USA Statutes : maine
Title : Title 08. AMUSEMENTS AND SPORTS
Chapter : Chapter 17. PIN BALL MACHINES
Title 8 - §441. License required
Title 8: AMUSEMENTS AND SPORTS
Chapter 17: PIN BALL MACHINES
§441. License required
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association to keep for public patronage, or to permit or allow
the operation of, any pin ball machine, in or on any premises or location under his or its charge, control or custody without
having first obtained a license therefor from the clerk of the municipality where located.
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 8 - §442. Definition
Title 8: AMUSEMENTS AND SPORTS
Chapter 17: PIN BALL MACHINES
§442. Definition
The term "pin ball machine" shall be only those machines nominally denominated as such which, upon the insertion of a coin,
slug, token, plate or disc, may be operated by the public generally for use as game, entertainment or amusement, whether or
not registering a score, and which is operated for amusement only and does not dispense any form of payoff, prize or reward
except free replays.
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 8 - §443. Issuance of license
Title 8: AMUSEMENTS AND SPORTS
Chapter 17: PIN BALL MACHINES
§443. Issuance of license
The license required shall be obtained from said clerk for each premise on which such machine or machines shall be located
and shall expire on June 30th of each year. The application for such license shall be made to the clerk upon a form supplied
by him for that purpose and shall contain such information as he may require. No such license shall be granted to any person
under the age of 18 years nor to any firm, corporation or association whose officers are under said age. The municipal officers
shall set a reasonable fee for the issuance of licenses required by this chapter.
[1979, c. 562, § 2 (amd).]
Section History:
PL 1969,
Ch. 433,
§9
(AMD).
PL 1971,
Ch. 598,
§9
(AMD).
PL 1977,
Ch. 348,
§2
(AMD).
PL 1979,
Ch. 562,
§2
(AMD).
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 8 - §444. Posting of license
Title 8: AMUSEMENTS AND SPORTS
Chapter 17: PIN BALL MACHINES
§444. Posting of license
The license required shall be posted securely and conspicuously on the premises for which it is granted.
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 8 - §445. License nontransferable
Title 8: AMUSEMENTS AND SPORTS
Chapter 17: PIN BALL MACHINES
§445. License nontransferable
The license required shall not be transferable to any other person, firm, corporation or association, or from location to
location, and shall be valid only at the location and for the person, firm, corporation or association designated therein.
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 8 - §446-A. Local option
Title 8: AMUSEMENTS AND SPORTS
Chapter 17: PIN BALL MACHINES
§446-A. Local option
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter to the contrary, a municipality may provide by ordinance that the issuance,
denial and revocation of pin ball licenses be handled by the municipal officers. Such an ordinance may also contain additional
licensing requirements. If a municipality adopts such an ordinance, the actions of the municipal officers are subject to
review in Superior Court pursuant to Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 80B.
[1981, c. 129 (new).]
Section History:
PL 1981,
Ch. 129,
§
(NEW).
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 8 - §446. Minors under 16 (REPEALED)
Title 8: AMUSEMENTS AND SPORTS
Chapter 17: PIN BALL MACHINES
§446. Minors under 16 (REPEALED)
Section History:
PL 1977,
Ch. 284,
§1
(RP ).
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 8 - §447. Application
Title 8: AMUSEMENTS AND SPORTS
Chapter 17: PIN BALL MACHINES
§447. Application
Nothing in this chapter shall in any way be construed to authorize, license or permit any gambling devices whatsoever or any
mechanism that has been by the courts determined to be a gambling device or in any way contrary to law.
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 8 - §448. Copy of license
Title 8: AMUSEMENTS AND SPORTS
Chapter 17: PIN BALL MACHINES
§448. Copy of license
A copy of this license shall be forwarded to the local police department.
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 8 - §449. Revocation of license; appeal
Title 8: AMUSEMENTS AND SPORTS
Chapter 17: PIN BALL MACHINES
§449. Revocation of license; appeal
Any such license may be revoked by the clerk:
1. Violation. When it has been made to appear to the clerk that there has been a violation of the terms of sections 441 to 448, or
2. Improper persons. When it has been made to appear to the clerk that the licensee himself or any of the officers of the firm, corporation or
association are not proper persons to hold such a license, or
3. Improper location. When it has been made to appear to the clerk that the premises for which the license was granted is not a proper location.
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The licensee shall have the right to appeal in writing such revocation to the municipal officers within 10 days. Said municipal
officers may, after hearing, affirm, modify or repeal the decision of said clerk, and failure of the licensee to appeal within
the time designated shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of the right of appeal and shall constitute an affirmation of the
revocation.
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Office of the Revisor of Statutes
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007Title 8 - §450. Violations
Title 8: AMUSEMENTS AND SPORTS
Chapter 17: PIN BALL MACHINES
§450. Violations
Any person, firm, or, in the case of a corporation or association, any official thereof, violating any of the provisions of
this chapter, shall upon conviction be punished by a fine not exceeding $25 for each offense, and each day such violation
exists shall constitute a separate offense.
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