AGENDA

Maine state harness racing commission

MAY 16, 2008

Conference room, Gambling Control Board

Department of Public Safety

45 Commerce drive

augusta, Maine

Starting Time 12:30 PM

 

Call the Meeting to Order:  George McHale, Chairman

 

Approve Minutes:  April 3 and 24, 2008    

 

Adjudicatory Hearings:

 

Unfinished Business:

1.      RE:  To take action on the following proposed rules : Public testimony was held on April 24, 2008 with a Written Comment deadline of May 5, 2008

a.      Chapter 1.  Definitions.  Section 66-A.  Protest and Section 22.  Drug Testing of Licensees

b.      Chapter 3.  Officials and Race Track Personnel.  Section 4.  Officials Restrictions.

c.       Chapter 5.  Tracks.  Section 5.  Purse Money

d.      Chapter 7.  Racing.  Section 6. Meeting Race Standards and Maintaining Eligibility;

Section 8. Preferences; Section 17. Claiming Races; Section 53. Driving Violations;

Section 54. Racing Violations; and Section 76.  Dashes. 

e.       Chapter 9.  Sire Stakes.  Section 2. Eligibility Criteria; Section 3. Payments and Fees;

Section 4. Performance Eligibility; and, Section 6. Conditions.

                        f.   Chapter 13.  Pari-Mutuel.  Section 48. Quad-rific

 

New Business:

1.      Establish the Base Purse for the Sire Stakes Program for 2008

 

Reports: 

1.      None

 

Other Business:

1.      Establish a date to resume the Adjudicatory Hearing for Mr. Joseph O. Nelson.

2.      Licensing Hearing for the acquisition of Penn National Gaming, Inc. by Fortress/Centerbridge is scheduled for June 12 and 13, 2008

3.      Pre-Hearing Conference for Chairman McHale and legal representative for the Commission, Staff and Applicant will be either May 22 or May 29, 2008.

 

 

Adjourn: