Information to be Provided to Voters

(1) The host community agreement signed by the community and the applicant shall be made public by publishing a fair, concise summary of the agreement in a periodical of general circulation at the applicant's expense and on the official website of the municipality not later than seven days after the agreement is signed by the parties. Provided, the publication of the summary in the periodical shall also either be accompanied by a copy of the agreement or shall include the official website addresses of the municipality and the Commission (at which locations a copy of the host community agreement shall be posted for viewing), and shall contain an advisory that a hard copy of the agreement can be obtained at the municipality's clerk's office. The fair, concise summary of the agreement shall be approved by the city solicitor or town counsel prior to publication, and shall outline the contents of the host community agreement. The agreement and summary shall remain on the municipal website until the election has been certified. 124.04: continued (2) Host communities shall make voting information available to its citizens including deadlines for registering to vote in the election and hours that polling places shall be open. (3) No notice to or approval by the commission is required prior to engaging in the process set forth in 205 CMR 124.04(1). (4) For purposes of 205 CMR 124.00, unless a city opts out in accordance with the seventh proviso of M.G.L. c. 23K, § 15(13) by a vote of the local governing body, if the gaming establishment is proposed to be located in a city with a population of at least 125,000 residents as enumerated by the most recent enumerated federal census, "host community'' shall mean the ward in which the gaming establishment is to be located for the purpose of receiving a certified and binding vote on a ballot question at an election. If a city opts out, it must do so prior to the call for the election by the applicant, and it shall publish notice of such determination in the manner provided by 205 CMR 124.04(1).