You need to look at the actual legislation passed in 2009 on the state legislature web site. That said, the restrictions are dead simple - the money has to be spent on "public infrastructure."

By the way, the OPA board composition at the time was  (December 17, 2008) included Dave Stevens, Bill Rakow, Marty Clarke, Ray Unger, Bill Zawacki, John McLaughlin, and Les Purcell. That board supported Worcester County receiving all the money from local impact funds with none going directly to Ocean Pines.

The video of Boggs presentation to the Board and the board's decision to support Worcester County receiving ALL the slots impact funds can be viewed here. View the entire segment. It is slow starting with a number of issues unrelated to OPA receiving money direct from state.

Stick with it. The board, particularly Bill Rakow, suggests OPA would receive more money if all of it went to Worcester County for distribution. Incredible. Absolutely incredible. Especially when Boggs clearly says the county would "allocate funds when impact can be validated and proved." Can anyone, anyone, show how OPA has been impacted by the casino in very specific terms and prove it, and prove a dollar value of that impact?

The board members were so naive they actually stated that Jim Mathias would probably vote to support the County effort to get all the money and take away Ocean City's 20% share of the impact funds. How stupid was that thinking?