| California Senate Bill 1201 - Tribal Gaming Licenses passed in the Senate.
Here is an excerpt of the bill:
The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to negotiate and conclude compacts, subject to ratification by the Legislature. Existing law ratifies a number of tribal-state gaming compacts between the State of California and specified Indian tribes executed in 1999. Those compacts set certain limits on the number of gaming device licenses available to each tribe. Existing law provides that any other tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and a federally recognized Indian tribe that is executed after September 10, 1999, is ratified if certain circumstances exist.
This bill would enact statutory provisions relating to matters addressed in the compacts ratified as described above. The bill would provide that
the aggregate limit of gaming device licenses available for issuance under those compacts shall be 122,000, and would further provide that
certain gaming device licenses available for issuance under subsequent compact amendments shall not be counted in determining whether that aggregate limit has been reached. The bill would require that, upon application by a tribe with a tribal-state gaming compact ratified as
described above, the California Gambling Control Commission allocate gaming device licenses to the tribe in accordance with the tribe's gaming compact, but would prohibit the number of licenses allocated to a tribe from exceeding the maximum number of gaming device licenses allowed under the gaming compact. |
| What does this mean for Jamul?
The JIV signed on in support of this bill. Currently their 1999 compact with the state allows for 2,000 Class III gaming machines. The state has reached it's original 60,000 license limit. This is the reason the JIV has stated they are going to Class II gaming. Should this bill pass, then the JIV would be allowed their 2,000 Class III machines as stated in their 1999 compact.
The County of San Diego is opposed to this bill as is the California Coalition Against Gambling Expansion and the Pala Band of Mission Indians. This bill may be used as leverage by the Governor or by the Senate when it comes to budget money. Letters to Assembly Member Torrico in opposition are required and letters to the Governor requesting a VETO when this bill is sent to his desk. Also letters in opposition and disgust to the bill's authors, Senators Jim Battin and Dean Florez.
Here is a list of the emails and fax numbers: (Faxing is best)
Fax# (916) 558-3160
(916) 319-2120
(916) 327-2187
will not take emails from outside his district
(916) 327-5989 |
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