CHAPTER 1. The Tribal Government Gaming and Economic Self-Sufficiency Act of 1998 [98000. - 98012.]
Chapter 1 added November 3, 1998, by initiative Proposition 5, Sec. 1.
§§ 98000–98012 · 13 sections
- § 98000 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as “The Tribal Government Gaming and Economic Self-Sufficiency Act of 1998.”
- § 98001 (a) The people of the State of California find that, historically, Indian tribes within the state have long suffered from high rates of unemployment and…
- § 98002 (a) The Governor is authorized to execute on behalf of this state a Gaming Compact containing the terms set forth in Section 98004, and shall do so as a…
- § 98003 Any state department or agency, or other subdivision of the state, providing gaming regulatory services to a tribe pursuant to the terms of this chapter,…
- § 98004 The State of California hereby offers to any federally recognized Indian tribe that is recognized by the Secretary of the Interior as having jurisdiction over…
- § 98005 The Gaming Compact offered in Section 98004 shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed agreed to, approved, and executed by the State of California in…
- § 98006 The gaming authorized pursuant to this chapter, including, but not limited to, the gaming authorized pursuant to the Gaming Compact set forth in Section 98004,…
- § 98007 If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, that invalidity may not affect other provisions or…
- § 98008 The Governor is authorized and directed to execute any documents that may be necessary to implement this chapter.
- § 98009 The provisions of the Gaming Compact set forth in Section 98004 are hereby incorporated into state law, and all gaming activities, including but not limited to…
- § 98010 Nothing in this chapter may be construed to limit the ability of a federally recognized Indian tribe to request that a Tribal-State compact be negotiated with…
- § 98011 No amendment to the Gaming Compact as provided for therein or under this chapter requires further approval by the Legislature or the electorate.
- § 98012 This chapter may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the Legislature, but only to further the purposes of this Act.