amd).]
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The exhibiting of any parade, show or entertainment of any traveling circus, traveling amusement show or amusement device
contrary to this section is a civil violation, and the person, persons, firm or corporation owning or controlling the traveling
circus, traveling amusement show or amusement device, or the manager or officer in charge of the traveling circus, traveling
amusement show or amusement device within the State, is subject to a forfeiture of not more than $1,000.
[1997, c. 728, §3 (amd).]
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The District Court and Superior Court in the counties where traveling circuses, traveling amusement shows or amusement devices
exhibit or parade have jurisdiction over the offense.
[1997, c. 728, §3 (amd).]
Section History:
PL 1969,
Ch. 590,
§7-A
(AMD).
PL 1971,
Ch. 592,
§33
(AMD).
PL 1971,
Ch. 622,
§141B
(AMD).
PL 1977,
Ch. 433,
§2
(RPR).
PL 1983,
Ch. 328,
§
(AMD).
PL 1987,
Ch. 264,
§
(AMD).
PL 1987,
Ch. 737,
§C13,C106
(AMD).
PL 1989,
Ch. 6,
§
(AMD).
PL 1989,
Ch. 9,
§2
(AMD).
PL 1989,
Ch. 104,
§C8,C10
(AMD).
PL 1989,
Ch. 502,
§C2
(AMD).
PL 1991,
Ch. 464,
§3
(AMD).
PL 1995,
Ch. 533,
§1
(AMD).
PL 1997,
Ch. 728,
§2,3
(AMD).
The Revisor's Office cannot provide legal advice or
interpretation of Maine law to the public. If you need legal
advice, please consult
a qualified attorney.
Office of the Revisor of Statutes
7 State House Station
State House Room 108
Augusta, Maine 04333-0007
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