Maine Revised Statutes > Title 8 > Chapter 31 – Gambling Control Board

		Sections
Subchapter 1	General Provisions	1001 – 1008
Subchapter 2	Licensing and Registration	1011 – 1021
Subchapter 3	Slot Machine Operation; Allocation of Funds	1031 – 1037
Subchapter 4	Records, Access and Monitoring	1041 – 1042
Subchapter 5	Enforcement and Penalties	1051 – 1054
Subchapter 6	Miscellaneous	1061 – 1066
Subchapter 7	Advance Deposit Wagering	1072 – 1073

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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 8 > Chapter 31 - Gambling Control Board

Aboveground oil storage facility: means any aboveground oil storage tank or tanks, together with associated piping, transfer and dispensing facilities located over land or water of the State at a single location for more than 4 months per year and used or intended to be used for the storage or supply of oil. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A
Account wagering provider: means a business entity that offers advance deposit wagering on a horse race that is not a commercial track or an off-track betting facility licensed under section 275?D. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001
active state service: means all military duty performed as a member of the state military forces pursuant to this Title or the United States Code, Title 32. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 101-A
Actively piloting: means a person licensed as a pilot by the commission who is engaged in providing pilot services on a regular and ongoing basis within the area for which that person is licensed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 85-B
Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
Advance deposit wagering: means a form of pari-mutuel wagering on horse races in which a person places a wager in person or by telephone, Internet, mobile device or other electronic communication. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001
Advance deposit wagering licensee: means a person that is licensed by the board pursuant to subchapter 7 to conduct advance deposit wagering. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001
Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
Agreement: means a legally binding written document between 2 or more parties, including, but not limited to, a document commonly referred to as an accepted application, proposal, prospectus, contract, grant, joint or cooperative agreement, purchase of service or state aid. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 1660-D
agreement funding: means all agreement funds received by a community agency from the department. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 1660-D
Agriculture: means the production, keeping or maintenance for sale or lease of plants or animals, including, but not limited to, forages and sod crops, grains and seed crops, dairy animals and dairy products, poultry and poultry products, livestock, fruits and vegetables and ornamental and greenhouse products. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 436-A
Allegation: something that someone says happened.
Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
Ancillary equipment: means devices including, but not limited to, piping, fittings, flanges, valves and pumps used to distribute, meter or control the flow of oil to an underground storage tank. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A
Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
Applicant: means a person who has submitted an application for a license. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001
Applicant: means the owner or operator of an underground oil storage facility or an aboveground oil storage facility that has suffered a discharge of oil and who is seeking coverage of eligible clean-up costs and 3rd-party damage claims from the fund. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A
Appraisal: A determination of property value.
Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
Associated equipment: means any mechanical, electromechanical or electronic component part or machine that is used, or intended for use, in a slot machine or table game and that affects the outcome of the game or that is involved in the handling of money, tokens, credits or similar objects or things of value used to play a slot machine or table game or the calculation of or distribution of payoffs of the slot machine or table game. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001
Authority: means the Maine Military Authority. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 392
Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
bail: means the obtaining of the release of the defendant upon an undertaking that the defendant shall appear at the time and place required and that the defendant shall conform to each condition imposed in accordance with section 1026 that is designed to ensure that the defendant shall refrain from any new criminal conduct, to ensure the integrity of the judicial process and to ensure the safety of others in the community. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 1003
Barrel: shall mean 42 U. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 542
Barrel: means 42 United States gallons at 60° Fahrenheit. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A
Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
Biomedical waste: means waste that may contain human pathogens of sufficient virulence and in sufficient concentrations that exposure to it by a susceptible human host could result in disease or that may contain cytotoxic chemicals used in medical treatment. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C
Board: means the Gambling Control Board established under section 1002. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001
Board: means a bureau, board or commission listed in Title 10, section 8001 or 8001?A, other licensor that is affiliated with or is a part of the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, the Board of Overseers of the Bar or any other state agency or municipality that issues a license authorizing a person to engage in a business, occupation, profession or industry and any state agency, bureau, board, commission or municipality that issues a license or permit to hunt, fish, operate a boat, operate a snowmobile, operate an ATV or engage in any other sporting or recreational activity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 19-A Sec. 2101
Business organization: means a partnership, incorporated or unincorporated association, firm, corporation, limited liability company, trust or other form of business or legal entity other than a financial institution regulated by a state or federal agency that is not exercising control over a licensee. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001
Bypass: means any solid waste that is destined for disposal, processing or beneficial use at an operating solid waste facility but that cannot be disposed of, processed or beneficially used at that facility because of the facility's temporary malfunction, temporary insufficient capacity, temporary inability to process or burn or temporary downtime. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C
Casino: means a facility licensed in accordance with this chapter, where gambling activities occur, including, but not limited to, the operation of slot machines and table games. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001
Casino operator: means a person who is licensed under this chapter to operate a casino. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001
Cathodic protection tester: means an underground storage tank installer certified by the Maine Board of Underground Storage Tank Installers or a person certified by the commissioner pursuant to section 567?A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A
Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
CERCLA hazardous substance: means a substance on the list defined in the United States Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, Public Law 96-510, Section 101(14), as amended. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 791
Charter: means a private and special law or series of private and special laws that establishes a sewer district and defines its responsibilities and authorities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1032
Child or children: means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
Child support: means money paid directly to a parent, to another person or agency awarded parental rights and responsibilities with respect to a child or to the department on behalf of a child receiving public assistance and medical or dental insurance coverage provided on behalf of a child pursuant to court order. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 19-A Sec. 1501
Class I liquid: means any liquid having a flash point below 100° Fahrenheit. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C
Class II liquid: means any liquid having a flash point at or above 100° Fahrenheit and below 140° Fahrenheit. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C
Closing reserve fund: means a fund created for the purpose of financing the closing and maintenance after closing of a waste facility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C
Coastal waters: means the jurisdictional area of the commission, which waters are all coastal navigable waters that are contained within, flow through, or border upon the State or any portion thereof, including those portions of the Atlantic Ocean within the jurisdiction of the State, up to state or international boundaries, and including all waters between Isle au Haut and Seal Island westward of a straight line between Western Ear Ledge on Isle au Haut drawn to Eastern Ledge on Seal Island. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 85-B
Coastal waters: means all waters of the State within the rise and fall of the tide and to a distance of 12 miles from the coastline of the State but does not include areas above any fishway or dam when the fishway or dam is the dividing line between tidewater and fresh water. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 542
Coastal zones: means the 3 areas of Maine coastal waters relevant to the commission membership, Calais to Schoodic Point, Schoodic Point to Port Clyde, and Port Clyde to Kittery, excepting the port of Portland and Casco Bay. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 85-B
Commercial hazardous waste facility: means :

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Commercial landfill facility: means a commercial solid waste facility that is used for the burial of solid waste. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Commercial solid waste disposal facility: means a solid waste disposal facility except as follows:

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Commission: means the Maine Pilotage Commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 85-B

Commission: means the Maine Land Use Planning Commission established under section 683?A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 8868

Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Health and Human Services, a designee or an authorized representative. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 19-A Sec. 101

Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Health and Human Services, who has responsibility for the administration of this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 1660-D

Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Transportation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 85-B

Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.

Community agency: means any public or private nonprofit organization, firm, individual, partnership or business corporation operated for profit that:

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 1660-D

Community agency fiscal year: means the fiscal year of a community agency commencing on or after July 1, 1995. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 1660-D

Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.

Construction and demolition debris: means debris resulting from construction, remodeling, repair, and demolition of structures. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Contingency reserve fund: means a fund maintained for the purpose of meeting unexpected contingencies in the operation of a waste facility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Control: means the power to exercise authority over or direct the management or policies of a person. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

Conveyance: means any aircraft, watercraft, vehicle or other machine used for transportation on land, water or in the air. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Corrosion expert: means a person who is certified by the commissioner pursuant to section 567?A, as qualified to engage in the practice of corrosion control on buried or submerged metal piping systems and metal tanks. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A

county commissioners: means the county commissioners of Aroostook County. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 739

Course: means a class taught over a semester, trimester, quarter or term. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 352

Court: means any Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court or Superior Court or any active retired justice and any District Court Judge or active retired judge when assigned under Title 4, section 157?C. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 1003

Crime involving domestic violence: means :

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 1003

Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.

Dangerous or unsafe material: means any substance or material that is capable of or likely to cause injury, including, but not limited to:

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1316-O

Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.

Degree program: means a course of study designed to culminate in a specific degree, diploma or certificate. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 352

Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services and its agents and authorized representatives. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 19-A Sec. 101

Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services as well as other departments and agencies of State Government approved for inclusion in this chapter by the commissioner. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 1660-D

Department: means the Department of Public Safety. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

Department: means the Department of Transportation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 85-B

Department examination: means actions determined to be necessary by the department's audit division, including, but not limited to, analyses or testing of reported agreement balances and transactions, provision of internal control systems and compliance with rules. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 1660-D

Department review: means a review by the department of a community agency's submitted annual financial statement report. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 1660-D

Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.

Dependent child: means any minor child who is not emancipated. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 19-A Sec. 2101

Development: means the activities conducted subsequent to the exploration for and discovery of oil or natural gas resources, but prior to the production of those resources, to facilitate the production of those resources, including, but not limited to, geophysical activities, drilling, platform construction, pipeline construction and the operation of all onshore support facilities specifically constructed or designed to support those activities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 570-AA

Director: means the executive director of the board. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

Disaster: means the occurrence or imminent threat of widespread or severe damage, injury or loss of life or property resulting from any natural or man-made cause, including, but not limited to, fire, flood, earthquake, wind, storm, wave action, oil spill or other water contamination requiring emergency action to avert danger or damage, epidemic, extreme public health emergency pursuant to Title 22, section 802, subsection 2-A, air contamination, blight, drought, critical material shortage, infestation, explosion, riot or hostile military or paramilitary action. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 703

Discharge: means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, escaping, emptying or dumping. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 542

Discharge: means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, escaping, emptying or dumping. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A

Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.

Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:

Disposal: means the discharge, deposit, dumping, spilling, leaking or placing of hazardous, biomedical or solid waste, waste oil, refuse-derived fuel, sludge or septage into or on land, air or water and the incineration of solid waste, refuse-derived fuel, sludge or septage so that the hazardous, biomedical or solid waste, waste oil, refuse-derived fuel, sludge or septage or a constituent of the hazardous, biomedical or solid waste, waste oil, refuse-derived fuel, sludge or septage may enter the environment or be emitted into the air, or discharged into waters, including ground waters. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Distribute: means to sell, lease, license, place or otherwise make available for use in the State or to transport into the State for the purpose of selling, leasing, licensing, placing or otherwise making available for use in the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.

Dollar threshold: means a funding limit that is set to determine how a community agency will be held accountable for agreement receipts of state and federal funds from the department. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 1660-D

Double-walled tank: means an underground oil storage tank providing no less than 300` secondary containment, interstitial space monitoring and secondary containment for pressurized product delivery pipe connections. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A

Dower: A widow

Earnings: means compensation paid or payable for personal services, whether denominated as wages, salary, commission, bonus or otherwise, and specifically includes periodic payments pursuant to pension or retirement programs, or insurance policies of any type, and all gain derived from capital, from labor or from both combined, including profit gained through sale or conversion of capital assets, and unemployment compensation benefits and workers' compensation benefits. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 19-A Sec. 2101

Electronic table game: means a game approved by the board that is played in an electronic or electromechanical format that replicates a table game by incorporating all or part of the characteristics of the game. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

Eligible clean-up costs: means those direct expenses including expenses for site investigation that:

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A

Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. ^{Source: OCC}

Emergency management: means the coordination and implementation of an organized effort to mitigate against, prepare for, respond to and recover from a disaster. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 703

Emergency management exercise: means a focused practice activity that places participants in a simulated situation requiring them to function in the capacity that would be expected of them in a real event and is conducted to test an organization's plans and policies to evaluate an organization's capability to execute one or more portions of its response or contingency plans and to train personnel. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 703

Emergency management forces: means persons engaged in performing emergency management activities, including, but not limited to, persons called out by the Governor pursuant to an emergency proclamation under section 742 or persons called out pursuant to section 784-A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 703

ensure the integrity of the judicial process: when used in the context of the granting or denial of bail, means safeguarding the role of the courts in adjudicating the guilt or innocence of defendants by ensuring the presence of the defendant in court and otherwise preventing the defendant from obstructing or attempting to obstruct justice by threatening, injuring or intimidating a victim, prospective witness, juror, attorney for the State, judge, justice or other officer of the court. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 1003

Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.

Entitywide financial reporting: means financial statements and agreement supplemental schedules of a community agency prepared based on its fiscal year. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 1660-D

Environmental requirement: means any law or rule administered by the department. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 349-M

Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}

Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.

Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.

Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent

existing underground oil storage tank: means any facility or tank, as defined in subsections 21 and 22, fully installed as of April 19, 1990, the location of which has not changed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A

Exploration: means the activities conducted to locate oil or natural gas resources, prior to the development or production of those resources, including, but not limited to, the drilling of wells for the purpose of locating and determining the size and scope of those resources. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 570-AA

Facility: includes sites where motor vehicles, watercraft, rolling stock and aircraft are present for more than 12 hours. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 791

facility: means any facility of any kind and related appurtenances, located in, on or under the surface of any land or water, including submerged lands, that is used or capable of being used for the purpose of transferring, processing or refining oil, or for the purpose of storing the same, but does not include any facility used or capable of being used to store no more than 1,500 barrels or 63,000 gallons, nor any facility not engaged in the transfer of oil to or from waters of the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 542

facility: means an aboveground oil storage facility or an underground oil storage facility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A

Facility closure: means :

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 542

Failure to appear: includes a failure to appear at the time or place required by a release order and the failure to surrender into custody at the time and place required by a release order or by the Maine Rules of Unified Criminal Procedure, Rule 32(a) and Rule 38(d). See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 1003

Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.

Federal audit: means an audit made pursuant to the federal Office of Management and Budget uniform guidance under Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 200 or any subsequent revisions. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 1660-D

Federal contingency plan: means an area, regional or local contingency plan for oil spill response, prepared and published by the President of the United States under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 United States Code § 1321, as amended. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 542

Federal funds: means all federal funds received by a community agency and not just those agreements received from the department. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 1660-D

Federal waters: means those waters and submerged lands lying seaward to the waters of the State that are subject to federal jurisdiction and control. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 570-AA

Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.

Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.

Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}

Fund: means the Maine Ground and Surface Waters Clean-up and Response Fund. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 542

Fund: means the Maine Ground and Surface Waters Clean-up and Response Fund. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A

Gambling activity: means off-track betting, pari-mutuel wagering at a race track, high-stakes beano, beano, games of chance or slot machine or table game operation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

Gambling facility: means a race track, off-track betting facility, high-stakes beano or beano facility, game of chance facility, slot machine facility or casino. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

Gambling services: means any goods or services provided to an operator licensed under this chapter or at a gambling facility that are used directly in connection with the operation of a slot machine or table game, including, but not limited to, associated equipment, maintenance, security services or junket services, and excluding slot machine or table game distribution by a slot machine distributor or table game distributor. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

Gambling services vendor: means a person who is licensed under this chapter to provide gambling services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

Gaming employee: means any person connected directly with a gambling facility, including cashiers, change personnel, counting room personnel, hosts, persons who extend credit or offer complimentary services, machine mechanics, security personnel, supervisors or managers. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

Gasoline: means a volatile, highly flammable liquid with a flashpoint of less than 100° Fahrenheit obtained from the fractional distillation of petroleum. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A

Generally accepted accounting principles: means uniform minimum standards and guidelines for financial accounting and reporting ordinarily employed by skilled accountants and agreed upon by authoritative practitioners of recognized professional standing, such as the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and other recognized professional bodies. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 1660-D

Generation: means the act or process of producing hazardous, biomedical or solid waste, waste oil, sludge or septage. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.

Government auditing standards: means auditing standards promulgated by the Comptroller General of the United States that are applicable to financial audits. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 1660-D

Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.

Grantor: means the person who conveys a freehold estate or interest in land. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72

Great pond: means any inland body of water which in a natural state has a surface area in excess of 10 acres and any inland body of water artificially formed or increased which has a surface area in excess of 30 acres except for the purposes of this article, where the artificially formed or increased inland body of water is completely surrounded by land held by a single owner. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 436-A

Gross advance deposit wagers: means the total amount of wagers placed by residents of this State by means of advance deposit wagering before payment of money to winning residents of this State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

Gross slot machine income: means the total value of money, tokens, credits or similar objects or things of value used to actually play a slot machine before payback is distributed to a player. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

Gross table game income: means the total value of money, tokens, credits or similar objects or things of value used to actually play a table game before payback is distributed to a player. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.

Handle: means to store, transfer, collect, separate, salvage, process, recycle, reduce, recover, incinerate, dispose of or treat. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Hazardous chemical: means all hazardous chemicals as defined under Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 355. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 791

Hazardous waste: means a waste substance or material, in any physical state, designated as hazardous by the board under section 1319?O. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Hazardous waste incinerator: means an enclosed device using controlled flame combustion to thermally break down hazardous waste. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Heavy oil: means forms of oil that must be heated during storage, including, but not limited to, #5 and #6 oils. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A

High-stakes beano: means the activity authorized in Title 17, section 314?A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

Holding company: means any company that directly or indirectly owns or has the power or right to control a company that holds or applies for a slot machine operator license or a slot machine distributor license, except that a company that has a beneficial ownership of more than 10% of the voting securities of a publicly traded corporation is not a holding company. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

Homeland security: means a concerted national effort to prevent and disrupt terrorist attacks, protect against man-made and natural hazards and respond to and recover from incidents that do occur. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 703

Host community: means any town, township or city that is the geographic site of a solid waste disposal facility or any immediately contiguous town, township or city if such town, township or city can demonstrate to the department that it incurs a direct financial impact related to any necessary development or maintenance of infrastructure or to any necessary provision of services as a result of the location or operation of that solid waste disposal facility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Immediate family: means spouse, parents and children. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

Incineration facility: means a facility where municipal solid waste or refuse-derived fuel is disposed of through combustion, including combustion for the generation of heat, steam or electricity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. ^{Source: FDIC}

Independent public accountant: means a person who complies with government auditing standards and who is one of the following:

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 1660-D

Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.

Inert fill: means clean soil material, rocks, bricks, and cured concrete, which are not mixed with other waste, and which are not derived from an ore mining activity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.

integrated industrial processes: means manufacturing processes, equipment or components, including, but not limited to, energy generating facilities, that when used in combination produce one or more manufactured products for sale; or [PL 2011, c. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Intermediary company: means a company that is a holding company of a company that applies for a slot machine operator license or a slot machine distributor license or is a subsidiary of a holding company of a company that applies for a slot machine operator license or a slot machine distributor license. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

Joint meeting: An occasion, often ceremonial, when the House and Senate each adopt a unanimous consent agreement

Joint resolution: A legislative measure which requires the approval of both chambers.

Junket services: means an arrangement to facilitate the attendance at a gambling facility of customers selected by reason of their propensity to gamble by providing to those customers any consideration, including cash, credits or rebates or reduced charges for goods or services such as transportation, lodging, food, beverages or entertainment. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

Key executive: means any executive of a licensee having power to exercise a significant influence over decisions concerning the operation or distribution of slot machines, table games or gambling services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

Land clearing debris: means solid wastes resulting from the clearing of land and consisting solely of brush, stumps, soil material and rocks. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

lands: includes lands and all tenements and hereditaments connected therewith, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72

Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.

Leak: means a loss or gain of 0. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A

Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}

Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.

License: means a license issued by the board under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

License: means a license, certification, registration, permit, approval or other similar document evidencing admission to or granting authority to engage in a profession, occupation, business or industry, and a license or permit to hunt, fish, operate a boat, operate a snowmobile, operate an ATV or engage in any other sporting or recreational activity, but does not mean a registration, permit, approval or similar document evidencing the granting of authority to engage in the business of banking pursuant to Title 9?B. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 19-A Sec. 2101

Licensee: means a person granted a license under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

Licensee: means an individual holding a license, certification, registration, permit, approval or other similar document evidencing admission to or granting authority to engage in a profession, occupation, business or industry except an individual holding a registration, permit, approval or similar document evidencing the granting of authority to engage in the business of banking pursuant to Title 9?B. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 19-A Sec. 2101

Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.

Liquidation harvesting: means the purchase of timberland followed by a harvest that removes most or all commercial value in standing timber, without regard for long-term forest management principles, and the subsequent sale or attempted resale of the harvested land within 5 years. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 8868

Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.

Local organization for emergency management: means an organization created in accordance with this chapter by state, county or local authority to perform local emergency management functions. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 703

Manifest: means the form used for identifying the quantity, composition and the origin, routing and destination of hazardous waste during its transport. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Medical support: means an amount ordered to be paid toward the cost of health insurance provided by a public entity or by another parent through employment or otherwise or for other medical costs not covered by insurance. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 19-A Sec. 1501

Member: means a member of a federally recognized unit of the Maine National Guard. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 352

Military forces: means the state military forces, as defined in section 102. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 101-A

misbranded: as used in this chapter or chapter 103 applies to all articles of commercial feeding stuff, commercial fertilizer or food, the package or label of which bears any statement, design or device regarding such article, or the ingredients or substances contained therein, that is false or misleading in any particular or that is falsely branded in any particular. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 484

Mitigation: means those activities that actually eliminate or reduce the chance of occurrence or the effects of a disaster. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 703

Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.

Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.

Motor fuel: means oil that is motor gasoline, aviation gasoline, #1 or #2 diesel fuel or any grade of gasohol typically used in the operation of a vehicle or motor engine. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A

Municipal resident: means any person who occupies a dwelling within the municipality for more than 180 days in a calendar year. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 11

National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. ^{Source: OCC}

National contingency plan: means the national contingency plan for oil spill response prepared and published by the President of the United States under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 United States Code § 1321, as amended. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 542

Net slot machine income: means money, tokens, credits or similar objects or things of value used to play a slot machine minus money, credits or prizes paid out to winners and amounts paid pursuant to section 1036, subsection 1. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

Net table game income: means money, tokens, credits or similar objects or things of value used to play a table game minus money, credits or prizes paid out to winners. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

New criminal conduct: refers to criminal activity by a defendant occurring after bail has been set. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 1003

Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.

Nongambling services: means any goods or services, other than gambling services and slot machine or table game distribution by a slot machine distributor or table game distributor, provided to an operator licensed under this chapter or at a gambling facility, including, but not limited to, hotel concessions, restaurant concessions or food service. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

Nonparticipating department: means a department or division of State Government other than one defined as a department in this section that has not been approved for inclusion in this chapter by the commissioner. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 1660-D

Nonprofit organization: means any agency, institution or organization that consists of or is owned and operated by one or more corporations or associations no part of the net earnings of which inures, or may lawfully inure, to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 1660-D

North Atlantic planning area: means an area of federal waters in the outer Continental Shelf adjacent to the coastal waters of the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 570-AA

Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.

Obligor: means any person owing a duty of support. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 19-A Sec. 101

Occurrence: means a contamination incident or prohibited discharge associated with one or more tanks or piping at an underground oil storage facility or an aboveground oil storage facility within one year. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A

Oil: means oil, oil additives, petroleum products and their by-products of any kind and in any form, including, but not limited to, petroleum, fuel oil, sludge, oil refuse, oil mixed with other wastes, liquid asphalt, bunker fuel, crude oils and all other liquid hydrocarbons regardless of specific gravity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 542

Oil: means oil, oil additives, petroleum products and their by-products of any kind and in any form, including, but not limited to, petroleum, fuel oil, sludge, oil refuse, oil mixed with other nonhazardous waste, crude oils and all other liquid hydrocarbons regardless of specific gravity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A

Oil spill response activity: means assistance in mitigating or attempting to mitigate the effects of an actual or threatened discharge of oil prohibited by section 543. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 542

Operate: means to offer for use. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

operating solid waste facility: means a licensed solid waste facility that is fully operational at the time that the malfunction, insufficient capacity, inability to process or burn or downtime begins and that intends to resume full operation at the time that the malfunction, insufficient capacity, inability to process or burn or downtime ends. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Operator: means a person in control of, or having responsibility for, the daily operation of an oil storage facility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A

Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.

Owner: means a person who owns or controls, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of a business organization. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

Owner or operator: means any person owning or operating an oil terminal facility whether by lease, contract or any other form of agreement or a person in control of, or having responsibility for, the daily operation of an oil storage facility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 542

Parcel of land: means the larger of the minimal buildable lot size in the municipality or 20,000 square feet and, in either case, including 100 feet of shoreline frontage. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 11

Parent: means the legal parent or the legal guardian when no legal parent exists. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 19-A Sec. 101

Pari-mutuel facility: means a location at which a person is licensed under chapter 11 to accept pari-mutuel wagers on horse races. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

Payback percentage: means the percentage of the total value of money or tokens, credits or similar objects or things of value used to play a slot machine that is returned to players of that slot machine as winnings, prizes or credits. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

Person: means an individual, trust, estate, partnership, association, company, corporation, political subdivision of the State, instrumentality of the State or other entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 19-A Sec. 101

Person: means an individual or a business organization. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

Person: shall mean any natural person, firm, association, partnership, corporation, trust, the State of Maine and any agency thereof, governmental entity, quasi-governmental entity, the United States of America and any agency thereof and any other legal entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 542

Person: means any natural person, firm, association, partnership, corporation, trust, the State and any agency of the State, governmental entity, quasi-governmental entity, the United States and any agency of the United States and any other legal entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A

Person: means and includes any corporation, association, copartnership or one or more individuals. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 502

Pilotage areas: means specific areas of the Maine coast where the commission has established licensing requirements. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 85-B

Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.

Plea agreement: An arrangement between the prosecutor, the defense attorney, and the defendant in which the defendant agrees to plead guilty in exchange for special considerations. ^Source:

Political subdivision: means counties, cities, towns, villages, townships, districts, authorities and other public corporations and entities organized and existing under charter or general law. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 703

Post-conviction: means any point in a criminal proceeding after a verdict or finding of guilty or after the acceptance of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 1003

Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.

Preconviction: means any point in a criminal proceeding before a verdict in the context of a jury trial or finding of guilty in the context of a jury-waived trial or before the acceptance of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 1003

Preparedness: means planning how to respond in case an emergency or disaster occurs and working to increase resources available to respond effectively. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 703

Primary sand and gravel recharge area: means the surface area directly overlying sand and gravel formations that provides direct replenishment of ground water in sand and gravel and fractured bedrock aquifers. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A

Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.

Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.

Production: means the activities conducted subsequent to the exploration, discovery and development of oil or natural gas resources including, but not limited to, the removal or extraction of those resources, related field operations, the transportation of those resources over the waters of the State to onshore facilities, workover drilling and the operation, monitoring and maintenance of the removal or extraction process. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 570-AA

Promotional credit: means any noncashable electronic thing of value used solely to play a slot machine that is provided by a slot machine operator or a casino operator to customers and approved by the Gambling Control Board. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.

Public: means a municipal, county or other governmental body that is a political subdivision within the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 1660-D

Public assistance: means money payments and medical care furnished to or on behalf of dependent children by the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 19-A Sec. 2101

Publicly traded corporation: means a company that is an issuer subject to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, 15 United States Code § 780 or applicable foreign laws or has one or more of the following:

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

Rates: means a rate, toll, rent, assessment, supplemental charge or other lawful charge established by a sewer district pursuant to its charter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1032

Real estate: includes lands and all tenements and hereditaments connected therewith, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72

Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.

Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. ^{Source: FDIC}

Recovery: means activities that, in the short term, return vital life support systems to minimum operating standards and, in the long term, redevelop a disaster area to preexisting conditions or to conditions that are less disaster prone and activities that assist families and businesses to return to a normal or improved state of being. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 703

Recyclable: means possessing physical and economic characteristics that allow a material to be recycled. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Recycle: means to recover, separate, collect and reprocess waste materials for sale or reuse other than use as a fuel for the generation of heat, steam or electricity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Recycling: means the collection, separation, recovery and sale or reuse of materials that would otherwise be disposed of or processed as waste or the mechanized separation and treatment of waste, other than through combustion, and the creation and recovery of reusable materials other than as a fuel for the generation of electricity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Recycling facility: means a facility engaged exclusively in the recycling of materials. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Refuse-derived fuel: means municipal solid waste which has been processed prior to combustion to increase the heat input value of the waste. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Regional association: means 2 or more municipalities that have formed a relationship to manage the solid waste generated within the participating municipalities and for which those municipalities are responsible. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

registered mail: when used in connection with any requirement for notice by mail shall mean either registered mail or certified mail. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72

Registration: means an approval or board action that authorizes a company to be a holding company of a company that holds or applies for a slot machine operator license, a casino operator license, a slot machine distributor license or a table game distributor license or of other persons required to be licensed under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

Related appurtenances: means pumps, valves, piping, loading racks, secondary containment and, as determined by the department, any other structures related to the operation of an oil terminal facility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 542

Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.

Remainderman: One entitled to the remainder of an estate after a particular reserved right or interest, such as a life tenancy, has expired.

Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.

Reportable quantity: means for any CERCLA hazardous substance or extremely hazardous substance, the reportable quantity established in Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 302, Table 302. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 791

Residue: means waste remaining after the handling, processing, incineration or recycling of solid waste including, without limitation, front end waste and ash from incineration facilities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

resource recovery: means the recovery of materials or substances that still have useful physical or chemical properties after serving a specific purpose and can be reused or recycled for the same or other purposes. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Responder: means any person who provides assistance or advice in mitigating or attempting to mitigate the effects of an actual or threatened discharge of oil prohibited by section 543, or in preventing, containing, cleaning up, removing or disposing of, or in attempting to prevent, contain, clean up, remove or dispose of, any discharge of oil prohibited by section 543, except for any person who caused or is otherwise responsible for the actual or threatened discharge in the first instance. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 542

Response: means those activities designed to provide emergency assistance to victims of a disaster and reduce the likelihood of secondary damage. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 703

Responsible parent: means the parent of a dependent child. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 19-A Sec. 2101

responsible party: means any or all of the following persons:

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Responsible party: means any person who could be held liable under section 552 or as defined in section 562?A, subsection 17. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 542

Responsible party: means any one or more of the following persons:

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A

Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.

review board: means the board created in section 568?B. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A

Risk pool: means utilizing and assessing risk factors for determining the need for an examination of an agreement. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 1660-D

River: means a free-flowing body of water including its associated flood plain wetlands from that point at which it provides drainage for a watershed of 25 square miles to its mouth. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 436-A

Secondary containment: means a system installed so that any material that is discharged or has leaked from the primary containment is prevented from reaching the soil or ground water outside the system for the anticipated period of time necessary to detect and recover the discharged material. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A

Sensitive geologic areas: means significant ground water aquifers and primary sand and gravel recharge areas, as defined in this section, areas located within 1,000 feet of a public drinking water supply and areas located within 300 feet of a private drinking water supply. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A

Septage: means waste, refuse, effluent, sludge and any other materials from septic tanks, cesspools or any other similar facilities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.

Sewer district: means a district, including a multipurpose district and standard district, created by a private and special law of the State whose purposes include collection, interception and treatment of sewerage. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1032

Significant ground water aquifer: means a porous formation of ice contact and glacial outwash sand and gravel or fractured bedrock that contains significant recoverable quantities of water likely to provide drinking water supplies. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A

single entity: means an individual, partnership, corporation or limited liability corporation that is not engaged primarily in the business of treating or disposing of solid waste or special waste. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Site: means the same or geographically contiguous property which may be divided by a public or private right-of-way, as long as the entrance and exit between the properties is at a crossroads intersection and access is by crossing as opposed to going along the right-of-way. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Slot machine: means any mechanical, electrical or electronic device, contrivance or machine or other device, contrivance or machine that is available to play upon insertion of money or a token, credit or similar object or thing of value, the play of which by the element of chance may deliver or entitle the person playing the device, contrivance or machine to receive cash, tokens or credits to be exchanged for cash, merchandise or anything of value, whether the payoff is made automatically from the device, contrivance or machine or in any other manner, and includes progressive electronic gaming devices with a payoff that increases as the electronic gaming device is played. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

Slot machine distributor: means a person who is licensed under this chapter to distribute slot machines and associated equipment for use in the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

Slot machine facility: means a facility, not including a casino, at which a slot machine operator operates slot machines. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

Slot machine operator: means a person, not including a casino operator, who is licensed under this chapter to operate slot machines and associated equipment in the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

Sludge: means nonhazardous solid, semisolid or liquid waste generated from a municipal, commercial or industrial wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant or wet process air pollution control facility or any other waste having similar characteristics and effect. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Social service: means any social services program funded in whole or in part through an agreement issued by the department. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 1660-D

Solid waste: means useless, unwanted or discarded solid material with insufficient liquid content to be free-flowing, including, but not limited to, rubbish, garbage, refuse-derived fuel, scrap materials, junk, refuse, inert fill material and landscape refuse, but does not include hazardous waste, biomedical waste, septage or agricultural wastes. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Solid waste disposal facility: means a solid waste facility for the incineration or landfilling of solid waste or refuse-derived fuel. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Solid waste facility: means a waste facility used for the handling of solid waste, except that the following facilities are not included:

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Solid waste landfill: means a waste disposal facility for the disposal of solid waste on or in land. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Solid waste processing facility: includes but is not limited to a facility that employs shredding, baling, mechanical and magnetic separation or composting or other stabilization technique to reduce or otherwise change the nature of solid waste. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Source separation: means the preparation of materials for recycling by separation from wastes at the point of generation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Special waste: means any solid waste generated by sources other than domestic and typical commercial establishments that exists in such an unusual quantity or in such a chemical or physical state, or any combination thereof, that may disrupt or impair effective waste management or threaten the public health, human safety or the environment and requires special handling, transportation and disposal procedures. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Standard district: means a sewer district that is formed and chartered by a private and special law in conformance with this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1032

state: means any state, territory or possession of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 19-A Sec. 101

State Marine Oil Spill Contingency Plan: means a contingency plan for oil spill response prepared by the commissioner in accordance with this subchapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 542

State paper: means the newspaper designated by the Legislature, in which advertisements and notices are required to be published. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72

State postsecondary education institution: means the University of Maine System, the Maine Maritime Academy, the Maine Community College System or any other college or university system established as a public instrumentality of this State, the Maine Criminal Justice Academy, or a private nonprofit postsecondary education institution in this State registered with the Military Bureau as a participating institution in accordance with this subchapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 352

State waste management and recycling plan: means the plan adopted by the former Maine Waste Management Agency pursuant to chapter 24, subchapter 2, subsequent plans developed by the former State Planning Office pursuant to Title 5, former section 3305, subsection 1, paragraph N and the department pursuant to section 2122 and may also be referred to as "state plan. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

Storage: means the containment of hazardous wastes, either on a temporary basis or for a period of years, in such a manner as not to constitute disposal of the hazardous wastes. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Stream: means a free-flowing body of water from the outlet of a great pond or the confluence of 2 perennial streams as depicted on the most recent, highest resolution version of the national hydrography dataset available from the United States Geological Survey on the website of the United States Geological Survey or the national map to the point where the stream becomes a river or where the stream meets the shoreland zone of another water body or wetland. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 436-A

Structure: means anything temporarily or permanently located, built, constructed or erected for the support, shelter or enclosure of persons, animals, goods or property of any kind and anything constructed or erected on or in the ground. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 436-A

Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.

Subsidiary: means any corporation or company, all or any part of whose outstanding equity securities are owned, subject to a power or right of control, or held, with power to vote, by a holding company or intermediary company. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

Substantially expand: means the expansion of an existing licensed hazardous waste facility by more than 25%, as measured by volume of waste or affected land area, from the date of its initial licensed operation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Support order: means a judgment, decree or order, whether temporary, final or subject to modification, issued by a court or an administrative agency of competent jurisdiction for the support and maintenance of a child, including a child who has attained the age of majority under the law of the issuing state, or a child and the parent with whom the child is living, that provides for monetary support, health care, arrearages or reimbursement and may include related costs and fees, interest and penalties, income withholding, attorney's fees and other relief. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 19-A Sec. 2101

Table game: means a card game, dice game or other game of chance, including, but not limited to, blackjack, poker, dice, craps, roulette, baccarat, money wheels, wheel of fortune or an electronic table game located in a casino. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

Table game distributor: means a person who is licensed under this chapter to distribute table games and associated equipment for use in the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

tank: means any aboveground container, less than 10% of the capacity of which is beneath the surface of the ground, that is used or intended to be used for the storage or supply of oil. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A

Terrorism: means conduct that is designed to cause serious bodily injury or substantial risk of bodily injury to multiple persons, substantial damage to multiple structures whether occupied or unoccupied or substantial physical damage sufficient to disrupt the normal functioning of a critical infrastructure. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 703

Timber harvesting: means the cutting or removal of trees or forest products that when cut or removed are transported to a roundwood processing operation, as defined in section 8881, subsection 10. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 8868

Timber harvesting activities: means timber harvesting, the construction and maintenance of roads used primarily for timber harvesting, the mining of gravel used for the construction and maintenance of roads used primarily for timber harvesting and other activities conducted to facilitate timber harvesting. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 8868

Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.

Transferred: shall include both onloading and offloading between terminal and vessel and vessel to vessel. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 542

Transport: means the movement of hazardous or solid waste, waste oil, sludge or septage from the point of generation to any intermediate points and finally to the point of ultimate disposition. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Treatment: means any process, including but not limited to incineration, designed to change the character or composition of any hazardous waste, waste oil or biomedical waste so as to render the waste less hazardous or infectious. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

Tuition: means the total semester, trimester, quarter or term or credit hour cost of instruction to the student as periodically published in the catalog of a state postsecondary education institution, excluding mandatory fees and lab fees and other expenses such as book charges, room and board. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 352

Tuition benefit: means tuition provided by the Maine National Guard using either state or federal funds or waivers of tuition from a state postsecondary education institution. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 352

Uncontrolled tire stockpile: means an area or location, whether or not licensed, where used motor vehicle tires are or were handled, stored or disposed of in such a manner as to present a significant fire hazard or a threat to public health or to the quality of a classified body of surface water or a significant sand and gravel aquifer or fractured bedrock aquifer as defined in section 1310?N, subsection 2?A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Underground gasoline storage tank: means a single tank or container, 10% or more of which is underground, together with associated piping and dispensing facilities and that is used, or intended to be used, for the storage or supply of gasoline. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A

Underground oil storage facility: means any underground oil storage tank or tanks, as defined in subsection 22, together with associated piping and dispensing facilities located under any land at a single location and used, or intended to be used, for the storage or supply of oil, as defined in this subchapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A

Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. ^{Source: OCC}

Uniform location agreement: means a written agreement in a form prescribed by the board between a slot machine operator or casino operator and a slot machine distributor or table game distributor that governs the terms and conditions of that agreement, including the placement of slot machines or table games on the premises of the slot machine operator or casino operator. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 1001

Unsatisfactory participant: means a member who has accumulated 9 or more unexcused absences from unit training assemblies or who within a 12-month period, without proper authorization, fails to attend or complete the entire period of annual training. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 352

Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision.

Used oil: means waste oil, as defined in subsection 42. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Used oil collection center: means a site or facility where used oil is accepted from the public and collected or stored in an aboveground tank for recycling. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.

Vessel: includes every description of watercraft or other contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water, whether self-propelled or otherwise and shall include barges and tugs. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 542

Waste facility: means any land area, structure, location, equipment or combination of them, including dumps, used for handling hazardous, biomedical or solid waste, waste oil, sludge or septage. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Waste generated within the State: means :

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Waste management: means purposeful, systematic and unified control of the handling and transportation of hazardous, biomedical or solid waste, waste oil, sludge or septage. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Waste oil: means a petroleum-based or synthetic oil that, through use or handling, has become unsuitable for its original purpose due to the presence of impurities or loss of original properties. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Waste reduction: means an action that reduces waste at the point of generation and may also be referred to as "source reduction. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Waste resulting from agricultural activities: means wastes that result from agricultural activities as defined in section 361?A, subsection 1?B and that are returned to the soils as fertilizers and includes waste pesticides when generated by a farmer in the farmer's own use, as long as the farmer triple rinses each emptied pesticide container in accordance with departmental rules and disposes of the pesticide residues in a manner consistent with the disposal instructions on the pesticide label. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Watercraft: means any type of vessel, boat, barge, float or craft used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water other than a seaplane. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 11

Wood wastes: means brush, stumps, lumber, bark, woodchips, shavings, slabs, edgings, slash and sawdust, which are not mixed with other waste. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C

Yard wastes: means grass clippings, leaves and other vegetal matter other than wood wastes and land clearing debris. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C