Senate Bill sb0134c1

    Florida Senate - 2005                            CS for SB 134

    By the Committee on Regulated Industries; and Senator Geller





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Indian gaming activities;

  3         designating the Governor as the official to

  4         negotiate tribal-state compacts; providing for

  5         ratification of tribal-state compacts by the

  6         Legislature; providing for submission of the

  7         tribal-state compact to the Legislature and

  8         Secretary of State; providing for submission of

  9         the tribal-state compact to the Secretary of

10         the Interior; providing an effective date.

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12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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14         Section 1.  (1)  The Governor is the designated state

15  officer responsible for negotiating and executing, on behalf

16  of the state, tribal-state gaming compacts with federally

17  recognized Indian tribes located within the State of Florida

18  pursuant to the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988,

19  18 U.S.C. ss. 1166-1168, and 25 U.S.C. s. 2701 et seq., for

20  the purpose of authorizing class III gaming, as defined in

21  that act, on Indian lands within this state.

22         (2)  Any tribal-state compact relating to gaming

23  activities which is entered into by an Indian tribe in this

24  state and the Governor pursuant to subsection (1) must be

25  conditioned upon ratification by the Legislature.

26         (3)  Following completion of negotiations, the Governor

27  shall submit a copy of any executed tribal-state compact for

28  ratification by a majority vote by both houses of the

29  Legislature and shall submit a copy of the executed

30  tribal-state compact to the Secretary of State pending receipt

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    Florida Senate - 2005                            CS for SB 134
    580-1637-05




 1  of an act ratifying the tribal-state compact under the

 2  provisions of this section.

 3         (4)  Upon receipt of an act ratifying the tribal-state

 4  compact, the Secretary of State shall forward a copy of the

 5  executed tribal-state compact and the ratifying act to the

 6  Secretary of the Interior for his or her review and approval,

 7  in accordance with 25 U.S.C. s. 2710(8)(d).

 8         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

 9  law.

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11          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
12                         Senate Bill 134

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14  The committee substitute provides that the Governor is the
    designated state officer responsible for negotiating and
15  executing tribal-state compacts relating to class III gaming.
    The Governor must submit a copy of any executed tribal-state
16  compact to the Legislature for ratification by a majority vote
    by both houses and must submit a copy to the Secretary of
17  State pending ratification.  Once the compact is ratified, the
    Secretary of State must forward a copy of the compact and the
18  ratification act to the U.S. Secretary of the Interior for
    review and approval.
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