The MHHA Board of Directors has approved a maximum allotment of $7,200 to pay for the fees for two experts, Dr. Lawrence Soma and Mr. Patrick Demers, to assist in the examination of the TCO2 collection and testing process of the Maine State Harness Racing Commission. The MHHA is not contributing to the payment for a legal counsel. The responsibility for those payments occurs with our members who have chosen to appeal through the mechanism of the MSHRC adjudicatory hearing process.

The board strongly believes that the examination of the TCO2 collection and testing process is an important issue for our entire membership and hopes that conducting this examination will serve to clarify the "Black Box" issue.