Senate Bill sb0160

    Florida Senate - 2007                                   SB 160

    By Senator Geller





    31-223-07

  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 - 2007                                   SB 160
    31-223-07




 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  United States Secretary of the Interior for his or her review

 7  and approval, 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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13    Designates the Governor as the official to negotiate
      tribal-state compacts. Provides for ratification of
14    tribal-state compacts by the Legislature. Provides for
      submission of the tribal-state compact to the Legislature
15    and Secretary of State. Provides for submission of the
      tribal-state compact to the Secretary of the Interior.
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