| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to Indian gaming activities; designating |
| 3 | the Governor as the official to negotiate tribal-state |
| 4 | compacts; providing for ratification of tribal-state |
| 5 | compacts by the Legislature; providing for submission of |
| 6 | the tribal-state compact to the Legislature and Secretary |
| 7 | of State; providing for submission of the tribal-state |
| 8 | compact to the Secretary of the Interior; providing an |
| 9 | effective date. |
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| 11 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 13 | Section 1. (1) The Governor is the designated state |
| 14 | officer responsible for negotiating and executing, on behalf of |
| 15 | the state, tribal-state gaming compacts with federally |
| 16 | recognized Indian tribes located within the State of Florida |
| 17 | pursuant to the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, 18 |
| 18 | U.S.C. ss. 1166-1168, and 25 U.S.C. s. 2701 et seq., for the |
| 19 | purpose of authorizing class III gaming, as defined in that act, |
| 20 | on Indian lands within this state. |
| 21 | (2) Any tribal-state compact relating to gaming activities |
| 22 | which is entered into by an Indian tribe in this state and the |
| 23 | Governor pursuant to subsection (1) must be conditioned upon |
| 24 | ratification by the Legislature. |
| 25 | (3) Following completion of negotiations, the Governor |
| 26 | shall submit a copy of any executed tribal-state compact for |
| 27 | ratification by a majority vote by both houses of the |
| 28 | Legislature and shall submit a copy of the executed tribal-state |
| 29 | compact to the Secretary of State pending receipt of an act |
| 30 | ratifying the tribal-state compact under the provisions of this |
| 31 | section. |
| 32 | (4) Upon receipt of an act ratifying the tribal-state |
| 33 | compact, the Secretary of State shall forward a copy of the |
| 34 | executed tribal-state compact and the ratifying act to the |
| 35 | United States Secretary of the Interior for his or her review |
| 36 | and approval, in accordance with 25 U.S.C. s. 2710(8)(d). |
| 37 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |