OFFICIAL TITLE
AN INITIATIVE MEASURE
PROPOSING
AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 5, CHAPTER 6, ARTICLE 1, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY
ADDING SECTION 5-601.02; REPEALING SECTION 5‑601.01, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES;
AMENDING SECTION 13-3301, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES; PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO
TITLE 15, CHAPTER 9, ARTICLE 5, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING SECTION
15-978; PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 17, CHAPTER 2, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES,
BY ADDING ARTICLE 7; PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 36, CHAPTER 29, ARTICLE 1,
ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING SECTION 36-2903.07;
PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 41, CHAPTER 10, ARTICLE 1, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES,
BY ADDING SECTION 41-1505.12; AMENDING SECTION 41-2306, ARIZONA REVISED
STATUTES, AS AMENDED BY LAWS 2000, CHAPTER 375, SECTION 3; REPEALING SECTION
41-2306, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, AS AMENDED BY LAWS 2000, CHAPTER 372,
SECTION 3; RELATING TO TRIBAL-STATE COMPACTS.
TEXT OF PROPOSED MEASURE
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Arizona:
Sec. 1. Title
This measure shall be known as the “Indian Gaming
Preservation and Self-Reliance Act.”
Sec. 2. Declaration of Purpose
For most of the past century, Indians on
reservations in Arizona lived in extreme poverty, welfare dependency, and
economic despair. The situation began
to improve in 1988, when federal law confirmed the right of Indian tribes to
conduct limited, regulated gaming on their own land for the purposes of, among
other things, providing jobs and funding services for tribal members.
This federal law requires that state governments and
tribes negotiate agreements, called tribal-state compacts, to establish the
terms and conditions of Indian gaming in each state. Since 1992, Arizona law has authorized the governor of the state
to negotiate tribal-state compacts on the state’s behalf. Since that time, 17
Indian tribes in Arizona have entered into compacts with the state and
proceeded in good faith to make major investments in gaming facilities on their
tribal lands.
Today, those gaming facilities provide tribes with
vitally needed funds for education, housing, health care, clean water, and
other basic services on the tribal reservations. Indian gaming also supports thousands of jobs in the state, and
annually generates hundreds of millions of dollars of economic activity, and
millions of dollars of taxes, which benefit local communities and the state
economy.
With the compacts due to begin expiring in 2003, and
with the state and the tribes desiring to continue and enhance the benefits of
tribal gaming in the state, the parties began in 2000 to negotiate new compacts
that provide for the continuation of Indian gaming.
While the governor and the tribes have agreed on a
framework for the new compacts, a legal roadblock now precludes the governor
from executing new compacts. The horse
and dog racetrack industry filed a lawsuit claiming that the longstanding state
law authorizing the governor to negotiate and enter into compacts on the
state’s behalf was invalid because of legal technicalities. Because of the lawsuit, the state can not
enter into new compacts with the tribes unless a new law corrects the technical
deficiencies in existing law or if new compacts are approved by the legislature or the people of the State of
Arizona.
Given the impending expiration of the existing
compacts, it is critical to promptly resolve any technical deficiencies in
current state law and provide a means for the state to enter into new or
amended tribal-state gaming compacts.
Without this action, Indian tribes in Arizona face the risk that tribal
casinos could be shut down, and plans to share Indian gaming revenues with the
state and to create opportunities for non-gaming tribes to benefit from Indian
gaming will go unrealized.
The Indian Gaming Preservation and Self-Reliance Act
is designed to address this situation.
The Act resolves any technical deficiencies in current state law and
authorizes the governor to execute new tribal-state compacts, in accordance
with specified parameters, so that Indian casinos can continue to operate. The Act maintains reasonable limits on
Indian gaming and creates the opportunity for non-gaming tribes to benefit from
Indian gaming. The Act also provides
for tribal governments to share a
percentage of their Indian gaming revenues with the state, to support state and
local programs.
Sec. 3. Title 5, Chapter 6, Article 1, Arizona
Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new Section 5-601.02, as follows:
5-601.02 NEW STANDARD
FORM OF TRIBAL-STATE GAMING COMPACT; EFFECTS
A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, WITHIN
30 DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF A TIMELY WRITTEN REQUEST BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF AN
INDIAN TRIBE, THE STATE, THROUGH THE GOVERNOR, SHALL ENTER INTO THE NEW
STANDARD FORM OF TRIBAL-STATE GAMING COMPACT WITH THE REQUESTING INDIAN TRIBE
BY EXECUTING THE NEW COMPACT AND FORWARDING IT TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
OF THE INTERIOR FOR ANY REQUIRED APPROVAL.
B. THE STATE, THROUGH THE GOVERNOR, MAY
ONLY ENTER INTO A NEW COMPACT WITH AN INDIAN TRIBE WITH A PRE-EXISTING COMPACT
IF THE INDIAN TRIBE REQUESTS A NEW COMPACT PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION A DURING THE
FIRST 30 DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION. THE STATE, THROUGH THE GOVERNOR, SHALL SERVE
A TIMELY NOTICE OF NONRENEWAL OF A PRE-EXISTING COMPACT ON ANY INDIAN TRIBE
THAT DOES NOT REQUEST A NEW COMPACT DURING THE FIRST 30 DAYS AFTER THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION. ANY
INDIAN TRIBE WITHOUT A PRE-EXISTING COMPACT ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
SECTION MAY REQUEST A NEW COMPACT AT ANY TIME.
C. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, AN
INDIAN TRIBE MAY CONDUCT THE FOLLOWING FORMS OF GAMBLING AS REGULATED GAMBLING,
AS DEFINED IN SECTION 13‑3301, IF THE GAMBLING IS CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE TERMS OF A TRIBAL-STATE GAMING COMPACT: GAMING DEVICES, KENO, OFFTRACK PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING, PARI-MUTUEL
WAGERING ON HORSE RACING, PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING ON DOG RACING, BLACKJACK, POKER
(INCLUDING JACKPOT POKER), AND LOTTERY.
D. THE DEPARTMENT OF GAMING SHALL ADMINISTER AND CARRY OUT ITS
RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER THE PROCEDURES FOR THE TRANSFER AND POOLING OF UNUSED
GAMING DEVICE ALLOCATIONS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 3(d) OF THE NEW COMPACT.
E. THE STATE, THROUGH THE GOVERNOR, IS AUTHORIZED TO NEGOTIATE AND ENTER
INTO AMENDMENTS TO NEW COMPACTS THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THIS CHAPTER AND WITH
THE POLICIES OF THE INDIAN GAMING REGULATORY ACT.
F. AT THE REQUEST OF ANY INDIAN TRIBE FOR
WHICH PARAGRAPH 6 OF SUBSECTION I DOES NOT SPECIFY A POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL
DEVICES ALLOCATION, THE STATE, THROUGH THE GOVERNOR, SHALL NEGOTIATE WITH THE
INDIAN TRIBE FOR A POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL DEVICES ALLOCATION. THIS ALLOCATION SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN THE
SMALLEST OR GREATER THAN THE LARGEST POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL DEVICES ALLOCATION
PROVIDED TO AN INDIAN TRIBE WITH AN EQUAL NUMBER OF DEVICES IN THE CURRENT
DEVICE ALLOCATION COLUMN SET FORTH IN THE NEW COMPACT. AT THE OPTION OF THE INDIAN TRIBE, THE
POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL DEVICES ALLOCATION SHALL BE INCLUDED IN EITHER THE INDIAN
TRIBE’S NEW COMPACT OR AN AMENDMENT TO SUCH NEW COMPACT.
G. THE AUTHORITY AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE
STATE, THROUGH THE GOVERNOR, TO NEGOTIATE ADDITIONAL COMPACT TERMS PURSUANT TO
SUBSECTIONS E AND F ARE INDEPENDENT OF AND SEPARATE FROM THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE
STATE PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION A, AND SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE GROUNDS FOR ANY DELAY
BY THE STATE IN CARRYING OUT ITS OBLIGATIONS TO EXECUTE AND FORWARD NEW
COMPACTS TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AS REQUIRED IN
SUBSECTION A.
H. THE ARIZONA BENEFITS FUND IS ESTABLISHED CONSISTING OF MONIES PAID TO THE
STATE BY INDIAN TRIBES PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(c) OF NEW COMPACTS AND INTEREST
EARNED ON THOSE MONIES. AN INDIAN TRIBE WITH A NEW COMPACT
SATISFIES THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBSECTION F OF SECTION 5-601. TRIBAL CONTRIBUTIONS PAID TO THE STATE
PURSUANT TO A NEW COMPACT SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN THE ARIZONA BENEFITS FUND, NOT
THE PERMANENT TRIBAL-STATE COMPACT FUND PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION G
OF SECTION 5-601.
1. THE DEPARTMENT OF GAMING SHALL
ADMINISTER THE ARIZONA BENEFITS FUND.
THE DEPARTMENT OF GAMING SHALL MAKE AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND
EACH INDIAN TRIBE WITH A NEW COMPACT WITHIN 90 DAYS AFTER THE END OF THE
STATE’S FISCAL YEAR. THIS REPORT SHALL
BE SEPARATE FROM ANY OTHER REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF GAMING. THE REPORT SHALL INCLUDE A STATEMENT OF
AGGREGATE GROSS GAMING REVENUE FOR ALL INDIAN TRIBES, AGGREGATE REVENUES
DEPOSITED IN THE ARIZONA BENEFITS FUND, INCLUDING INTEREST THEREON,
EXPENDITURES MADE FROM THE ARIZONA BENEFITS FUND, AND AGGREGATE AMOUNTS
CONTRIBUTED BY ALL INDIAN TRIBES TO CITIES, TOWNS AND COUNTIES PURSUANT TO
PARAGRAPH 4 OF THIS SUBSECTION. THE DEPARTMENT
OF GAMING SHALL PROVIDE A COPY OF THIS REPORT TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND THE
DIRECTOR OF THE ARIZONA STATE LIBRARY, ARCHIVES AND PUBLIC RECORDS.
2. EXCEPT
FOR MONIES EXPENDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF GAMING AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (a)
OF PARAGRAPH 3 OF THIS SUBSECTION, WHICH SHALL BE SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION, THE ARIZONA BENEFITS FUND IS NOT SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION, AND
EXPENDITURES FROM THE FUND ARE NOT SUBJECT TO OUTSIDE APPROVAL NOTWITHSTANDING
ANY STATUTORY PROVISION TO THE CONTRARY.
MONIES PAID TO THE STATE BY INDIAN TRIBES PURSUANT TO A NEW COMPACT
SHALL BE DEPOSITED DIRECTLY WITH THE ARIZONA BENEFITS FUND. ON NOTICE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF GAMING, THE
STATE TREASURER SHALL INVEST AND DIVEST MONIES IN THE ARIZONA BENEFITS FUND AS
PROVIDED BY SECTION 35-313, AND MONIES EARNED FROM INVESTMENT SHALL BE CREDITED
TO THE FUND. MONIES IN THE ARIZONA
BENEFITS FUND SHALL BE EXPENDED ONLY AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH 3 OF THIS
SUBSECTION, AND SHALL NOT REVERT TO ANY OTHER FUND, INCLUDING THE STATE GENERAL
FUND. MONIES IN THE ARIZONA BENEFITS
FUND ARE EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 35-190 RELATING TO THE LAPSING
OF APPROPRIATIONS.
3. MONIES IN THE ARIZONA BENEFITS
FUND, INCLUDING ALL INVESTMENT EARNINGS, SHALL BE ALLOCATED AS FOLLOWS:
(A)(I) EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS OR NINE
PERCENT, WHICHEVER IS GREATER, SHALL BE USED FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF
ADMINISTRATIVE AND REGULATORY EXPENSES, INCLUDING EXPENSES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF
AND ACCESS TO ANY ONLINE ELECTRONIC GAME MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES INCURRED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF GAMING PURSUANT TO THIS
CHAPTER. ANY MONIES THAT ARE ALLOCATED
PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION 3(A) THAT ARE NOT APPROPRIATED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
GAMING SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN THE INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT FUND ESTABLISHED BY
SECTION 15-978.
(II) TWO PERCENT
SHALL BE USED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF GAMING TO FUND STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS FOR
THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF, AND EDUCATION CONCERNING, PROBLEM GAMBLING.
(B) OF THE MONIES IN THE ARIZONA BENEFITS
FUND THAT ARE NOT ALLOCATED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (A):
(I) FIFTY-SIX PERCENT SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN THE
INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION 15-978 FOR USE BY SCHOOL
DISTRICTS FOR CLASSROOM SIZE REDUCTION, TEACHER SALARY INCREASES, DROPOUT
PREVENTION PROGRAMS, AND INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS.
(II) TWENTY-EIGHT PERCENT SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN THE
TRAUMA AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION 36-2903.07.
(III) EIGHT PERCENT SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN THE
ARIZONA WILDLIFE CONSERVATION FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION 17-299.
(IV) EIGHT PERCENT SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN THE TOURISM
FUND ACCOUNT ESTABLISHED BY PARAGRAPH 4 OF SUBSECTION A OF SECTION 41-2306 FOR
STATEWIDE TOURISM PROMOTION.
4. IN ADDITION TO MONIES CONTRIBUTED TO
THE ARIZONA BENEFITS FUND, TWELVE PERCENT OF TRIBAL CONTRIBUTIONS PURSUANT TO
NEW COMPACTS SHALL BE CONTRIBUTED BY INDIAN TRIBES TO CITIES, TOWNS AND
COUNTIES AS DEFINED IN TITLE 11, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, FOR GOVERNMENT
SERVICES THAT BENEFIT THE GENERAL PUBLIC, INCLUDING PUBLIC SAFETY, MITIGATION
OF IMPACTS OF GAMING, AND PROMOTION OF COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
(A) AN INDIAN TRIBE MAY DISTRIBUTE SUCH
FUNDS DIRECTLY TO CITIES, TOWNS AND COUNTIES FOR THESE PURPOSES. THE AMOUNT OF MONIES SO DISTRIBUTED BY EACH
INDIAN TRIBE SHALL BE REPORTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF GAMING IN THE QUARTERLY
REPORT REQUIRED BY THE NEW COMPACT.
(B) ANY MONIES COMPRISING THE TWELVE
PERCENT NOT SO DISTRIBUTED BY AN INDIAN TRIBE SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN THE
COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION LOCAL COMMUNITIES FUND ESTABLISHED
BY SECTION 41-1505.12 FOR GRANTS TO CITIES, TOWNS AND COUNTIES.
5. THE
DEPOSIT OF MONIES REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION (B) OF PARAGRAPH 3 OF THIS SUBSECTION
SHALL BE MADE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, OR MORE FREQUENTLY IF PRACTICABLE.
I. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
1. “GAMING DEVICES” MEANS GAMING DEVICES
AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION (B)(I) OF PARAGRAPH 6 OF THIS SUBSECTION.
2. “INDIAN GAMING REGULATORY ACT” MEANS
THE INDIAN GAMING REGULATORY ACT OF 1988 (P.L. 100-497; 102 STAT. 2467; 25
UNITED STATES CODE SECTIONS 2701 THROUGH 2721 AND 18 UNITED STATES CODE
SECTIONS 1166 THROUGH 1168).
3. “INDIAN LANDS” MEANS LANDS AS DEFINED
IN 25 UNITED STATES CODE SECTION 2703(4)(A) AND (B), SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS
OF 25 UNITED STATES CODE SECTION 2719.
4. “INDIAN TRIBE” MEANS:
(A) THE COCOPAH INDIAN TRIBE.
(B) THE FORT MOJAVE INDIAN TRIBE.
(C) THE QUECHAN TRIBE.
(D) THE TONTO APACHE TRIBE.
(E) THE YAVAPAI-APACHE NATION.
(F) THE YAVAPAI-PRESCOTT INDIAN TRIBE.
(G) THE COLORADO RIVER INDIAN TRIBES.
(H) THE SAN CARLOS APACHE TRIBE.
(I) THE WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE.
(J) THE AK-CHIN INDIAN COMMUNITY.
(K) THE FORT MCDOWELL YAVAPAI NATION.
(L) THE SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIAN
COMMUNITY.
(M) THE GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY.
(N) THE PASCUA YAQUI TRIBE.
(O) THE TOHONO O’ODHAM NATION.
(P) THE HAVASUPAI TRIBE.
(Q) THE HUALAPAI TRIBE.
(R) THE KAIBAB-PAIUTE TRIBE.
(S) THE HOPI TRIBE.
(T) THE NAVAJO NATION.
(U) THE SAN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE TRIBE.
(V) ANY INDIAN TRIBE, AS DEFINED IN 25
UNITED STATES CODE SECTION 2703(5), WITH INDIAN LANDS IN THIS STATE.
5. “PRE-EXISTING COMPACT” MEANS AN INDIAN
TRIBE’S TRIBAL-STATE GAMING COMPACT AND AMENDMENTS THERETO AS APPROVED BY THE
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, AND ALL APPENDICES THERETO, AS OF THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
6. “NEW STANDARD FORM OF TRIBAL-STATE
GAMING COMPACT” OR “NEW COMPACT” MEANS:
(A) FOR AN INDIAN TRIBE WITHOUT A PRE-EXISTING
COMPACT, A TRIBAL-STATE GAMING COMPACT THAT CONTAINS THE PROVISIONS OF THE MOST
RECENT TRIBAL-STATE GAMING COMPACT ENTERED INTO BY THE STATE AND AN INDIAN
TRIBE AND APPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, AND ITS
APPENDICES, PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, MODIFIED TO INCLUDE
THE PROVISIONS DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION (B)(I) THROUGH (XI) OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
(B) FOR AN INDIAN TRIBE WITH A PRE-EXISTING COMPACT,
A TRIBAL-STATE GAMING COMPACT THAT CONTAINS THE PROVISIONS OF THE INDIAN
TRIBE’S PRE-EXISTING COMPACT, MODIFIED AS FOLLOWS, WITH ANY CROSS REFERENCES IN
A PRE-EXISTING COMPACT TO BE CONFORMED ACCORDINGLY:
(I) THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION SHALL REPLACE THE CORRESPONDING DEFINITION IN SECTION 2 OF THE
PRE-EXISTING COMPACT:
““GAMING DEVICE” MEANS A MECHANICAL DEVICE, AN
ELECTRO-MECHANICAL DEVICE OR A DEVICE CONTROLLED BY AN ELECTRONIC
MICROPROCESSOR OR ANOTHER MANNER, WHETHER THAT DEVICE CONSTITUTES CLASS II
GAMING OR CLASS III GAMING, THAT ALLOWS A PLAYER OR PLAYERS TO PLAY GAMES OF
CHANCE, WHETHER OR NOT THE OUTCOME ALSO IS AFFECTED IN SOME PART BY SKILL, AND
WHETHER THE DEVICE ACCEPTS COINS, TOKENS, BILLS, COUPONS, TICKET VOUCHERS, PULL
TABS, SMART CARDS, ELECTRONIC IN-HOUSE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM CREDITS OR OTHER
SIMILAR FORMS OF CONSIDERATION AND, THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF CHANCE, ALLOWS A
PLAYER TO BECOME ENTITLED TO A PRIZE, WHICH MAY BE COLLECTED THROUGH THE
DISPENSING OF COINS, TOKENS, BILLS, COUPONS, TICKET VOUCHERS, SMART CARDS,
ELECTRONIC IN-HOUSE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM CREDITS OR OTHER SIMILAR FORMS OF
VALUE. GAMING DEVICE DOES NOT INCLUDE
ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
(1) THOSE TECHNOLOGICAL AIDS FOR BINGO GAMES THAT
FUNCTION ONLY AS ELECTRONIC SUBSTITUTES FOR BINGO CARDS.
(2) DEVICES THAT ISSUE AND VALIDATE PAPER LOTTERY
PRODUCTS AND THAT ARE DIRECTLY OPERATED ONLY BY ARIZONA STATE LOTTERY LICENSED
RETAILERS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES.
(3) DEVICES THAT ARE OPERATED DIRECTLY BY A LOTTERY
PLAYER AND THAT DISPENSE PAPER LOTTERY TICKETS, IF THE DEVICES DO NOT IDENTIFY
WINNING OR LOSING LOTTERY TICKETS, DISPLAY LOTTERY WINNINGS OR DISBURSE LOTTERY
WINNINGS.
(4) DEVICES THAT ARE OPERATED DIRECTLY BY A LOTTERY
PLAYER AND THAT VALIDATE PAPER LOTTERY TICKETS FOR A GAME THAT DOES NOT HAVE A
PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF WINNING TICKETS, IF:
(A) THE DEVICES DO NOT ALLOW INTERACTIVE GAMING;
(B) THE DEVICES DO NOT ALLOW A LOTTERY PLAYER TO
PLAY THE LOTTERY FOR IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OR REWARD;
(C) THE DEVICES DO NOT DISBURSE LOTTERY WINNINGS;
AND
(D) THE DEVICES ARE NOT VIDEO LOTTERY TERMINALS.
(5) PLAYER ACTIVATED LOTTERY TERMINALS.”
(II) THE FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS SHALL BE
ADDED TO SECTION 2 OF THE PRE-EXISTING COMPACT:
“(MM) “ADDITIONAL GAMING DEVICES” MEANS THE NUMBER
OF ADDITIONAL GAMING DEVICES ALLOCATED TO THE TRIBE IN COLUMN (2) OF THE
TRIBE’S ROW IN THE TABLE.
(NN) “CARD GAME TABLE” MEANS A SINGLE TABLE AT WHICH
THE TRIBE CONDUCTS THE CARD GAME OF POKER OR BLACKJACK.
(OO) “CLASS II GAMING DEVICE” MEANS A GAMING DEVICE
WHICH, IF OPERATED ON INDIAN LANDS BY AN INDIAN TRIBE, WOULD BE CLASS II
GAMING.
(PP) “CLASS III GAMING DEVICE” MEANS A GAMING DEVICE
WHICH, IF OPERATED ON INDIAN LANDS BY AN INDIAN TRIBE, WOULD BE CLASS III
GAMING.
(QQ) “CLASS III NET WIN” MEANS GROSS GAMING REVENUE,
WHICH IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GAMING WINS AND LOSSES, BEFORE DEDUCTING COSTS
AND EXPENSES.
(RR) “CPI ADJUSTMENT RATE” SHALL MEAN THE QUOTIENT
OBTAINED AS FOLLOWS: THE CPI INDEX FOR
THE SIXTIETH (60TH) CALENDAR MONTH OF THE APPLICABLE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD FOR WHICH
THE WAGER LIMITATIONS ARE BEING ADJUSTED SHALL BE DIVIDED BY THE CPI INDEX FOR
THE CALENDAR MONTH IN WHICH THE EFFECTIVE DATE OCCURS. THE CPI INDEX FOR THE NUMERATOR AND THE
DENOMINATOR SHALL HAVE THE SAME BASE YEAR.
IF THE CPI INDEX IS NO LONGER PUBLISHED, OR IF THE FORMAT OF THE CPI
INDEX HAS CHANGED SO THAT THIS CALCULATION IS NO LONGER POSSIBLE, THEN ANOTHER
SUBSTANTIALLY COMPARABLE INDEX SHALL BE SUBSTITUTED IN THE FORMULA BY AGREEMENT
OF THE TRIBE AND THE STATE SO THAT THE ECONOMIC EFFECT OF THIS CALCULATION IS
PRESERVED. IF THE PARTIES CANNOT AGREE
ON THE SUBSTITUTE INDEX, THE SUBSTITUTE INDEX SHALL BE DETERMINED BY ARBITRATION
IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15.
(SS) “CPI INDEX” MEANS THE “UNITED STATES CITY
AVERAGE (ALL URBAN CONSUMERS) – ALL ITEMS (1982-1984 = 100)” INDEX OF THE
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX PUBLISHED BY THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
(TT) “CPR” MEANS THE CPR INSTITUTE FOR DISPUTE
RESOLUTION.
(UU) “CURRENT GAMING DEVICE ALLOCATION” MEANS THE NUMBER OF CLASS III GAMING DEVICES
ALLOCATED TO THE TRIBE IN COLUMN (1) OF THE TRIBE’S ROW IN THE TABLE AS ADJUSTED UNDER SECTION 3(C)(4).
(VV) “EFFECTIVE DATE” MEANS THE DAY THIS COMPACT
GOES INTO EFFECT AFTER ALL OF THE FOLLOWING EVENTS HAVE OCCURRED:
(1) IT IS EXECUTED ON BEHALF OF THE STATE AND THE
TRIBE;
(2) IT IS APPROVED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR;
(3) NOTICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR’S
APPROVAL IS PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER PURSUANT TO THE ACT; AND
(4) EACH INDIAN TRIBE WITH A GAMING FACILITY IN
MARICOPA, PIMA OR PINAL COUNTIES HAS ENTERED INTO A NEW COMPACT AS DEFINED IN
A.R.S. SECTION 5-601.02(I)(6), EACH OF WHICH HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE SECRETARY
OF THE INTERIOR, AND NOTICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR’S APPROVAL HAS
BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER PURSUANT TO THE ACT, UNLESS THE GOVERNOR
OF THE STATE WAIVES THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION 2(VV)(4).
(WW) “FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT” MEANS AN AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE STATE AND AN INDIAN TRIBE IN WHICH THE INDIAN TRIBE THAT IS
TRANSFERRING SOME OR ALL OF ITS GAMING DEVICE OPERATING RIGHTS WAIVES ITS
RIGHTS TO PUT SUCH GAMING DEVICE OPERATING RIGHTS INTO PLAY DURING THE TERM OF
A TRANSFER AGREEMENT.
(XX) “GAMING DEVICE OPERATING RIGHT” MEANS THE
AUTHORIZATION OF AN INDIAN TRIBE TO OPERATE CLASS III GAMING DEVICES PURSUANT
TO THE TERMS OF A NEW COMPACT AS DEFINED IN A.R.S. SECTION 5-601.02(I)(6).
(YY) “MAXIMUM DEVICES PER GAMING FACILITY” MEANS THE
TOTAL NUMBER OF CLASS III GAMING DEVICES THAT THE TRIBE MAY OPERATE WITHIN A
SINGLE GAMING FACILITY.
(ZZ) “MULTI-STATION DEVICE” MEANS AN ELECTRONIC
CLASS III GAMING DEVICE THAT INCORPORATES MORE THAN ONE PLAYER STATION AND
CONTAINS ONE CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT WHICH OPERATES THE GAME SOFTWARE,
INCLUDING A SINGLE RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR THAT DETERMINES THE OUTCOME OF ALL
GAMES AT ALL PLAYER STATIONS FOR THAT CLASS III GAMING DEVICE.
(AAA) “PLAYER ACTIVATED LOTTERY TERMINAL” MEANS AN
ON-LINE COMPUTER SYSTEM THAT IS PLAYER ACTIVATED, BUT THAT DOES NOT PROVIDE THE
PLAYER WITH INTERACTIVE GAMING, AND THAT USES THE TERMINAL FOR DISPENSING
PURPOSES ONLY, IN WHICH:
(1) THE TERMINAL ALGORITHM IS USED FOR THE RANDOM
GENERATION OF NUMBERS;
(2) THE TICKETS DISPENSED BY THE TERMINAL DO NOT
ALLOW THE PLAYER THE MEANS TO PLAY DIRECTLY AGAINST THE TERMINAL;
(3) THE PLAYER USES THE DISPENSED TICKET TO
PARTICIPATE IN AN OFF-SITE RANDOM DRAWING; AND
(4) THE PLAYER'S ABILITY TO PLAY AGAINST THE
TERMINAL FOR IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OR REWARD IS ELIMINATED.
(BBB) “PLAYER STATION” MEANS A TERMINAL OF A
MULTI-STATION DEVICE THROUGH WHICH THE PLAYER PLAYS AN ELECTRONIC GAME OF
CHANCE SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH OTHER PLAYERS AT OTHER PLAYER STATIONS OF THAT MULTI-STATION
DEVICE, AND WHICH:
(1) HAS NO MEANS TO INDIVIDUALLY DETERMINE GAME
OUTCOME;
(2) CANNOT BE DISCONNECTED FROM THE GAMING DEVICE
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT THAT DETERMINES THE GAME OUTCOMES FOR ALL PLAYER
STATIONS WITHOUT RENDERING THAT TERMINAL INOPERABLE; AND
(3) DOES NOT SEPARATELY CONTAIN A RANDOM NUMBER
GENERATOR OR OTHER MEANS TO INDIVIDUALLY DETERMINE THE GAME OUTCOME.
(CCC) “POPULATION ADJUSTMENT RATE” MEANS THE
QUOTIENT OBTAINED AS FOLLOWS: THE STATE
POPULATION FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE CALENDAR YEAR IN
WHICH THE SIXTIETH (60TH) CALENDAR MONTH OF THE APPLICABLE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD FOR
WHICH THE APPLICABLE FIGURE OR AMOUNT IS BEING ADJUSTED OCCURS DIVIDED BY THE
STATE POPULATION FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE CALENDAR YEAR
IN WHICH THE EFFECTIVE DATE OCCURS. IF
THE STATE POPULATION IS NO LONGER PUBLISHED OR CALCULATED BY THE ARIZONA
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY, THEN ANOTHER SUBSTANTIALLY COMPARABLE AGENCY
OF THE STATE SHALL BE SUBSTITUTED BY AGREEMENT OF THE TRIBE AND THE STATE SO
THAT THE EFFECT OF THIS CALCULATION IS PRESERVED. IF THE PARTIES CANNOT AGREE ON THE SUBSTITUTE AGENCY OF THE STATE
TO PROVIDE THE STATE POPULATION, THE SUBSTITUTE AGENCY OR PERSON SHALL BE
DETERMINED BY ARBITRATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15.
(DDD) “PREVIOUS GAMING FACILITY ALLOCATION” MEANS
THE NUMBER OF FACILITIES ALLOCATED TO THE TRIBE IN COLUMN (3) OF THE TRIBE’S
ROW IN THE TABLE.
(EEE) “REVISED GAMING FACILITY ALLOCATION” MEANS THE
NUMBER OF FACILITIES ALLOCATED TO THE TRIBE IN COLUMN (4) OF THE TRIBE’S ROW IN
THE TABLE OR BY SECTION 3(C)(6).
(FFF) “RULES” MEANS THE CPR RULES FOR
NON-ADMINISTERED ARBITRATION (2000 REV.).
(GGG) “STATE POPULATION” MEANS THE POPULATION OF THE
STATE AS DETERMINED USING THE MOST RECENT ESTIMATES PUBLISHED BY THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY.
(HHH) “TABLE” MEANS THE GAMING DEVICE ALLOCATION
TABLE SET OUT AT SECTION 3(C)(5).
(III) “TRANSFER AGREEMENT” MEANS A WRITTEN AGREEMENT
AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF GAMING DEVICE OPERATING RIGHTS BETWEEN THE TRIBE
AND ANOTHER INDIAN TRIBE.
(JJJ) “TRANSFER NOTICE” MEANS A WRITTEN NOTICE THAT
THE TRIBE MUST PROVIDE TO THE STATE GAMING AGENCY OF ITS INTENT TO ACQUIRE OR
TRANSFER GAMING DEVICE OPERATING RIGHTS PURSUANT TO A TRANSFER AGREEMENT.
(KKK) “WAGER” MEANS:
(1) IN THE CASE OF A GAMING DEVICE, THE SUM OF MONEY
PLACED INTO THE GAMING DEVICE IN CASH, OR CASH EQUIVALENT, BY THE PLAYER WHICH
WILL ALLOW ACTIVATION OF THE NEXT RANDOM PLAY OF THE GAMING DEVICE.
(2) IN THE CASE OF POKER, THE SUM OF MONEY PLACED
INTO THE POT AND ONTO THE CARD GAME TABLE BY THE PLAYER IN CASH, OR CASH
EQUIVALENT, WHICH ENTITLES THE PLAYER TO AN INITIAL DEAL OF CARDS, A SUBSEQUENT
DEAL OF A CARD OR CARDS, OR WHICH IS REQUIRED TO BE PLACED INTO THE POT AND
ONTO THE CARD GAME TABLE BY THE PLAYER ENTITLING THE PLAYER TO CONTINUE IN THE
GAME.
(3) IN THE CASE OF BLACKJACK, THE SUM OF MONEY IN
CASH, OR CASH EQUIVALENT, PLACED ONTO THE CARD GAME TABLE BY THE PLAYER
ENTITLING THE PLAYER TO AN INITIAL DEAL OF CARDS AND TO ALL SUBSEQUENT CARDS
REQUESTED BY THE PLAYER.”
(III) SECTION 3 OF THE PRE-EXISTING
COMPACT SHALL BE REPLACED WITH THE FOLLOWING:
“SECTION 3. NATURE, SIZE, AND CONDUCT OF CLASS III
GAMING.
(A) AUTHORIZED CLASS III GAMING ACTIVITIES. SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS
COMPACT, THE TRIBE IS AUTHORIZED TO OPERATE THE FOLLOWING GAMING ACTIVITIES:
(1) CLASS III GAMING DEVICES, (2) BLACKJACK, (3) JACKPOT POKER, (4) KENO, (5)
LOTTERY, (6) OFF-TRACK PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING, (7) PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING ON HORSE
RACING, AND (8) PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING ON DOG RACING.
(B) APPENDICES GOVERNING GAMING.
(1) TECHNICAL STANDARDS FOR GAMING DEVICES. THE TRIBE MAY ONLY OPERATE CLASS III GAMING
DEVICES, INCLUDING MULTI-STATION DEVICES, WHICH COMPLY WITH THE TECHNICAL
STANDARDS SET FORTH IN APPENDIX A TO THIS COMPACT. THE TRIBAL GAMING OFFICE SHALL REQUIRE EACH LICENSED AND
CERTIFIED MANUFACTURER AND DISTRIBUTOR TO VERIFY UNDER OATH, ON FORMS PROVIDED
BY THE TRIBAL GAMING OFFICE, THAT THE CLASS III GAMING DEVICES MANUFACTURED OR
DISTRIBUTED BY THEM FOR USE OR PLAY AT THE GAMING FACILITIES MEET THE
REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION 3(B)(1) AND APPENDIX A. THE TRIBAL GAMING OFFICE AND THE STATE GAMING AGENCY BY MUTUAL
AGREEMENT MAY REQUIRE THE TESTING OF ANY CLASS III GAMING DEVICE TO ENSURE
COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION 3(B)(1) AND APPENDIX A. ANY SUCH TESTING SHALL BE AT THE EXPENSE OF
THE LICENSED MANUFACTURER OR DISTRIBUTOR.
(2) OPERATIONAL STANDARDS FOR BLACKJACK AND JACKPOT
POKER. THE TRIBE SHALL CONDUCT
BLACKJACK AND JACKPOT POKER IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN APPENDIX, WHICH SHALL CONSIST
OF THE MINIMUM INTERNAL CONTROL STANDARDS OF THE COMMISSION AS SET FORTH IN 25
C.F.R. PART 542 AS PUBLISHED IN 64 FED. REG. 590 (JAN. 5, 1999) AS MAY BE
AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE COMMISSION’S AUTHORITY TO
PROMULGATE THE STANDARDS, UNTIL AN APPENDIX SETTING FORTH THE OPERATIONAL
STANDARDS, SPECIFICATIONS, REGULATIONS AND ANY LIMITATIONS GOVERNING SUCH
GAMING ACTIVITIES IS AGREED TO BY THE TRIBE AND THE STATE.
(3) ADDITIONAL APPENDICES.
(A) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 3(B)(1) AND (2),
THE TRIBE MAY NOT CONDUCT ANY GAMING ACTIVITIES AUTHORIZED IN THIS COMPACT
WITHOUT A MUTUALLY AGREED-UPON APPENDIX SETTING FORTH THE OPERATIONAL STANDARDS,
SPECIFICATIONS, REGULATIONS AND ANY LIMITATIONS GOVERNING SUCH GAMING
ACTIVITIES. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
SUBSECTION, PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITY CONDUCTED AS A LOTTERY IS A GAMING ACTIVITY
FOR WHICH AN APPENDIX SHALL BE REQUIRED.
ANY DISPUTES REGARDING THE CONTENTS OF SUCH APPENDICES SHALL BE RESOLVED
IN THE MANNER SET FORTH IN SECTION 15.
(B) THE GAMING FACILITY OPERATOR SHALL CONDUCT ITS
GAMING ACTIVITIES UNDER AN INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEM THAT IMPLEMENTS THE MINIMUM
INTERNAL CONTROL STANDARDS OF THE COMMISSION AS SET FORTH IN 25 C.F.R. PART 542
AS PUBLISHED IN 64 FED. REG. 590 (JAN. 5, 1999) AS MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO
TIME, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE COMMISSION’S AUTHORITY TO PROMULGATE THE
STANDARDS.
(C) THE TRIBAL GAMING OFFICE AND THE STATE GAMING AGENCY
MAY AGREE TO AMEND APPENDICES TO THIS COMPACT IN ORDER TO CONTINUE EFFICIENT
REGULATION AND ADDRESS FUTURE CIRCUMSTANCES.
A CHANGE IN AN APPENDIX OR THE ADDITION OF A NEW APPENDIX SHALL NOT BE
CONSIDERED AN AMENDMENT TO THIS COMPACT.
(4) SECURITY AND SURVEILLANCE REQUIREMENTS. THE TRIBE SHALL COMPLY WITH THE SECURITY AND
SURVEILLANCE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN APPENDIX C TO THIS COMPACT.
(A) IF THE GAMING FACILITY OPERATOR OPERATES THE
SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM, THE MANAGER OF THE SURVEILLANCE DEPARTMENT MAY REPORT TO
MANAGEMENT OF THE GAMING FACILITY OPERATOR REGARDING ADMINISTRATIVE AND DAILY
MATTERS, BUT MUST REPORT TO A PERSON OR PERSONS INDEPENDENT OF THE MANAGEMENT
OF THE GAMING FACILITY OPERATOR (E.G., THE GAMING FACILITY OPERATOR’S
MANAGEMENT BOARD OR A COMMITTEE THEREOF, THE TRIBE’S COUNCIL OR A COMMITTEE
THEREOF, OR THE TRIBE’S CHAIRPERSON, PRESIDENT, OR GOVERNOR) REGARDING MATTERS
OF POLICY, PURPOSE, RESPONSIBILITY, AUTHORITY, AND INTEGRITY OF CASINO
MANAGEMENT.
(B) IF THE TRIBAL GAMING OFFICE OPERATES THE
SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM, THE MANAGER OF ITS SURVEILLANCE DEPARTMENT MUST REPORT
DIRECTLY TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE TRIBAL GAMING OFFICE.
(5) ONLINE ELECTRONIC GAME MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. EACH GAMING FACILITY MUST HAVE AN ONLINE
ELECTRONIC GAME MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF APPENDIX
A.
(A) IF THE TRIBE IS AK-CHIN INDIAN COMMUNITY, FT.
MCDOWELL YAVAPAI NATION, GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY, PASCUA YAQUI TRIBE, SALT
RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIAN COMMUNITY, OR TOHONO O’ODHAM NATION, THEN THE GAMING
FACILITY OPERATOR SHALL PROVIDE THE STATE GAMING AGENCY WITH REAL TIME
READ-ONLY ELECTRONIC ACCESS TO THE ONLINE ELECTRONIC GAME MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR
EACH GAMING FACILITY OF THE TRIBE THAT IS LOCATED WITHIN FORTY (40) MILES OF A
MUNICIPALITY WITH A POPULATION OF MORE THAN FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND (400,000), TO
PROVIDE THE STATE GAMING AGENCY A MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT MEANS OF
REGULATING GAMING DEVICES AND TRACKING REVENUES.
1. THE STATE GAMING AGENCY’S REAL TIME READ-ONLY
ELECTRONIC ACCESS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING DATA MAINTAINED BY THE
ONLINE ELECTRONIC GAME MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PROVIDED THAT THE DATA IS AVAILABLE
IN REAL-TIME AND PROVIDING REAL-TIME ACCESS DOES NOT RESULT IN THE LOSS OF
ACCUMULATION OF DATA ELEMENTS: COIN IN;
COIN OUT; DROP (BILLS AND COINS); INDIVIDUAL BILLS DENOMINATION; VOUCHERS;
THEORETICAL HOLD; VARIANCES; JACKPOTS; MACHINE FILLS; TICKET IN; TICKET OUT;
SLOT DOOR OPENING; DROP DOOR OPENING; CASH BOX OPENING; TICKET IN OPENING;
TICKET OUT OPENING; AND NO-COMMUNICATION.
IF PROVIDING THIS DATA IN REAL-TIME WOULD RESULT IN THE LOSS OF
ACCUMULATION OF DATA ELEMENTS, THE GAMING FACILITY OPERATOR MUST PROVIDE THE
STATE GAMING AGENCY WITH ACCESS TO THE DATA VIA END-OF-DAY REPORTS CONTAINING
THE REQUIRED DATA.
2. THE STATE GAMING AGENCY SHALL PHASE IN THE SYSTEM
TO PROVIDE IT WITH REAL TIME READ-ONLY ACCESS TO THE ONLINE ELECTRONIC GAME
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD.
THE STATE GAMING AGENCY SHALL PAY THE COST OF:
A. CONSTRUCTING AND MAINTAINING A DEDICATED
TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONNECTION BETWEEN THE GAMING FACILITY OPERATOR’S SERVER
ROOM AND THE STATE GAMING AGENCY’S OFFICES;
B. OBTAINING, INSTALLING, AND MAINTAINING ANY
HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE NECESSARY TO INTERFACE BETWEEN THE GAMING FACILITY
OPERATOR’S ONLINE ELECTRONIC GAME MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND THE DEDICATED
TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONNECTION; AND
C. OBTAINING, INSTALLING, AND MAINTAINING ANY
HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE REQUIRED IN THE STATE GAMING AGENCY’S OFFICES.
3. THE STATE GAMING AGENCY’S DEDICATED TELECOMMUNICATIONS
CONNECTION FROM ITS OFFICES TO EACH GAMING FACILITY MUST MEET ACCEPTED INDUSTRY
STANDARDS FOR SECURITY SUFFICIENT TO MINIMIZE THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY
THIRD-PARTY INTERCEPTING ANY DATA TRANSMITTED FROM THE GAMING FACILITY
OPERATOR’S ONLINE ELECTRONIC GAME MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OVER THE CONNECTION. THE STATE GAMING AGENCY’S SYSTEM SECURITY
POLICY MUST MEET ACCEPTED INDUSTRY STANDARDS TO ASSURE THAT DATA RECEIVED FROM
THE GAMING FACILITY OPERATOR’S ONLINE ELECTRONIC GAME MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WILL NOT
BE ACCESSIBLE TO UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS OR ENTITIES.
(B) THE STATE GAMING AGENCY (AND ITS OFFICERS,
EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS) ARE PROHIBITED FROM:
1. USING ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE GAMING
FACILITY OPERATOR’S ONLINE ELECTRONIC GAME MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR ANY PURPOSE
OTHER THAN TO CARRY OUT ITS DUTIES UNDER THIS COMPACT; AND
2. DISCLOSING ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE
GAMING FACILITY OPERATOR’S ONLINE ELECTRONIC GAME MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO ANY
PERSON OUTSIDE THE STATE GAMING AGENCY, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 7(B) AND
SECTION 12(C).
(C) NUMBER OF GAMING DEVICE OPERATING RIGHTS AND
NUMBER OF GAMING FACILITIES.
(1) NUMBER OF GAMING DEVICES. THE TRIBE’S GAMING DEVICE OPERATING RIGHTS
ARE EQUAL TO THE SUM OF ITS CURRENT GAMING DEVICE ALLOCATION, PLUS ANY RIGHTS
TO OPERATE ADDITIONAL GAMING DEVICES ACQUIRED BY THE TRIBE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
AND SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 3(D).
THE TRIBE MAY OPERATE ONE CLASS III GAMING DEVICE FOR EACH OF THE
TRIBE’S GAMING DEVICE OPERATING RIGHTS.
(2) CLASS II GAMING DEVICES. THE TRIBE MAY OPERATE UP TO FORTY (40) CLASS
II GAMING DEVICES IN A GAMING FACILITY WITHOUT ACQUIRING GAMING DEVICE
OPERATING RIGHTS UNDER SECTION 3(D), BUT SUCH CLASS II GAMING DEVICES SHALL BE
COUNTED AGAINST THE TRIBE’S NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL GAMING DEVICES. EACH CLASS II GAMING DEVICE IN EXCESS OF
FORTY (40) THAT THE TRIBE OPERATES WITHIN ITS INDIAN LANDS SHALL BE COUNTED
AGAINST THE TRIBE’S CURRENT GAMING DEVICE ALLOCATION.
(3) NUMBER OF GAMING FACILITIES AND MAXIMUM DEVICES
PER GAMING FACILITY. THE TRIBE MAY
OPERATE GAMING DEVICES IN THE NUMBER OF GAMING FACILITIES IN COLUMN (3) OR (4)
OF THE TRIBE’S ROW IN THE TABLE, WHICHEVER IS LOWER, BUT SHALL NOT OPERATE MORE
THAN ITS MAXIMUM DEVICES PER GAMING FACILITY IN ANY ONE GAMING FACILITY. THE MAXIMUM DEVICES PER GAMING FACILITY FOR
THE TRIBE IS THE SUM OF THE TRIBE’S CURRENT GAMING DEVICE ALLOCATION (INCLUDING
AUTOMATIC PERIODIC INCREASES UNDER SECTION 3(C)(4)), PLUS THE TRIBE’S
ADDITIONAL GAMING DEVICES, EXCEPT IF THE TRIBE IS SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA
INDIAN COMMUNITY, GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY, PASCUA YAQUI TRIBE, TOHONO
O’ODHAM NATION, OR NAVAJO NATION, THEN THE MAXIMUM DEVICES PER GAMING FACILITY
IS THE SAME NUMBER AS THE MAXIMUM DEVICES PER GAMING FACILITY FOR AK-CHIN
INDIAN COMMUNITY AND FT. MCDOWELL YAVAPAI NATION. IF THE TRIBE IS THE TOHONO O’ODHAM NATION, AND IF THE TRIBE
OPERATES FOUR (4) GAMING FACILITIES, THEN AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOUR (4) GAMING
FACILITIES SHALL: (I) BE AT LEAST FIFTY
(50) MILES FROM THE EXISTING GAMING FACILITIES OF THE TRIBE IN THE TUCSON
METROPOLITAN AREA AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE; (II) HAVE NO MORE THAN SIX HUNDRED
FORTY-FIVE (645) GAMING DEVICES; AND (III) HAVE NO MORE THAN SEVENTY-FIVE (75)
CARD GAME TABLES.
(4) PERIODIC INCREASE. DURING THE TERM OF THIS COMPACT, THE TRIBE’S CURRENT GAMING
DEVICE ALLOCATION SHALL BE AUTOMATICALLY INCREASED (BUT NOT DECREASED), WITHOUT
THE NEED TO AMEND THIS COMPACT ON EACH FIVE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE EFFECTIVE
DATE, TO THE NUMBER EQUAL TO THE CURRENT GAMING DEVICE ALLOCATION SPECIFIED IN
THE TABLE MULTIPLIED BY THE POPULATION ADJUSTMENT RATE (WITH ANY FRACTIONS
ROUNDED UP TO THE NEXT WHOLE NUMBER).
(5) GAMING DEVICE ALLOCATION TABLE.
GAMING DEVICE ALLOCATION TABLE
|
LISTED TRIBE |
(1) CURRENT GAMING DEVICE ALLOCATION |
(2) ADDITIONAL GAMING DEVICES |
(3) PREVIOUS GAMING FACILITY ALLOCATION |
(4) REVISED GAMING FACILITY ALLOCATION |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
THE COCOPAH INDIAN TRIBE |
475 |
170 |
2 |
2 |
|
FORT MOJAVE INDIAN TRIBE |
475 |
370 |
2 |
2 |
|
QUECHAN TRIBE |
475 |
370 |
2 |
2 |
|
TONTO APACHE TRIBE |
475 |
170 |
2 |
1 |
|
YAVAPAI-APACHE NATION |
475 |
370 |
2 |
1 |
|
YAVAPAI-PRESCOTT TRIBE |
475 |
370 |
2 |
2 |
|
COLORADO RIVER INDIAN TRIBES |
475 |
370 |
2 |
2 |
|
SAN CARLOS APACHE TRIBE |
900 |
230 |
3 |
2 |
|
WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE |
900 |
40 |
3 |
2 |
|
AK-CHIN INDIAN COMMUNITY |
475 |
523 |
2 |
1 |
|
FT. MCDOWELL YAVAPAI NATION |
475 |
523 |
2 |
1 |
|
SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIAN COMMUNITY |
700 |
830 |
3 |
2 |
|
GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY |
1400 |
1020 |
4 |
3 |
|
PASCUA YAQUI TRIBE |
900 |
670 |
3 |
2 |
|
TOHONO O’ODHAM NATION |
1400 |
1020 |
4 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SUBTOTAL |
10,475 |
|
38 |
29 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NON-GAMING TRIBES (AS OF 5/1/02) |
|
|
|
|
|
HAVASUPAI TRIBE |
475 |
|
2 |
|
|
HUALAPAI TRIBE |
475 |
|
2 |
|
|
KAIBAB-PAIUTE TRIBE |
475 |
|
2 |
|
|
HOPI TRIBE |
900 |
|
3 |
|
|
NAVAJO NATION |
2400 |
|
4 |
|
|
SAN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE TRIBE |
475 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SUBTOTAL |
5,200 |
|
15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
STATE TOTAL |
15,675 |
|
53 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6) IF THE TRIBE IS NOT LISTED ON THE TABLE, THE
TRIBE’S CURRENT DEVICE ALLOCATION SHALL BE FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE (475) GAMING
DEVICES AND THE TRIBE’S REVISED GAMING FACILITY ALLOCATION SHALL BE TWO (2)
GAMING FACILITIES.
(7) MULTI-STATION DEVICES. NO MORE THAN TWO AND ONE-HALF PERCENT (2.5%) OF THE GAMING
DEVICES IN A GAMING FACILITY (ROUNDED OFF TO THE NEAREST WHOLE NUMBER) MAY BE
MULTI-STATION DEVICES.
(D) TRANSFER OF GAMING DEVICE OPERATING RIGHTS.
(1) TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS. DURING THE TERM OF THIS COMPACT, THE TRIBE MAY ENTER INTO A
TRANSFER AGREEMENT WITH ONE OR MORE INDIAN TRIBES TO ACQUIRE GAMING DEVICE
OPERATING RIGHTS UP TO THE TRIBE’S NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL GAMING DEVICES OR TO
TRANSFER SOME OR ALL THE TRIBE’S GAMING DEVICE OPERATING RIGHTS UP TO THE
TRIBE’S CURRENT GAMING DEVICE ALLOCATION, EXCEPT THAT IF THE TRIBE IS NAVAJO
NATION, THEN THE TRIBE MAY TRANSFER ONLY UP TO 1400 GAMING DEVICES OF ITS
CURRENT GAMING DEVICE ALLOCATION. THE
TRIBE’S ACQUISITION OR TRANSFER OF GAMING DEVICE OPERATING RIGHTS IS SUBJECT TO
THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
(A) GAMING COMPACT.
EACH INDIAN TRIBE THAT IS A PARTY TO A TRANSFER AGREEMENT MUST HAVE A
VALID AND EFFECTIVE NEW COMPACT AS DEFINED IN A.R.S. SECTION 5-601.02(I)(6)
THAT CONTAINS A PROVISION SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THIS SECTION 3(D) PERMITTING
TRANSFERS OF THE INDIAN TRIBE’S GAMING DEVICE OPERATING RIGHTS.
(B) FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT. IF THE TRIBE ENTERS INTO A TRANSFER AGREEMENT TO TRANSFER SOME OR
ALL OF ITS GAMING DEVICE OPERATING RIGHTS THE TRIBE SHALL ALSO EXECUTE A
FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE.
THE FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT SHALL INCLUDE:
1. A WAIVER OF ALL RIGHTS OF THE TRIBE TO PUT INTO
PLAY OR OPERATE THE NUMBER OF GAMING DEVICE OPERATING RIGHTS TRANSFERRED DURING
THE TERM OF THE TRANSFER AGREEMENT;
2. AN AGREEMENT BY THE TRIBE TO REDUCE ITS GAMING
FACILITY ALLOCATION DURING THE TERM OF THE TRANSFER AGREEMENT AS FOLLOWS:
|
NUMBER OF TRANSFERRED GAMING DEVICE
OPERATING RIGHTS |
REDUCTIONS IN GAMING FACILITY ALLOCATION |
|
|
|
|
1 - 475 |
1 |
|
476 - 1020 |
2 |
|
1021 - 1400 |
3 |
(I) IF THE TRIBE’S NUMBER UNDER COLUMN (4) OF THE TABLE
IS LOWER THAN THE TRIBE’S NUMBER UNDER COLUMN (3), THEN THE TRIBE SHALL BE
CREDITED FOR THE REDUCTION, IF THE TRIBE ENTERS INTO A TRANSFER AGREEMENT.
(II) THE NUMBERS IN THE COLUMN UNDER NUMBER OF
TRANSFERRED GAMING DEVICE OPERATING RIGHTS SHALL BE INCREASED ON EACH FIVE-YEAR
ANNIVERSARY OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE BY MULTIPLYING EACH SUCH NUMBER, OTHER THAN
ONE (1), BY THE POPULATION ADJUSTMENT RATE.
(III) REDUCTIONS IN THE GAMING FACILITY ALLOCATION
WILL BE BASED ON THE CUMULATIVE TOTAL NUMBER OF GAMING DEVICE OPERATING RIGHTS
TRANSFERRED BY THE TRIBE UNDER ALL TRANSFER AGREEMENTS THAT ARE IN EFFECT.
(IV) IF THE TRIBE IS THE NAVAJO NATION, THEN THE
TRIBE’S GAMING FACILITY ALLOCATION SHALL BE TWO (2), EVEN IF THE TRIBE
TRANSFERS UP TO 1400 GAMING DEVICE OPERATING RIGHTS.
(C) GAMING FACILITY NOT REQUIRED. THE TRIBE MAY TRANSFER UNUSED GAMING DEVICE
OPERATING RIGHTS WHETHER OR NOT IT HAS A GAMING FACILITY ALLOCATION.
(D) CURRENT OPERATION. THE TRIBE MUST OPERATE GAMING DEVICES AT LEAST EQUAL TO ITS
CURRENT GAMING DEVICE ALLOCATION BEFORE, OR SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH, THE TRIBE
ACQUIRING THE RIGHT TO OPERATE ADDITIONAL GAMING DEVICES BY A TRANSFER
AGREEMENT. THE TRIBE IS NOT REQUIRED TO UTILIZE ANY GAMING DEVICE OPERATING
RIGHTS IT ACQUIRES, OR TO UTILIZE THEM PRIOR TO ACQUIRING ADDITIONAL GAMING
DEVICE OPERATING RIGHTS.
(E) TRANSFER OF ACQUIRED GAMING DEVICE OPERATING
RIGHTS PROHIBITED. THE TRIBE SHALL NOT
AT ANY TIME SIMULTANEOUSLY ACQUIRE GAMING DEVICE OPERATING RIGHTS AND TRANSFER
GAMING DEVICE OPERATING RIGHTS PURSUANT TO TRANSFER AGREEMENTS.
(2) TRANSFER AGREEMENTS. TRANSFERS OF GAMING DEVICE OPERATING RIGHTS MAY BE MADE PURSUANT
TO A TRANSFER AGREEMENT BETWEEN TWO INDIAN TRIBES. A TRANSFER AGREEMENT MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS:
(A) NUMBER.
THE NUMBER OF GAMING DEVICE OPERATING RIGHTS TRANSFERRED AND ACQUIRED.
(B) TERM.
THE DURATION OF THE TRANSFER AGREEMENT.
(C) CONSIDERATION.
THE CONSIDERATION TO BE PAID BY THE INDIAN TRIBE ACQUIRING THE GAMING DEVICE
OPERATING RIGHTS TO THE INDIAN TRIBE TRANSFERRING THE GAMING DEVICE OPERATING
RIGHTS AND THE METHOD OF PAYMENT.
(D) DISPUTE RESOLUTION. THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES, INCLUDING A
PROVISION FOR THE STATE TO RECEIVE NOTICE OF ANY SUCH PROCEEDING.
(E) NOTICE.
A PROCEDURE TO PROVIDE QUARTERLY NOTICE TO THE STATE GAMING AGENCY OF
PAYMENTS MADE AND RECEIVED, AND TO PROVIDE TIMELY NOTICE OF DISPUTES,
REVOCATION, AMENDMENT, AND TERMINATION.
(3) TRANSFER NOTICE. AT LEAST THIRTY (30) DAYS PRIOR TO THE EXECUTION OF A TRANSFER
AGREEMENT, THE TRIBE MUST SEND TO THE STATE GAMING AGENCY A TRANSFER NOTICE OF
ITS INTENT TO ACQUIRE OR TRANSFER GAMING DEVICE OPERATING RIGHTS. THE TRANSFER NOTICE SHALL INCLUDE A COPY OF
THE PROPOSED TRANSFER AGREEMENT, THE PROPOSED FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT AND A COPY
OF THE TRIBAL RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OR TRANSFER.
(4) STATE GAMING AGENCY DENIAL OF TRANSFER. THE STATE GAMING AGENCY MAY DENY A TRANSFER
AS SET FORTH IN A TRANSFER NOTICE ONLY IF:
(I) THE PROPOSED TRANSFER VIOLATES THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION
3(D)(1), OR (II) THE PROPOSED TRANSFER AGREEMENT DOES NOT CONTAIN THE MINIMUM
REQUIREMENTS LISTED IN SECTION 3(D)(2).
THE STATE GAMING AGENCY’S DENIAL OF A PROPOSED TRANSFER MUST BE IN WRITING,
MUST INCLUDE THE SPECIFIC REASON(S) FOR THE DENIAL (INCLUDING COPIES OF ALL
DOCUMENTATION RELIED UPON BY THE STATE GAMING AGENCY TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED BY
STATE LAW), AND MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE TRIBE WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS OF THE
STATE GAMING AGENCY’S RECEIPT OF THE TRANSFER NOTICE. IF THE TRIBE DISPUTES THE STATE GAMING AGENCY’S DENIAL OF A
PROPOSED TRANSFER, THE TRIBE SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE SUCH DISPUTE RESOLVED
PURSUANT TO SECTION 15.
(5) EFFECTIVE DATE OF TRANSFER. IF THE TRIBE DOES NOT RECEIVE A NOTICE OF
DENIAL OF THE TRANSFER FROM THE STATE GAMING AGENCY WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD
SPECIFIED ABOVE, THE PROPOSED TRANSFER AGREEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON THE
LATER OF THE THIRTY-FIRST (31ST) DAY FOLLOWING THE STATE GAMING
AGENCY’S RECEIPT OF THE TRANSFER NOTICE OR THE DATE SET FORTH IN THE TRANSFER
AGREEMENT.
(6) USE OF BROKERS.
THE TRIBE SHALL NOT CONTRACT WITH ANY PERSON TO ACT AS A BROKER IN
CONNECTION WITH A TRANSFER AGREEMENT.
NO PERSON SHALL BE PAID A PERCENTAGE FEE OR A COMMISSION AS A RESULT OF
A TRANSFER AGREEMENT, NOR SHALL ANY PERSON RECEIVE A SHARE OF ANY FINANCIAL
INTEREST IN THE TRANSFER AGREEMENT OR THE PROCEEDS GENERATED BY THE TRANSFER
AGREEMENT. ANY PERSON ACTING AS A
BROKER IN CONNECTION WITH A TRANSFER AGREEMENT IS PROVIDING GAMING SERVICES.
(7) REVENUE FROM TRANSFER AGREEMENTS. THE TRIBE AGREES THAT: (I) ALL PROCEEDS RECEIVED BY THE TRIBE AS A
TRANSFEROR UNDER A TRANSFER AGREEMENT ARE NET REVENUES FROM TRIBAL GAMING AS
DEFINED BY THE ACT AND THAT SUCH PROCEEDS SHALL BE USED FOR THE PURPOSES
PERMITTED UNDER THE ACT; AND (II) THE TRIBE SHALL INCLUDE THE PROCEEDS IN AN
ANNUAL AUDIT AND SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE STATE THAT PORTION OF THE AUDIT
ADDRESSING PROCEEDS FROM TRANSFER AGREEMENTS.
(8) AGREED UPON PROCEDURES REPORT. THE TRIBE AGREES TO PROVIDE TO THE STATE
GAMING AGENCY, EITHER SEPARATELY OR WITH THE OTHER PARTY TO THE TRANSFER
AGREEMENT, AN AGREED UPON PROCEDURES REPORT FROM AN INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT. THE PROCEDURES TO BE
EXAMINED AND REPORTED UPON ARE WHETHER PAYMENTS MADE UNDER THE TRANSFER
AGREEMENT WERE MADE IN THE PROPER AMOUNT, MADE AT THE PROPER TIME, AND
DEPOSITED IN AN ACCOUNT OF THE INDIAN TRIBE TRANSFERRING GAMING DEVICE
OPERATING RIGHTS.
(9) STATE PAYMENT.
PROCEEDS RECEIVED BY THE TRIBE AS A TRANSFEROR UNDER A TRANSFER
AGREEMENT FROM THE TRANSFER OF GAMING DEVICE OPERATING RIGHTS ARE NOT SUBJECT
TO ANY PAYMENT TO THE STATE UNDER THIS COMPACT OR OTHERWISE.
(10) COMPACT ENFORCEMENT; EFFECT ON TRANSFER
AGREEMENTS. IF THE TRIBE ACQUIRES
GAMING DEVICE OPERATING RIGHTS UNDER A TRANSFER AGREEMENT, NO DISPUTE BETWEEN
THE STATE AND THE OTHER PARTY TO THE TRANSFER AGREEMENT SHALL AFFECT THE
TRIBE’S RIGHTS UNDER THE TRANSFER AGREEMENT OR THE TRIBE’S OBLIGATIONS TO MAKE
THE PAYMENTS REQUIRED UNDER THE TRANSFER AGREEMENT. IF THE TRIBE TRANSFERS GAMING DEVICE OPERATING RIGHTS UNDER A
TRANSFER AGREEMENT, NO DISPUTE BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE OTHER PARTY TO THE
TRANSFER AGREEMENT SHALL AFFECT THE TRIBE’S RIGHTS UNDER THE TRANSFER AGREEMENT
OR THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE OTHER PARTY TO THE TRANSFER AGREEMENT TO MAKE THE
PAYMENTS REQUIRED UNDER THE TRANSFER AGREEMENT. THESE PROVISIONS SHALL NOT APPLY TO A DISPUTE AMONG THE STATE AND
BOTH PARTIES TO A TRANSFER AGREEMENT REGARDING THE VALIDITY OF A TRANSFER
AGREEMENT OR TO A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE PARTIES TO A TRANSFER AGREEMENT REGARDING
A BREACH OF THE TRANSFER AGREEMENT.
(11) ACCESS TO RECORDS REGARDING TRANSFER
AGREEMENT. THE STATE GAMING AGENCY
SHALL HAVE ACCESS TO ALL RECORDS OF THE TRIBE DIRECTLY RELATING TO TRANSFER
AGREEMENTS AND FORBEARANCE AGREEMENTS UNDER SECTION 7(B).
(12) TRANSFER AND ACQUISITION OF POOLED GAMING
DEVICES.
(A) THE TRIBE IS AUTHORIZED TO JOIN WITH OTHER
INDIAN TRIBES TO PERIODICALLY ESTABLISH A POOL TO COLLECT GAMING DEVICE OPERATING
RIGHTS FROM INDIAN TRIBES THAT DESIRE TO TRANSFER GAMING DEVICE OPERATING
RIGHTS AND TRANSFER THEM TO INDIAN TRIBES THAT DESIRE TO ACQUIRE GAMING DEVICE
OPERATING RIGHTS. IF THE TRIBE IS
OPERATING ALL OF ITS CURRENT GAMING DEVICE ALLOCATION AND, AFTER MAKING
REASONABLE EFFORTS TO DO SO, THE TRIBE IS NOT ABLE TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL GAMING
DEVICES PURSUANT TO AN AGREEMENT DESCRIBED IN SECTION 3(D)(2), THE TRIBE MAY
ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL GAMING DEVICES UP TO THE NUMBER SPECIFIED IN THE TABLE FOR
THE TRIBE FROM A TRANSFER POOL UNDER PROCEDURES AGREED TO BY INDIAN TRIBES
PARTICIPATING IN THE TRANSFER POOL AND THE STATE.
(B) THE TRIBE AND THE STATE ARE AUTHORIZED TO
ESTABLISH A POOLING MECHANISM, UNDER PROCEDURES AGREED TO BY THE TRIBE AND THE
STATE, BY WHICH THE RIGHTS TO OPERATE GAMING DEVICES THAT ARE NOT IN OPERATION
MAY BE ACQUIRED BY AN INDIAN TRIBE THROUGH AN AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE. IF THE TRIBE IS OPERATING ALL OF ITS CURRENT
GAMING DEVICE ALLOCATION AND, AFTER MAKING REASONABLE EFFORTS TO DO SO, THE
TRIBE IS NOT ABLE TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL GAMING DEVICES PURSUANT TO AN AGREEMENT
DESCRIBED IN SECTION 3(D)(2) OR FROM ANY TRANSFER POOL ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 3(D)(12)(A) WITHIN 90 DAYS AFTER THE OPENING OF A TRANSFER POOL
ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 3(D)(12(A), THE TRIBE MAY ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL
GAMING DEVICES FROM THE STATE UP TO THE NUMBER SPECIFIED IN THE TABLE FOR THE
TRIBE AT A PRICE THAT IS AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED PERCENT (100%) OF THE HIGHEST
PRICE PAID TO DATE FOR THE TRANSFER OF AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED (100) GAMING DEVICE
OPERATING RIGHTS FOR A TERM OF AT LEAST FIVE (5) YEARS. THE MONIES PAID BY AN INDIAN TRIBE TO
ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL GAMING DEVICES UNDER AN AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
3(D)(12)(B) SHALL BENEFIT INDIAN TRIBES THAT HAVE THE RIGHT TO OPERATE GAMING
DEVICES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE TRANSFERRED AND ARE NOT IN OPERATION. THE STATE SHALL PROVIDE INDIAN TRIBES THAT
ARE ELIGIBLE TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
3(D)(12)(B) THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE POOL PURSUANT TO THE
PROCEDURES AGREED TO BY THE TRIBE AND THE STATE.
(C) PRIOR TO AGREEING TO ANY PROCEDURES WITH ANY
INDIAN TRIBE PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 3(D)(12)(A) OR (B), THE STATE SHALL PROVIDE
NOTICE TO THE TRIBE OF THE PROPOSED PROCEDURES.
(E) NUMBER OF CARD GAME TABLES.
(1) NUMBER OF CARD GAME TABLES; NUMBER OF PLAYERS
PER GAME. SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OF THIS COMPACT, THE TRIBE IS AUTHORIZED TO OPERATE UP TO
SEVENTY-FIVE (75) CARD GAME TABLES WITHIN EACH GAMING FACILITY THAT IS LOCATED
MORE THAN FORTY (40) MILES FROM ANY MUNICIPALITY WITH A POPULATION OF MORE THAN
FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND (400,000) PERSONS; AND UP TO ONE HUNDRED (100) CARD GAME
TABLES WITHIN EACH GAMING FACILITY THAT IS LOCATED WITHIN FORTY (40) MILES OF A
MUNICIPALITY WITH A POPULATION OF MORE THAN FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND (400,000)
PERSONS. EACH BLACKJACK TABLE SHALL BE
LIMITED TO NO MORE THAN SEVEN (7) AVAILABLE PLAYER POSITIONS PLUS THE DEALER.
EACH POKER TABLE SHALL BE LIMITED TO NO MORE THAN TEN (10) AVAILABLE PLAYER
POSITIONS PLUS THE DEALER. THE TRIBE
AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT OPERATE CARD GAMES OUTSIDE OF A GAMING FACILITY.
(2) PERIODIC INCREASES IN THE NUMBER OF CARD GAME
TABLES. THE NUMBER OF CARD GAME TABLES
THAT THE TRIBE IS AUTHORIZED TO OPERATE IN EACH GAMING FACILITY SHALL BE
AUTOMATICALLY INCREASED (BUT NOT DECREASED), WITHOUT THE NEED TO AMEND THIS
COMPACT ON EACH FIVE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE, TO THE NUMBER THAT
IS EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF CARD GAME TABLES THE TRIBE IS AUTHORIZED TO OPERATE
IN EACH GAMING FACILITY SET FORTH IN SECTION 3(E)(1) MULTIPLIED BY THE
APPLICABLE POPULATION ADJUSTMENT RATE (WITH ANY FRACTION ROUNDED UP TO THE NEXT
WHOLE NUMBER).
(F) NUMBER OF KENO GAMES. SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS COMPACT, THE TRIBE IS
AUTHORIZED TO OPERATE NO MORE THAN TWO (2) KENO GAMES PER GAMING FACILITY.
(G) INTER-TRIBAL PARITY PROVISIONS.
(1) GAMING DEVICES.
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 3(G)(5), IF, DURING THE TERM OF THIS
COMPACT:
(A) AN INDIAN TRIBE LISTED ON THE TABLE IS
AUTHORIZED OR PERMITTED TO OPERATE IN THE STATE:
1. MORE CLASS III GAMING DEVICES THAN THE TOTAL
NUMBER OF THAT INDIAN TRIBE’S CURRENT GAMING DEVICE ALLOCATION IN COLUMN (1) OF
THE TABLE, PLUS THE NUMBER OF THAT INDIAN TRIBE’S ADDITIONAL GAMING DEVICES IN
COLUMN (2) OF THE TABLE; OR
2. MORE CLASS III GAMING DEVICES THAN THAT INDIAN
TRIBE’S CURRENT GAMING DEVICE ALLOCATION IN COLUMN (1) OF THE TABLE WITHOUT
ACQUIRING GAMING DEVICE OPERATING RIGHTS PURSUANT TO AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SECTION 3(D); OR
3. MORE CLASS III GAMING DEVICES WITHIN A SINGLE
GAMING FACILITY THAN THAT INDIAN TRIBE’S MAXIMUM DEVICES PER GAMING FACILITY
(AS ADJUSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 3(C)(3)); OR
(B) ANY INDIAN TRIBE NOT LISTED ON THE TABLE IS
AUTHORIZED OR PERMITTED AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE TO OPERATE IN THE STATE MORE
THAN FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE (475) CLASS III GAMING DEVICES, OR MORE THAN
FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE (523) ADDITIONAL GAMING DEVICES UNDER TERMS OTHER
THAN SECTION 3(D); THEN
(C) THE FOLLOWING REMEDIES SHALL BE AVAILABLE TO THE
TRIBE TO ELECT, AS THE TRIBE MAY DETERMINE IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, FROM TIME TO
TIME:
1. THE TRIBE SHALL AUTOMATICALLY BE ENTITLED TO A
GREATER NUMBER OF GAMING DEVICE OPERATING RIGHTS, WITHOUT THE NEED TO AMEND THIS
COMPACT AND WITHOUT THE NEED TO ACQUIRE ANY GAMING DEVICE OPERATING RIGHTS
UNDER SECTION 3(D). THE GREATER NUMBER
OF GAMING DEVICE OPERATING RIGHTS IS THE PRODUCT OF A RATIO (WHICH IS THE TOTAL
NUMBER OF CLASS III GAMING DEVICES THE OTHER INDIAN TRIBE IS IN FACT AUTHORIZED
OR PERMITTED TO OPERATE FOLLOWING THE OCCURRENCE OF ANY OF THE EVENTS SPECIFIED
IN SUBSECTIONS (A) OR (B) OF THIS SECTION 3(G)(1) DIVIDED BY THE TOTAL NUMBER
ASSIGNED TO THE OTHER INDIAN TRIBE UNDER COLUMN (1) PLUS COLUMN (2) OF THE
TABLE) MULTIPLIED BY THE TOTAL NUMBER ASSIGNED TO THE TRIBE IN COLUMN (1) PLUS
COLUMN (2) OF THE TABLE. IF THE TRIBE
IS NOT LISTED ON THE TABLE, THEN THE RATIO DESCRIBED IN THE PREVIOUS SENTENCE
IS MULTIPLIED BY THE TRIBE’S TOTAL NUMBER OF GAMING DEVICES AUTHORIZED IN THE
COMPACT; AND
2. THE TRIBE SHALL AUTOMATICALLY BE ENTITLED TO
IMMEDIATELY REDUCE ITS OBLIGATIONS TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE UNDER
SECTION 12. INSTEAD OF THE AMOUNTS
PAYABLE UNDER SECTION 12(B), THE TRIBE SHALL MAKE QUARTERLY CONTRIBUTIONS TO
THE STATE EQUAL TO SEVENTY-FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF ONE PERCENT (.75%) OF ITS CLASS
III NET WIN FOR THE PRIOR QUARTER. THIS
REMEDY WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE AFTER ANY INDIAN TRIBE WITH A NEW COMPACT AS
DEFINED IN A.R.S. SECTION 5-601.02(I)(6) ENTERS ITS FINAL RENEWAL PERIOD AS
DESCRIBED IN SECTION 23(B)(3).
(2) CONTRIBUTION TERMS. IF, DURING THE TERM OF THIS COMPACT ANY OTHER INDIAN TRIBE IS
AUTHORIZED OR PERMITTED TO OPERATE GAMING DEVICES IN THE STATE AND THE TERMS OF
THE OTHER INDIAN TRIBE’S OBLIGATION TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE ARE MORE
FAVORABLE TO THE OTHER INDIAN TRIBE THAN THE OBLIGATION OF THE TRIBE TO MAKE
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE UNDER THE TERMS OF SECTION 12, THEN THE TRIBE MAY
ELECT TO HAVE SECTION 12 AUTOMATICALLY AMENDED TO CONFORM TO THOSE MORE
FAVORABLE TERMS.
(3) ADDITIONAL CLASS III GAMING. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 3(G)(5), IF
DURING THE TERM OF THIS COMPACT, ANY INDIAN TRIBE IS AUTHORIZED TO OPERATE:
(A) A FORM OF CLASS III GAMING IN THE STATE THAT IS
NOT LISTED IN SECTION 3(A), THEN THE TRIBE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO OPERATE THE
ADDITIONAL FORM OF GAMING THAT THE OTHER INDIAN TRIBE IS AUTHORIZED TO OPERATE,
WITHOUT THE NEED TO AMEND THIS COMPACT.
(B) BLACKJACK ON MORE CARD GAME TABLES PER GAMING
FACILITY THAN AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS COMPACT, THEN THE TRIBE SHALL BE ENTITLED
TO OPERATE BLACKJACK ON THE ADDITIONAL NUMBER OF CARD GAME TABLES THAT THE
OTHER INDIAN TRIBE IS AUTHORIZED TO OPERATE, WITHOUT THE NEED TO AMEND THIS
COMPACT.
(4) WAGER LIMITS.
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 3(G)(5), IF, DURING THE TERM OF THIS
COMPACT, ANY INDIAN TRIBE IS AUTHORIZED OR PERMITTED TO OPERATE IN THE STATE
ANY CLASS III GAMING DEVICES OR CARD GAME TABLES WITH HIGHER WAGER LIMITS THAN
THE WAGER LIMITS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 3, THEN THE TRIBE IS ALSO AUTHORIZED TO
OPERATE ITS GAMING DEVICES AND/OR CARD GAME TABLES WITH THE SAME HIGHER WAGER
LIMITS, WITHOUT THE NEED TO AMEND THIS COMPACT.
(5) EXCEPTIONS.
THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 3(G) SHALL NOT BE TRIGGERED:
(A) BY THE AUTOMATIC PERIODIC INCREASES IN: (I) THE CURRENT GAMING DEVICE ALLOCATION
PROVIDED IN SECTION 3(C)(4), OR THE RESULTING INCREASE IN THE MAXIMUM DEVICE
PER GAMING FACILITY; (II) THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED CARD GAME TABLES PROVIDED IN
SECTION 3(E)(2); OR (III) THE AUTHORIZED WAGER LIMITS FOR GAMING DEVICES OR
CARD GAME TABLES PROVIDED IN SECTION 3(M)(4);
(B) IF THE STATE ENTERS INTO A COMPACT WITH AN
INDIAN TRIBE LISTED AS A NON-GAMING TRIBE ON THE TABLE THAT PROVIDES A NUMBER
OF ADDITIONAL GAMING DEVICES THAT IS NO GREATER THAN THE LARGEST NUMBER OF
ADDITIONAL GAMING DEVICES SHOWN ON THE TABLE FOR ANOTHER INDIAN TRIBE WITH THE
SAME CURRENT GAMING DEVICE ALLOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE TABLE FOR SUCH NON-GAMING
TRIBE; AND
(C) BY THE PROVISIONS OF A PRE-EXISTING COMPACT AS
DEFINED IN A.R.S. SECTION 5-601.02(I)(5).
(H) ADDITIONAL GAMING DUE TO CHANGES IN STATE LAW
WITH RESPECT TO PERSONS OTHER THAN INDIAN TRIBES.
(1) IF, ON OR AFTER MAY 1, 2002, STATE LAW CHANGES
OR IS INTERPRETED IN A FINAL JUDGMENT OF A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION OR
IN A FINAL ORDER OF A STATE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY TO PERMIT EITHER A PERSON OR
ENTITY OTHER THAN AN INDIAN TRIBE TO OPERATE GAMING DEVICES; ANY FORM OF CLASS
III GAMING (INCLUDING VIDEO LOTTERY TERMINALS) THAT IS NOT AUTHORIZED UNDER
THIS COMPACT, OTHER THAN GAMBLING THAT IS LAWFUL ON MAY 1, 2002 PURSUANT TO
A.R.S. SECTION 13-3302; OR POKER, OTHER THAN POKER THAT IS LAWFUL ON MAY 1,
2002 PURSUANT TO A.R.S. SECTION 13-3302, THEN, UPON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SUCH
STATE LAW, FINAL JUDGMENT, OR FINAL ORDER:
(A) THE TRIBE SHALL BE AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS COMPACT
TO OPERATE CLASS III GAMING DEVICES WITHOUT LIMITATIONS ON THE NUMBER OF GAMING
DEVICES, THE NUMBER OF GAMING FACILITIES, OR THE MAXIMUM GAMING DEVICES PER
GAMING FACILITY, AND WITHOUT THE NEED TO AMEND THIS COMPACT;
(B) THE TRIBE SHALL BE AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS COMPACT
TO OPERATE TABLE GAMES, WITHOUT LIMITATIONS ON THE NUMBER OF CARD GAME TABLES,
ON WAGERS, OR ON THE TYPES OF GAMES, AND WITHOUT THE NEED TO AMEND THIS
COMPACT, SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF 3(B)(3); AND
(C) IN ADDITION TO SECTIONS 3(H)(1)(A) AND (B), THE
TRIBE’S OBLIGATION UNDER SECTION 12 TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE SHALL BE
IMMEDIATELY REDUCED. INSTEAD OF THE
AMOUNTS PAYABLE UNDER SECTION 12(B), THE TRIBE SHALL MAKE QUARTERLY CONTRIBUTIONS
TO THE STATE EQUAL TO SEVENTY-FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF ONE PERCENT (.75%) OF ITS
CLASS III NET WIN FOR THE PRIOR QUARTER.
(2) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 3(H) SHALL NOT
APPLY TO CASINO NIGHTS OPERATED BY NON-PROFIT OR CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS
PURSUANT TO AND QUALIFIED UNDER A.R.S. SECTION 13-3302(B); TO SOCIAL GAMBLING
AS DEFINED IN A.R.S. SECTION 13-3301(7); TO ANY PAPER PRODUCT LOTTERY GAMES,
INCLUDING TICKET DISPENSING DEVICES OF THE NATURE USED PRIOR TO MAY 1, 2002, BY
THE ARIZONA LOTTERY; OR TO LOW-WAGER, NON-BANKED RECREATIONAL POOLS OR SIMILAR
ACTIVITIES OPERATED BY AND ON THE PREMISES OF RETAILERS LICENSED UNDER TITLE 4,
ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, AS MAY BE AUTHORIZED BY STATE LAW.
(I) NOTICE.
PRIOR TO THE TRIBE OBTAINING RIGHTS UNDER SECTIONS 3(G) OR (H), EITHER
THE TRIBE OR THE STATE MUST FIRST GIVE WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE OTHER DESCRIBING
THE FACTS WHICH THE TRIBE OR THE STATE CONTEND EITHER DO OR MAY SATISFY THE
ELEMENTS OF SECTIONS 3(G) OR (H). THE
RECEIVING PARTY SHALL SERVE A WRITTEN RESPONSE ON THE OTHER PARTY WITHIN THIRTY
(30) DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THE NOTICE. IF
THE PARTIES DO NOT AGREE ON WHETHER SECTIONS 3(G) OR (H) HAVE BEEN TRIGGERED,
THE DISPUTE MAY BE SUBMITTED TO DISPUTE RESOLUTION UNDER SECTION 15 BY EITHER
THE TRIBE OR THE STATE.
(J) LOCATION OF GAMING FACILITY.
(1) ALL GAMING FACILITIES SHALL BE LOCATED ON THE
INDIAN LANDS OF THE TRIBE. ALL GAMING
FACILITIES OF THE TRIBE SHALL BE LOCATED NOT LESS THAN ONE AND ONE-HALF (1 ½)
MILES APART UNLESS THE CONFIGURATION OF THE INDIAN LANDS OF AN INDIAN TRIBE
MAKES THIS REQUIREMENT IMPRACTICABLE.
THE TRIBE SHALL NOTIFY THE STATE GAMING AGENCY OF THE PHYSICAL LOCATION
OF ANY GAMING FACILITY A MINIMUM OF THIRTY (30) DAYS PRIOR TO COMMENCING GAMING
ACTIVITIES AT SUCH LOCATION. GAMING
ACTIVITY ON LANDS ACQUIRED AFTER THE ENACTMENT OF THE ACT ON OCTOBER 17, 1988
SHALL BE AUTHORIZED ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH 25 U.S.C. § 2719.
(2) NOTICE TO SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. THE TRIBE SHALL NOTIFY SURROUNDING
COMMUNITIES REGARDING NEW OR SUBSTANTIAL MODIFICATIONS TO GAMING FACILITIES AND
SHALL DEVELOP PROCEDURES FOR CONSULTATION WITH SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES
REGARDING NEW OR SUBSTANTIAL MODIFICATIONS TO GAMING FACILITIES.
(K) FINANCIAL SERVICES IN GAMING FACILITIES. THE TRIBE SHALL ENACT A TRIBAL ORDINANCE
ESTABLISHING RESPONSIBLE RESTRICTIONS ON THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL SERVICES AT
GAMING FACILITIES. AT A MINIMUM, THE
ORDINANCE SHALL PROHIBIT:
(1) LOCATING AN AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINE (“ATM”)
ADJACENT TO, OR IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO, ANY GAMING DEVICE;
(2) LOCATING IN A GAMING FACILITY AN ATM THAT
ACCEPTS ELECTRONIC BENEFIT TRANSFER CARDS ISSUED PURSUANT TO A STATE OR FEDERAL
PROGRAM THAT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES OR INDIVIDUALS;
(3) ACCEPTING CHECKS OR OTHER NON-CASH ITEMS ISSUED
PURSUANT TO A STATE OR FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE FOR NEEDY
FAMILIES OR INDIVIDUALS; AND
(4) THE GAMING FACILITY OPERATOR FROM EXTENDING
CREDIT TO ANY PATRON OF A GAMING FACILITY FOR GAMING ACTIVITIES.
(L) FORMS OF PAYMENT FOR WAGERS. ALL PAYMENT FOR WAGERS MADE FOR GAMING
ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY THE TRIBE ON ITS INDIAN LANDS, INCLUDING THE PURCHASE
OF TOKENS FOR USE IN WAGERING, SHALL BE MADE BY CASH, CASH EQUIVALENT, CREDIT
CARD OR PERSONAL CHECK. AUTOMATIC TELLER
MACHINES (ATMS) MAY BE INSTALLED AT A GAMING FACILITY.
(M) WAGER LIMITATIONS.
(1) FOR GAMING DEVICES. THE MAXIMUM WAGER AUTHORIZED FOR ANY SINGLE PLAY OF A GAMING
DEVICE IS TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS ($25.00).
(2) FOR BLACKJACK.
THE MAXIMUM WAGER AUTHORIZED FOR ANY SINGLE INITIAL WAGER ON A HAND OF
BLACKJACK BY EACH INDIVIDUAL PLAYER SHALL BE (A) FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00)
AT UP TO TEN (10) CARD GAME TABLES PER GAMING FACILITY, AND (B) TWO HUNDRED AND
FIFTY DOLLARS ($250.00) FOR ALL OTHER CARD GAME TABLES IN A GAMING
FACILITY. THE FOREGOING MAXIMUM WAGER
LIMITS SHALL APPLY TO EACH SUBSEQUENT WAGER THAT AN INDIVIDUAL PLAYER SHALL BE
ENTITLED TO MAKE ON THE SAME HAND AS THE RESULT OF “SPLITS” AND/OR “DOUBLING
DOWN” DURING THE PLAY OF SUCH HAND.
(3) FOR POKER.
THE WAGER LIMITS FOR A HAND OF POKER SHALL BE (A) $75.00/$150.00 AT UP
TO TEN (10) CARD GAME TABLES PER GAMING FACILITY, AND (B) $20.00/$40.00 FOR ALL
OTHER CARD GAME TABLES IN A GAMING FACILITY.
(4) PERIODIC INCREASES IN WAGER LIMITATIONS. DURING THE TERM OF THIS COMPACT, THE WAGER
LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION 3(M) SHALL EACH BE AUTOMATICALLY
INCREASED (BUT NOT DECREASED) WITHOUT THE NEED TO AMEND THIS COMPACT ON EACH
FIVE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE TO AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE WAGER
LIMITATIONS SPECIFIED IN SECTIONS 3(M)(1), (2) AND (3) MULTIPLIED BY THE CPI
ADJUSTMENT RATE (WITH ALL AMOUNTS ROUNDED UP TO THE NEXT WHOLE DOLLAR). THE TRIBE WILL NOTIFY THE STATE GAMING
AGENCY OF SUCH WAGER LIMITATION ADJUSTMENTS AS SOON AS REASONABLY POSSIBLE
AFTER THE CPI ADJUSTMENT RATE HAS BEEN DETERMINED.
(N) HOURS OF OPERATION. THE TRIBE MAY ESTABLISH BY ORDINANCE OR REGULATION THE
PERMISSIBLE HOURS AND DAYS OF OPERATION OF GAMING ACTIVITIES; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THAT WITH RESPECT TO THE SALE OF LIQUOR THE TRIBE SHALL COMPLY WITH
ALL APPLICABLE STATE LIQUOR LAWS AT ALL GAMING FACILITIES.
(O) OWNERSHIP OF GAMING FACILITIES AND GAMING
ACTIVITIES. THE TRIBE SHALL HAVE THE
SOLE PROPRIETARY INTEREST IN THE GAMING FACILITIES AND GAMING ACTIVITIES. THIS PROVISION SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO
PREVENT THE TRIBE FROM GRANTING SECURITY INTERESTS OR OTHER FINANCIAL
ACCOMMODATIONS TO SECURED PARTIES, LENDERS, OR OTHERS, OR TO PREVENT THE TRIBE
FROM ENTERING INTO LEASES OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS.
(P) PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES. ANY CLASS III GAMING NOT SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED IN THIS SECTION
3 IS PROHIBITED. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED
HEREIN, NOTHING IN THIS COMPACT IS INTENDED TO PROHIBIT OTHERWISE LAWFUL AND
AUTHORIZED CLASS II GAMING UPON THE TRIBE’S INDIAN LANDS OR WITHIN THE GAMING
FACILITIES.
(Q) OPERATION AS PART OF A NETWORK. GAMING DEVICES AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO THIS
COMPACT MAY BE OPERATED TO OFFER AN AGGREGATE PRIZE OR PRIZES AS PART OF A
NETWORK, INCLUDING A NETWORK:
(1) WITH THE GAMING DEVICES OF OTHER INDIAN TRIBES
LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE THAT HAVE ENTERED INTO TRIBAL-STATE GAMING COMPACTS
WITH THE STATE, OR
(2) BEYOND THE STATE PURSUANT TO A MUTUALLY-AGREED
APPENDIX CONTAINING TECHNICAL STANDARDS FOR WIDE AREA NETWORKS.
(R) PROHIBITION ON FIREARMS. THE POSSESSION OF FIREARMS BY ANY PERSON
WITHIN A GAMING FACILITY SHALL BE STRICTLY PROHIBITED. THIS PROHIBITION SHALL
NOT APPLY TO CERTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AUTHORIZED TO BE ON THE PREMISES
AS WELL AS ANY PRIVATE SECURITY SERVICE RETAINED TO PROVIDE SECURITY AT A
GAMING FACILITY, OR ARMORED CAR SERVICES.
(S) FINANCING.
ANY THIRD-PARTY FINANCING EXTENDED OR GUARANTEED FOR THE GAMING
OPERATION AND GAMING FACILITIES SHALL BE DISCLOSED TO THE STATE GAMING AGENCY,
AND ANY PERSON EXTENDING SUCH FINANCING SHALL BE REQUIRED TO BE LICENSED BY THE
TRIBE AND ANNUALLY CERTIFIED BY THE STATE GAMING AGENCY, UNLESS SAID PERSON IS
AN AGENCY OF THE UNITED STATES OR A LENDING INSTITUTION LICENSED AND REGULATED
BY THE STATE OR THE UNITED STATES.
(T) RECORD-KEEPING.
THE GAMING FACILITY OPERATOR OR THE TRIBAL GAMING OFFICE, WHICHEVER
CONDUCTS SURVEILLANCE, SHALL MAINTAIN THE FOLLOWING LOGS AS WRITTEN OR
COMPUTERIZED RECORDS WHICH SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION BY THE STATE
GAMING AGENCY IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7(B):
A SURVEILLANCE LOG RECORDING ALL MATERIAL SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITIES IN THE
MONITORING ROOM OF THE GAMING FACILITIES; AND A SECURITY LOG RECORDING ALL
UNUSUAL OCCURRENCES INVESTIGATED BY THE TRIBAL GAMING OFFICE. THE GAMING FACILITY OPERATOR OR THE TRIBAL
GAMING OFFICE, WHICHEVER CONDUCTS SURVEILLANCE, SHALL RETAIN VIDEO RECORDINGS
MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPENDIX C FOR AT LEAST SEVEN (7) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF
ORIGINAL RECORDING.
(U) BARRED PERSONS.
THE TRIBAL GAMING OFFICE SHALL ESTABLISH A LIST OF PERSONS BARRED FROM
THE GAMING FACILITIES BECAUSE THEIR CRIMINAL HISTORY OR ASSOCIATION WITH CAREER
OFFENDERS OR CAREER OFFENDER ORGANIZATIONS POSES A THREAT TO THE INTEGRITY OF
THE GAMING ACTIVITIES OF THE TRIBE. THE
TRIBAL GAMING OFFICE SHALL EMPLOY ITS BEST EFFORTS TO EXCLUDE PERSONS ON SUCH
LIST FROM ENTRY INTO ITS GAMING FACILITIES.
TO THE EXTENT NOT PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED, THE TRIBAL GAMING OFFICE SHALL
SEND A COPY OF ITS LIST ON A MONTHLY BASIS TO THE STATE GAMING AGENCY, ALONG
WITH DETAILED INFORMATION REGARDING WHY THE PERSON HAS BEEN BARRED AND, TO THE
EXTENT AVAILABLE, THE BARRED PERSON’S PHOTOGRAPH, DRIVER’S LICENSE INFORMATION,
AND/OR FINGERPRINTS, TO THE EXTENT THESE ITEMS ARE IN THE POSSESSION OF THE
TRIBAL GAMING OFFICE. THE STATE GAMING
AGENCY WILL ESTABLISH A LIST WHICH WILL CONTAIN THE NAMES, AND TO THE EXTENT
AVAILABLE, PHOTOGRAPHS OF, AND OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION REGARDING, PERSONS
WHOSE REPUTATIONS, CONDUCT, OR CRIMINAL HISTORY IS SUCH THAT THEIR PRESENCE
WITHIN A GAMING FACILITY MAY POSE A THREAT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, OR
WELFARE. SUCH PERSONS WILL BE BARRED
FROM ALL TRIBAL GAMING FACILITIES WITHIN THE STATE. THE TRIBE AGREES THAT THE STATE GAMING AGENCY MAY DISSEMINATE
THIS LIST, WHICH SHALL CONTAIN DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT WHY EACH PERSON IS
BARRED, TO ALL OTHER TRIBAL GAMING OFFICES.
(V) PROBLEM GAMBLING.
(1) SIGNAGE.
AT ALL PUBLIC ENTRANCES AND EXITS OF EACH GAMING FACILITY, THE GAMING
FACILITY OPERATOR SHALL POST SIGNS STATING THAT HELP IS AVAILABLE IF A PERSON
HAS A PROBLEM WITH GAMBLING AND, AT A MINIMUM, PROVIDE THE STATEWIDE TOLL FREE
CRISIS HOTLINE TELEPHONE NUMBER ESTABLISHED BY THE ARIZONA STATE LOTTERY
COMMISSION.
(2) SELF-EXCLUSION.
THE STATE GAMING AGENCY AND THE TRIBE SHALL COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING
PROVISIONS:
(A) THE STATE GAMING AGENCY SHALL ESTABLISH A LIST
OF PERSONS WHO, BY ACKNOWLEDGING IN A MANNER TO BE ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE
GAMING AGENCY THAT THEY ARE PROBLEM GAMBLERS, VOLUNTARILY SEEK TO EXCLUDE
THEMSELVES FROM GAMING FACILITIES. THE
STATE GAMING AGENCY SHALL ESTABLISH PROCEDURES FOR THE PLACEMENT ON AND REMOVAL
FROM THE LIST OF SELF-EXCLUDED PERSONS.
NO PERSON OTHER THAN THE PERSON SEEKING VOLUNTARY SELF-EXCLUSION SHALL
BE ALLOWED TO INCLUDE ANY PERSON’S NAME ON THE SELF-EXCLUSION LIST OF THE STATE
GAMING AGENCY.
(B) THE TRIBE SHALL ESTABLISH PROCEDURES FOR
ADVISING PERSONS WHO INQUIRE ABOUT SELF-EXCLUSION ABOUT THE STATE GAMING
AGENCY’S PROCEDURES.
(C) THE STATE GAMING AGENCY SHALL COMPILE
IDENTIFYING INFORMATION CONCERNING SELF-EXCLUDED PERSONS. SUCH INFORMATION SHALL CONTAIN, AT A
MINIMUM, THE FULL NAME AND ANY ALIASES OF THE PERSON, A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE
PERSON, THE SOCIAL SECURITY OR DRIVER’S LICENSE NUMBER OF THE PERSON, AND THE
MAILING ADDRESS OF THE PERSON.
(D) THE STATE GAMING AGENCY SHALL, ON A MONTHLY
BASIS, PROVIDE THE COMPILED INFORMATION TO THE TRIBAL GAMING OFFICE. THE TRIBE SHALL TREAT THE INFORMATION
RECEIVED FROM THE STATE GAMING AGENCY UNDER THIS SECTION AS CONFIDENTIAL AND
SUCH INFORMATION SHALL NOT BE DISCLOSED EXCEPT TO OTHER TRIBAL GAMING OFFICES
FOR INCLUSION ON THEIR LISTS, OR TO APPROPRIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IF
NEEDED IN THE CONDUCT OF AN OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION OR UNLESS ORDERED BY A COURT
OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION.
(E) THE TRIBAL GAMING OFFICE SHALL ADD THE
SELF-EXCLUDED PERSONS FROM THE LIST PROVIDED BY THE STATE GAMING AGENCY TO
THEIR OWN LIST OF SELF-EXCLUDED PERSONS.
(F) THE TRIBAL GAMING OFFICE SHALL REQUIRE THE
GAMING FACILITY OPERATOR TO REMOVE ALL SELF-EXCLUDED PERSONS FROM ALL MAILING
LISTS AND TO REVOKE ANY SLOT OR PLAYER’S CARDS. THE TRIBAL GAMING OFFICE SHALL REQUIRE THE GAMING FACILITY
OPERATOR TO TAKE REASONABLE STEPS TO ENSURE THAT CAGE PERSONNEL CHECK A
PERSON’S IDENTIFICATION AGAINST THE STATE GAMING AGENCY’S LIST OF SELF-EXCLUDED
PERSONS BEFORE ALLOWING THE PERSON TO CASH A CHECK OR COMPLETE A CREDIT CARD
CASH ADVANCE TRANSACTION.
(G) THE TRIBAL GAMING OFFICE SHALL REQUIRE THE
GAMING FACILITY OPERATOR TO TAKE REASONABLE STEPS TO IDENTIFY SELF-EXCLUDED
PERSONS WHO MAY BE IN A GAMING FACILITY AND, ONCE IDENTIFIED, PROMPTLY ESCORT
THE SELF-EXCLUDED PERSON FROM THE GAMING FACILITY.
(H) THE TRIBAL GAMING OFFICE SHALL PROHIBIT THE
GAMING FACILITY OPERATOR FROM PAYING ANY HAND-PAID JACKPOT TO A PERSON WHO IS
ON THE TRIBAL OR STATE GAMING AGENCY SELF-EXCLUSION LIST. ANY JACKPOT WON BY A PERSON ON THE
SELF-EXCLUSION LIST SHALL BE DONATED BY THE GAMING FACILITY OPERATOR TO AN
ARIZONA-BASED NON-PROFIT CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION.
(I) NEITHER THE TRIBE, THE GAMING FACILITY OPERATOR,
THE TRIBAL GAMING OFFICE, NOR ANY EMPLOYEE THEREOF SHALL BE LIABLE TO ANY
SELF-EXCLUDED PERSON OR TO ANY OTHER PARTY IN ANY PROCEEDING AND NEITHER THE
TRIBE, THE GAMING FACILITY OPERATOR, NOR THE TRIBAL GAMING OFFICE SHALL BE
DEEMED TO HAVE WAIVED ITS SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY WITH RESPECT TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY
HARM, MONETARY OR OTHERWISE, WHICH MAY ARISE AS A RESULT OF:
1. THE FAILURE OF THE GAMING FACILITY OPERATOR OR
THE TRIBAL GAMING OFFICE TO WITHHOLD OR RESTORE GAMING PRIVILEGES FROM OR TO A
SELF-EXCLUDED PERSON; OR
2. OTHERWISE PERMITTING A SELF-EXCLUDED PERSON TO
ENGAGE IN GAMING ACTIVITY IN A GAMING FACILITY WHILE ON THE LIST OF
SELF-EXCLUDED PERSONS.
(J) NEITHER THE TRIBE, THE GAMING FACILITY OPERATOR,
THE TRIBAL GAMING OFFICE, NOR ANY EMPLOYEE THEREOF SHALL BE LIABLE TO ANY
SELF-EXCLUDED PERSON OR TO ANY OTHER PARTY IN ANY PROCEEDING, AND NEITHER THE
TRIBE, THE GAMING FACILITY OPERATOR, NOR THE TRIBAL GAMING OFFICE SHALL BE
DEEMED TO HAVE WAIVED ITS SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY WITH RESPECT TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY
HARM, MONETARY OR OTHERWISE, WHICH MAY ARISE AS A RESULT OF DISCLOSURE OR
PUBLICATION IN ANY MANNER, OTHER THAN A WILLFULLY UNLAWFUL DISCLOSURE OR
PUBLICATION, OF THE IDENTITY OF ANY SELF-EXCLUDED PERSON OR PERSONS.
(K) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS COMPACT,
THE STATE GAMING AGENCY’S LIST OF SELF-EXCLUDED PERSONS SHALL NOT BE OPEN TO
PUBLIC INSPECTION.
(W) RESTRICTION ON MINORS.
(1) UNTIL MAY 31, 2003, NO PERSON UNDER 18 YEARS OF
AGE SHALL BE PERMITTED TO PLACE ANY WAGER, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN ANY GAMING
ACTIVITY.
(2) PRIOR TO MAY 31, 2003, THE TRIBE SHALL ENACT, AS
TRIBAL LAW, A REQUIREMENT THAT BEGINNING JUNE 1, 2003, NO PERSON UNDER 21 YEARS
OF AGE SHALL BE PERMITTED TO PLACE ANY WAGER, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN ANY
GAMING ACTIVITY.
(3) IF, DURING THE TERM OF THE COMPACT, THE STATE
AMENDS ITS LAW TO PERMIT WAGERING BY PERSONS UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE IN ANY
GAMING ACTIVITY BY A PERSON OR ENTITY OTHER THAN AN INDIAN TRIBE, THE TRIBE MAY
AMEND TRIBAL LAW TO REDUCE THE LAWFUL GAMING AGE UNDER THIS COMPACT TO
CORRESPOND TO THE LAWFUL GAMING AGE UNDER STATE LAW.
(4) NO PERSON UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE SHALL BE
EMPLOYED AS A GAMING EMPLOYEE. NO
PERSON UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE SHALL BE EMPLOYED IN THE SERVICE OF ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES AT ANY GAMING FACILITY, UNLESS SUCH EMPLOYMENT WOULD BE OTHERWISE
PERMITTED UNDER STATE LAW.
(X) ADVERTISING.
(1) RIGHT TO ADVERTISE. THE STATE AND THE TRIBE
RECOGNIZE THE TRIBE’S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO ENGAGE IN ADVERTISING OF LAWFUL
GAMING ACTIVITIES AND NOTHING IN THIS COMPACT SHALL BE DEEMED TO ABROGATE OR
DIMINISH THAT RIGHT.
(2) PROHIBITION ON ADVERTISING DIRECTED TO
MINORS. THE GAMING FACILITY OPERATOR
SHALL NOT ADVERTISE OR MARKET GAMING ACTIVITIES IN A MANNER THAT SPECIFICALLY
APPEALS TO MINORS.
(3) ADVERTISING GUIDELINES. WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE,
THE GAMING FACILITY OPERATOR SHALL ADOPT GUIDELINES FOR THE ADVERTISING AND
MARKETING OF GAMING ACTIVITIES THAT ARE NO LESS STRINGENT THAN THOSE CONTAINED
IN THE AMERICAN GAMING ASSOCIATION’S GENERAL ADVERTISING GUIDELINES.
(4) CONTENT OF ADVERTISING. IN RECOGNITION OF THE TRIBE’S CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHT TO ADVERTISE GAMING ACTIVITIES, THE SPECIFIC CONTENT OF ADVERTISING AND
MARKETING MATERIALS SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 15 OF
THIS COMPACT.
(Y) INTERNET GAMING. THE TRIBE SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED TO CONDUCT GAMING ON THE
INTERNET UNLESS PERSONS OTHER THAN INDIAN TRIBES WITHIN THE STATE OR THE STATE
ARE AUTHORIZED BY STATE LAW TO CONDUCT GAMING ON THE INTERNET.
(Z) LOTTERY PRODUCTS. THE TRIBE WILL NOT OFFER PAPER LOTTERY PRODUCTS IN COMPETITION
WITH THE ARIZONA LOTTERY’S PICK OR POWERBALL GAMES.
(AA) ANNUAL STATEMENT. THE TRIBE SHALL SUBMIT TO THE STATE GAMING AGENCY EITHER AN
ANNUAL STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE ACT REGARDING THE USE OF NET GAMING
REVENUES OR A COPY OF ITS CURRENT GAMING ORDINANCE REQUIRING THAT NET GAMING
REVENUES BE USED ACCORDING TO THE ACT.”
(IV) THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS SHALL REPLACE THE CORRESPONDING PROVISIONS IN SECTION 4 OF THE
PRE-EXISTING COMPACT:
“(B) GAMING EMPLOYEES. EVERY GAMING EMPLOYEE SHALL BE LICENSED BY THE TRIBAL GAMING
OFFICE AND EVERY EMPLOYEE OF THE TRIBAL GAMING OFFICE SHALL BE LICENSED BY THE
TRIBE. ANY GAMING EMPLOYEE OR TRIBAL
GAMING OFFICE EMPLOYEE THAT IS NOT AN ENROLLED TRIBAL MEMBER SHALL ALSO BE
CERTIFIED BY THE STATE GAMING AGENCY PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF EMPLOYMENT, AND
ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, SUBJECT TO THE TEMPORARY CERTIFICATION PROVIDED IN SECTION
5(N). ENROLLED TRIBAL MEMBERS ARE NOT
REQUIRED TO BE CERTIFIED BY THE STATE AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT. GAMING EMPLOYEES THAT HOLD THE FOLLOWING
POSITIONS ARE ALSO NOT REQUIRED TO BE CERTIFIED BY THE STATE, SO LONG AS THEY
DO NOT HAVE UNESCORTED ACCESS TO SECURE AREAS SUCH AS GAMING DEVICE STORAGE AND
REPAIR AREAS, COUNT ROOMS, VAULTS, CAGES, CHANGE BOOTHS, CHANGE BANKS/CABINETS,
SECURITY OFFICES AND SURVEILLANCE ROOMS, REVENUE ACCOUNTING OFFICES, AND ROOMS
CONTAINING INFORMATION SYSTEMS THAT MONITOR OR CONTROL GAMING ACTIVITIES (OR,
AS MAY BE AGREED TO BY THE STATE GAMING AGENCY AND THE TRIBAL GAMING OFFICE IN
A SEPARATE AGREEMENT DELINEATING THE SECURE AREAS IN THE TRIBE’S GAMING
FACILITIES):
(1) FOOD AND BEVERAGE SERVICE PERSONNEL SUCH AS
CHEFS, COOKS, WAITERS, WAITRESSES, BUS PERSONS, DISHWASHERS, FOOD AND BEVERAGE
CASHIERS, AND HOSTS;
(2) GIFT SHOP MANAGERS, ASSISTANT MANAGERS,
CASHIERS, AND CLERKS;
(3) GREETERS;
(4) LANDSCAPERS, GARDENERS, AND GROUNDSKEEPERS;
(5) MAINTENANCE, CLEANING, AND JANITORIAL PERSONNEL;
(6) STEWARDS AND VALETS;
(7) WARDROBE PERSONNEL;
(8) WAREHOUSE PERSONNEL; AND
(9) HOTEL PERSONNEL.
(D) MANUFACTURERS AND SUPPLIERS OF GAMING DEVICES
AND GAMING SERVICES. EACH MANUFACTURER
AND DISTRIBUTOR OF GAMING DEVICES, AND EACH PERSON PROVIDING GAMING SERVICES,
WITHIN OR WITHOUT THE GAMING FACILITY, SHALL BE LICENSED BY THE TRIBAL GAMING
OFFICE AND SHALL BE CERTIFIED BY THE STATE GAMING AGENCY PRIOR TO THE SALE OR
LEASE OF ANY GAMING DEVICES OR GAMING SERVICES. THE TRIBE SHALL PROVIDE TO THE STATE GAMING AGENCY A LIST OF THE
NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF ALL VENDORS PROVIDING GAMING SERVICES ON A PERIODIC
BASIS AT THE TIME OF THE MEETINGS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 6(H) OF THIS
COMPACT. UTILITIES WHICH ARE THE SOLE
AVAILABLE SOURCE OF ANY PARTICULAR SERVICE TO A GAMING FACILITY ARE NOT
REQUIRED TO BE CERTIFIED. A VENDOR
LICENSED AND REGULATED BY ANOTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY MAY SUBMIT A SUPPLEMENT
TO THE APPLICATION ON FILE WITH THE OTHER AGENCY. THE STATE GAMING AGENCY MAY WAIVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT A VENDOR
BE CERTIFIED IF IT DETERMINES THAT CERTIFYING THE VENDOR IS NOT NECESSARY TO
PROTECT THE PUBLIC INTEREST.”
(V) THE FOLLOWING PROVISION SHALL REPLACE THE CORRESPONDING PROVISIONS IN SECTION 5 OF THE
PRE-EXISTING COMPACT:
“(P) STATE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS;
CERTIFICATIONS. ANY APPLICANT FOR STATE
CERTIFICATION AGREES BY MAKING SUCH APPLICATION TO BE SUBJECT TO STATE
JURISDICTION TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO DETERMINE THE APPLICANT’S QUALIFICATION
TO HOLD SUCH CERTIFICATION, INCLUDING ALL NECESSARY ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES,
HEARINGS AND APPEALS PURSUANT TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ACT, TITLE 41,
CHAPTER 6, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE RULES OF THE STATE
GAMING AGENCY.
(Q) ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS; LICENSES.
(1) ANY PERSON APPLYING FOR LICENSURE BY THE TRIBAL
GAMING OFFICE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT BY MAKING SUCH APPLICATION, THE STATE GAMING
AGENCY, AS SET FORTH HEREIN, MAY BE HEARD CONCERNING THE APPLICANT’S
QUALIFICATIONS TO HOLD SUCH LICENSE. IF
THE STATE RECOMMENDS REVOCATION, SUSPENSION, OR DENIAL OF A LICENSE, AND THE
TRIBAL GAMING OFFICE REVOKES, SUSPENDS, OR DENIES THE LICENSE BASED ON THE
STATE GAMING AGENCY’S RECOMMENDATION, THE PERSON MAY APPEAL THAT ACTION TO THE
TRIBE, TO THE EXTENT ANY SUCH RIGHT EXISTS.
(2) IF THE TRIBAL GAMING OFFICE TAKES ANY ACTION WITH
RESPECT TO A LICENSE DESPITE A STATE RECOMMENDATION TO THE CONTRARY, THE TRIBAL
GAMING OFFICE SHALL AFFORD THE STATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A HEARING BEFORE AN
APPROPRIATE TRIBAL FORUM TO CONTEST THE TRIBAL GAMING OFFICE LICENSING
DECISION. THE DECISION OF THE TRIBAL
FORUM SHALL BE FINAL, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 5(Q)(4).
(3) THE TRIBAL GAMING OFFICE SHALL AFFORD THE STATE
GAMING AGENCY THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD IN AN APPROPRIATE TRIBAL FORUM ON ITS
RECOMMENDATION TO SUSPEND OR REVOKE THE LICENSE OF ANY PERSON IN THE SAME
MANNER AS IF THE STATE GAMING AGENCY HAD RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF THE LICENSE IN
THE FIRST INSTANCE.
(4) INDEPENDENT TRIBUNAL REVIEW OF TRIBAL FORUM.
(A) TRIBUNAL APPOINTMENT AND PROCESS. IF THE TRIBAL FORUM UPHOLDS A DECISION NOT
TO FOLLOW A GAMING EMPLOYEE LICENSE RECOMMENDATION, THE STATE GAMING AGENCY MAY
APPEAL TO AN INDEPENDENT THREE MEMBER TRIBUNAL BY PROVIDING WRITTEN NOTICE TO
THE TRIBAL GAMING OFFICE WITHIN TEN (10) DAYS AFTER RECEIVING THE TRIBAL
FORUM’S DECISION. WITHIN TWENTY (20) DAYS THEREAFTER, THE CPR OR A SIMILAR
DISPUTE RESOLUTION SERVICE ACCEPTABLE TO THE PARTIES (THE “DISPUTE RESOLUTION
SERVICE”), SHALL SELECT THE TRIBUNAL MEMBERS, EXCEPT THAT UPON AGREEMENT BY THE
PARTIES, IN LIEU OF SELECTION BY THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION SERVICE, EACH PARTY MAY
SELECT A TRIBUNAL MEMBER, AND THE TWO MEMBERS SHALL SELECT A THIRD MEMBER. IF, WITHIN FIVE (5) DAYS AFTER THEIR
APPOINTMENT, THE TRIBUNAL MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE PARTIES HAVE NOT AGREED UPON
A THIRD TRIBUNAL MEMBER, THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION SERVICE SHALL SELECT THE THIRD
MEMBER. ALL TRIBUNAL MEMBERS, WHETHER
APPOINTED BY THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION SERVICE OR THE PARTIES, SHALL BE (A)
IMPARTIAL, (B) LICENSED BY AND IN GOOD STANDING WITH A STATE BAR ASSOCIATION,
AND (C) INDEPENDENT FROM THE STATE, THE STATE GAMING AGENCY, THE TRIBE, AND THE
TRIBAL GAMING OFFICE. THE TRIBUNAL
SHALL HOLD A HEARING AND ISSUE ITS DECISION WITHIN NINETY (90) DAYS AFTER THE
STATE GAMING AGENCY DELIVERS ITS WRITTEN NOTICE OF APPEAL TO THE TRIBAL GAMING
OFFICE.
(B) TRIBUNAL AUTHORITY. THE TRIBUNAL’S SOLE AUTHORITY SHALL BE TO REVIEW THE DECISION OF
THE TRIBAL FORUM AND DETERMINE WHETHER THE DECISION IS SUPPORTED BY SUBSTANTIAL
EVIDENCE BASED ON THE RECORD AS A WHOLE.
THE TRIBUNAL’S HEARING SHALL BE CONDUCTED IN A FAIR AND IMPARTIAL
MANNER. THE HEARING SHALL BE HELD ON
THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD PRESENTED TO THE TRIBAL FORUM. THE TRIBUNAL’S DECISION SHALL BE FINAL AND
NOT SUBJECT TO FURTHER APPEAL OR TO SECTION 15 DISPUTE RESOLUTION
PROCEDURES. IF THE TRIBUNAL DETERMINES
THE EMPLOYEE SHOULD NOT BE LICENSED, THE TRIBAL GAMING OFFICE SHALL PROMPTLY
REVOKE THE DISPUTED LICENSE. THE COST
OF THE TRIBUNAL AND THE HEARING SHALL BE BORNE EQUALLY BETWEEN THE STATE AND
THE TRIBE.”
(VI) THE FOLLOWING PROVISION SHALL BE ADDED TO SECTION 7 OF THE PRE-EXISTING COMPACT:
“(G) COMPACT COMPLIANCE REVIEW. THE STATE GAMING AGENCY IS AUTHORIZED TO
CONDUCT AN ANNUAL, COMPREHENSIVE COMPACT COMPLIANCE REVIEW OF THE GAMING
OPERATION, GAMING FACILITIES, AND THE GAMING ACTIVITIES OF THE GAMING FACILITY
OPERATOR TO MONITOR COMPLIANCE WITH THIS COMPACT, ANY AMENDMENTS OR APPENDICES
TO THIS COMPACT, AND OTHER AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THIS COMPACT.”
(VII) SECTION 12 OF THE PRE-EXISTING COMPACT
SHALL BE REPLACED WITH THE FOLLOWING:
“SECTION 12. PAYMENT
OF REGULATORY COSTS; TRIBAL CONTRIBUTIONS
(A) PAYMENT OF REGULATORY COSTS. THE TRIBE AGREES TO PAY THE STATE THE
NECESSARY COSTS INCURRED BY THE STATE AS A RESULT OF THE STATE’S PERFORMANCE OF
ITS RIGHTS OR DUTIES UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS COMPACT. THE TRIBE’S CONTRIBUTIONS UNDER THIS SECTION 12 SHALL SATISFY THE
AGREEMENT TO PAY THOSE COSTS.
(B) TRIBAL CONTRIBUTIONS. IN CONSIDERATION FOR THE SUBSTANTIAL EXCLUSIVITY COVENANTS BY THE
STATE IN SECTION 3(H), THE TRIBE SHALL CONTRIBUTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC
A PERCENTAGE OF THE TRIBE’S CLASS III NET WIN FOR EACH FISCAL YEAR OF THE
GAMING FACILITY OPERATOR AS FOLLOWS:
(1) ONE PERCENT (1%) OF THE FIRST TWENTY-FIVE
MILLION DOLLARS ($25,000,000.00);
(2) THREE PERCENT (3%) OF THE NEXT FIFTY MILLION
DOLLARS ($50,000,000.00);
(3) SIX PERCENT (6%) OF THE NEXT TWENTY-FIVE MILLION
DOLLARS ($25,000,000.00); AND
(4) EIGHT PERCENT (8%) OF CLASS III NET WIN IN
EXCESS OF ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($100,000,000.00).
(C) ARIZONA BENEFITS FUND. THE TRIBE SHALL MAKE EIGHTY-EIGHT PERCENT (88%) OF ITS TOTAL
ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION UNDER SECTION 12(B) TO THE ARIZONA BENEFITS FUND
ESTABLISHED BY A.R.S. 5-601.02(H). THE
STATE AGREES THAT THE ARIZONA BENEFITS FUND SHALL BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF
ADMINISTERING THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY THE TRIBE TO THE STATE IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 12(B).
ALL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE FROM THE TRIBE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
12(C), AND ALL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE FROM OTHER INDIAN TRIBES THAT HAVE
ENTERED INTO TRIBAL-STATE GAMING COMPACTS WITH THE STATE THAT CONTAIN SIMILAR
PROVISIONS, SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN THE ARIZONA BENEFITS FUND ADMINISTERED BY THE
STATE GAMING AGENCY. THE STATE AGREES
TO INVEST ALL MONIES IN THE ARIZONA BENEFITS FUND IN ACCORDANCE WITH A.R.S.
SECTION 35-313; MONIES EARNED FROM SUCH INVESTMENT MAY ONLY BE CREDITED TO THE
ARIZONA BENEFITS FUND. THE STATE AGREES
THAT CONTRIBUTIONS PAID TO THE STATE BY THE TRIBE UNDER THIS SECTION 12(C)
SHALL ONLY BE DISTRIBUTED AS PROVIDED IN A.R.S. SECTION 5-601.02, AS ADOPTED BY
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE AT THE NOVEMBER 5, 2002 ELECTION, AND THE STATE SHALL
NOT IMPOSE ANY TAX, FEE, CHARGE, OR OTHER ASSESSMENT UPON THE TRIBE’S GAMING
OPERATIONS.
(D) DISTRIBUTIONS BY TRIBE TO CITIES, TOWNS AND
COUNTIES. THE TRIBE SHALL MAKE TWELVE
PERCENT (12%) OF ITS TOTAL ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION UNDER SECTION 12(B) IN EITHER OR
BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING FORMS:
(1) DISTRIBUTIONS TO CITIES, TOWNS OR COUNTIES FOR
GOVERNMENT SERVICES THAT BENEFIT THE GENERAL PUBLIC, INCLUDING PUBLIC SAFETY,
MITIGATION OF IMPACTS OF GAMING, OR PROMOTION OF COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT;
(2) DEPOSITS TO THE COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION LOCAL COMMUNITIES FUND ESTABLISHED BY A.R.S. SECTION
41-1505.12.
(E) CONTRIBUTION SCHEDULE.
(1) TRIBAL CONTRIBUTIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(B)
SHALL BE PAID QUARTERLY TO THE STATE GAMING AGENCY, OTHER THAN THE AMOUNTS
DISTRIBUTED OR DEPOSITED TO BENEFIT CITIES, TOWNS AND COUNTIES UNDER SECTION
12(D). THE CONTRIBUTIONS SHALL BE CALCULATED
BASED ON THE TRIBE’S CLASS III NET WIN FOR EACH QUARTER OF THE GAMING FACILITY
OPERATOR’S FISCAL YEAR. CONTRIBUTIONS
SHALL BE MADE NO LATER THAN TWENTY-FIVE (25) DAYS AFTER THE LAST DAY OF EACH
FISCAL QUARTER.
(2) AT THE TIME EACH QUARTERLY CONTRIBUTION IS MADE,
THE TRIBE SHALL SUBMIT TO THE STATE GAMING AGENCY A REPORT INDICATING THE CLASS
III NET WIN BY GAMING ACTIVITY FOR THE QUARTER, AND THE AMOUNTS PAID UNDER
SECTIONS 12(C) AND (D).
(3) THE TRIBE’S FIRST QUARTERLY CONTRIBUTION WILL BE
CALCULATED BASED ON THE TRIBE’S CLASS III NET WIN FOR THE FIRST FULL FISCAL
QUARTER AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE.
(4) FOLLOWING THE STATE GAMING AGENCY’S RECEIPT OF
THE ANNUAL AUDIT PURSUANT TO SECTION 11(C), ANY OVERPAYMENT OF MONIES BY THE
TRIBE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE TRIBE’S NEXT QUARTERLY
CONTRIBUTION. ANY UNDERPAYMENT OF
MONIES SHALL BE PAID BY THE TRIBE WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS OF THE STATE GAMING
AGENCY’S RECEIPT OF THE ANNUAL AUDIT.
(F) REDUCTION OF TRIBAL CONTRIBUTIONS. IN THE EVENT THAT TRIBAL CONTRIBUTIONS ARE
REDUCED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 3(G) OR (H), THE TRIBE SHALL MAKE THE REDUCED
CONTRIBUTIONS UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS SECTION 12, AND THESE MONIES SHALL BE
USED IN THE MANNER SET FORTH IN A.R.S. SECTION 5-601.02(H)(3)(A) AS ADOPTED BY
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE AT THE NOVEMBER 5, 2002 ELECTION.”
(VIII) THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS SHALL REPLACE THE CORRESPONDING PROVISIONS, OR BE ADDED TO THE
PROVISIONS, AS THE CASE MAY BE, IN SECTION 13 OF THE PRE-EXISTING COMPACT:
“(B) EMERGENCY SERVICE ACCESSIBILITY. THE TRIBE SHALL REQUIRE THE GAMING FACILITY
OPERATOR TO MAKE PROVISIONS FOR ADEQUATE EMERGENCY ACCESSIBILITY AND SERVICE.
MUTUAL AID AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICE AGREEMENTS WILL BE ENTERED AS
NEEDED WITH ENTITIES FROM THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
(E) LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE TRIBE SHALL IMPLEMENT A WRITTEN LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES PLAN
THAT PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE AND EFFECTIVE MEANS TO ADDRESS CRIMINAL AND
UNDESIRABLE ACTIVITY AT THE GAMING FACILITIES.
THIS PLAN SHALL PROVIDE THAT SUFFICIENT LAW ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES ARE
AVAILABLE TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY SEVEN DAYS PER WEEK TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC
HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE AT THE GAMING FACILITIES. THE TRIBE AND THE STATE SHALL INVESTIGATE VIOLATIONS OF STATE GAMBLING
STATUTES AND OTHER CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES AT THE GAMING FACILITIES. TO ACCOMMODATE INVESTIGATIONS AND
INTELLIGENCE SHARING, THE TRIBE WILL PROVIDE THAT A POLICE OFFICER HOLDING
CURRENT ARIZONA POLICE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING (POST) CERTIFICATION IS
EMPLOYED BY THE GAMING FACILITY OPERATOR, TRIBAL GAMING OFFICE, OR TRIBAL
POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND ASSIGNED TO HANDLE GAMING-RELATED MATTERS WHEN THEY
ARISE. INTELLIGENCE LIAISONS WILL BE
ESTABLISHED AT THE TRIBAL POLICE DEPARTMENT OR TRIBAL GAMING OFFICE AND ALSO AT
THE STATE GAMING AGENCY. THERE WILL BE
FEDERAL, TRIBAL, AND STATE COOPERATION IN TASK FORCE INVESTIGATIONS. THE STATE GAMING AGENCY’S INTELLIGENCE UNIT
WILL GATHER, COORDINATE, CENTRALIZE, AND DISSEMINATE ACCURATE AND CURRENT
INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION PERTAINING TO CRIMINAL AND UNDESIRABLE ACTIVITY THAT
MAY THREATEN PATRONS, EMPLOYEES, OR ASSETS OF THE GAMING INDUSTRY. THE STATE AND THE TRIBE WILL COORDINATE THE
USE OF RESOURCES, AUTHORITY, AND PERSONNEL OF THE STATE AND THE TRIBE FOR THE SHARED
GOAL OF PREVENTING AND PROSECUTING CRIMINAL OR UNDESIRABLE ACTIVITY BY PLAYERS,
EMPLOYEES, OR BUSINESSES IN CONNECTION WITH TRIBAL GAMING FACILITIES. VIOLATIONS OF STATE CRIMINAL GAMBLING
STATUTES ON TRIBAL LANDS MAY BE PROSECUTED AS FEDERAL CRIMES IN FEDERAL
COURT.”
(IX) SECTION 15 OF THE PRE-EXISTING
COMPACT SHALL BE REPLACED WITH THE FOLLOWING:
“SECTION 15. DISPUTE RESOLUTION
(A) NOTICE/NEGOTIATION. IF EITHER THE TRIBE OR THE STATE BELIEVES THE OTHER HAS FAILED TO
COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THIS COMPACT, OR IF A DISPUTE ARISES
AS TO THE PROPER INTERPRETATION OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS, THEN EITHER PARTY MAY
SERVE A WRITTEN NOTICE ON THE OTHER IDENTIFYING THE SPECIFIC PROVISION OR
PROVISIONS OF THE COMPACT IN DISPUTE AND SPECIFYING IN DETAIL THE FACTUAL BASES
FOR ANY ALLEGED NON-COMPLIANCE AND/OR THE INTERPRETATION OF THE PROVISION OF
THE COMPACT PROPOSED BY THE PARTY PROVIDING NOTICE. WITHIN TEN (10) DAYS FOLLOWING DELIVERY OF THE WRITTEN NOTICE OF
DISPUTE, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE TRIBAL GAMING OFFICE AND THE DIRECTOR OF
THE STATE GAMING AGENCY SHALL MEET IN AN EFFORT TO VOLUNTARILY RESOLVE THE
COMPLIANCE OR INTERPRETATION DISPUTE THROUGH NEGOTIATION. IF THOSE NEGOTIATIONS FAIL TO RESOLVE THE
DISPUTE, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE TRIBAL GAMING OFFICE, THE DIRECTOR OF
THE STATE GAMING AGENCY, AND REPRESENTATIVES DESIGNATED BY THE GOVERNOR OF
ARIZONA AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TRIBE SHALL MEET IN A FURTHER EFFORT TO
VOLUNTARILY RESOLVE THE DISPUTE THROUGH FURTHER NEGOTIATION.
(B) MEDIATION.
IF THE TRIBE AND THE STATE ARE UNABLE TO RESOLVE BY NEGOTIATION ANY
DISPUTE REGARDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE COMPACT, OR THE
PROPER INTERPRETATION OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS, WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER DELIVERY
OF THE WRITTEN NOTICE OF DISPUTE, THE TRIBE AND THE STATE SHALL, UPON THE
REQUEST OF EITHER PARTY, ENDEAVOR TO SETTLE THE DISPUTE IN AN AMICABLE MANNER
BY NON-BINDING MEDIATION ADMINISTERED BY THE CPR UNDER ITS MEDIATION PROCEDURES
DATED APRIL 1, 1998 (UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED TO BY THE PARTIES), AND THE
PROCEDURES SET FORTH BELOW. ALTHOUGH
THE PARTIES SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEDIATION PROCESS IF
REQUESTED, A REQUEST FOR MEDIATION SHALL NOT PRECLUDE EITHER PARTY FROM
PURSUING ANY OTHER AVAILABLE REMEDY.
(1) SELECTION OF MEDIATOR. IF THE PARTIES AGREE UPON A MEDIATOR, THAT PERSON SHALL SERVE AS
THE MEDIATOR. IF THE PARTIES ARE UNABLE
TO AGREE ON A MEDIATOR WITHIN TEN (10) DAYS OF A REQUEST FOR MEDIATION, THEN
THE CPR (I) SHALL SELECT AN ATTORNEY FROM THE CPR PANEL OF DISTINGUISHED
NEUTRALS TO BE THE MEDIATOR OR (II) IF REQUESTED BY THE PARTIES, SHALL SELECT
THE MEDIATOR FROM A LIST OF POTENTIAL MEDIATORS APPROVED BY THE PARTIES.
(2) CONDUCT OF MEDIATION. THE MEDIATOR SHALL CONTROL THE PROCEDURAL ASPECTS OF THE
MEDIATION AND SHALL BE GUIDED BY THE MEDIATION PROCEDURES PROMULGATED BY THE
CPR.
(3) COSTS OF MEDIATION. THE COSTS OF MEDIATION SHALL BE BORNE EQUALLY BY THE PARTIES,
WITH ONE-HALF (½) OF THE EXPENSES
CHARGED TO THE TRIBE AND ONE-HALF (½) OF THE EXPENSES CHARGED TO THE STATE.
(C) ARBITRATION.
IF THE TRIBE AND THE STATE FAIL TO RESOLVE SUCH A DISPUTE REGARDING
COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE COMPACT OR THE PROPER INTERPRETATION OF
THOSE REQUIREMENTS THROUGH NEGOTIATION OR MEDIATION UNDER SECTIONS 15(A) OR (B)
WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER DELIVERY OF THE WRITTEN NOTICE OF DISPUTE, UPON A
DEMAND BY EITHER PARTY, THE DISPUTE SHALL BE SETTLED THROUGH BINDING
ARBITRATION AT A NEUTRAL LOCATION AND, UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED TO BY THE
PARTIES, THE ARBITRATION SHALL BE CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES, AS
MODIFIED BY THE FOLLOWING:
(1) DEMAND FOR ARBITRATION. NO EARLIER THAN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE
DELIVERY OF THE NOTICE REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 15(A), EITHER PARTY MAY SERVE ON
THE OTHER A WRITTEN DEMAND FOR ARBITRATION OF THE DISPUTE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH
CPR RULE 3. THE DEMAND SHALL CONTAIN A
STATEMENT SETTING FORTH THE NATURE OF THE DISPUTE AND THE REMEDY SOUGHT. THE OTHER PARTY SHALL FILE A NOTICE OF
DEFENSE AND ANY COUNTERCLAIM WITHIN TWENTY (20) DAYS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CPR
RULE 3. FAILURE TO PROVIDE A NOTICE OF
DEFENSE SHALL NOT DELAY THE ARBITRATION.
IN THE ABSENCE OF A NOTICE OF DEFENSE, ALL CLAIMS SET FORTH IN THE
DEMAND SHALL BE DEEMED DENIED.
(2) ARBITRATORS.
UNLESS THE PARTIES AGREE IN WRITING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF A SINGLE
ARBITRATOR, THE ARBITRATION SHALL BE CONDUCTED BEFORE A PANEL OF THREE (3)
ARBITRATORS. IN THE ABSENCE OF AN
AGREEMENT TO A SINGLE ARBITRATOR, WITHIN TWENTY (20) DAYS OF THE DEFENDING PARTY’S
RECEIPT OF THE DEMAND, EACH PARTY SHALL SELECT AN ARBITRATOR. AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THEREAFTER, BUT IN NO
EVENT MORE THAN FORTY (40) DAYS FOLLOWING DELIVERY OF THE DEMAND, THE
PARTY-APPOINTED ARBITRATORS SHALL DISCUSS AND SELECT A THIRD (3RD) ARBITRATOR
FROM THE PANEL OF DISTINGUISHED NEUTRALS, WHO SHALL CHAIR THE TRIBUNAL. ALTERNATIVELY, IF THE PARTIES HAVE AGREED
UPON A LIST OF ARBITRATORS ACCEPTABLE TO BOTH PARTIES, THE CPR SHALL SELECT THE
THIRD (3RD) ARBITRATOR FROM THAT LIST.
UNLESS THE PARTIES AGREE OTHERWISE, AT LEAST ONE (1) OF THE ARBITRATORS
ON THE TRIBUNAL SHALL BE AN ATTORNEY OR RETIRED JUDGE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE
ACT, FEDERAL INDIAN LAW, AND JURISDICTION WITHIN INDIAN COUNTRY. IF THE PARTIES DO NOT APPOINT AN ARBITRATOR
WITH THOSE QUALIFICATIONS, THE PARTY-APPOINTED ARBITRATORS OR THE CPR SHALL DO
SO. ONCE THE TRIBUNAL IS IMPANELED, THERE SHALL BE NO EX PARTE CONTACT WITH THE
ARBITRATORS, EXCEPT FOR CONTACTS WITH THE OFFICE OF THE TRIBUNAL CHAIR
REGARDING SCHEDULING OR OTHER PURELY ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS THAT DO NOT DEAL
WITH SUBSTANTIVE MATTERS OR THE MERITS OF THE ISSUES.
(3) SELECTION OF ARBITRATOR(S) BY THE CPR. IF A PARTY FAILS TO APPOINT AN ARBITRATOR,
OR IF THE PARTY-APPOINTED ARBITRATORS HAVE FAILED TO APPOINT A THIRD (3RD) ARBITRATOR
WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD PROVIDED IN SECTION 15(C)(2), EITHER PARTY MAY REQUEST
APPOINTMENT OF THE ARBITRATOR BY THE CPR.
THE REQUEST SHALL BE MADE IN WRITING AND SERVED ON THE OTHER PARTY. CPR SHALL FILL ANY VACANCIES ON THE TRIBUNAL
WITHIN TEN (10) DAYS OF A REQUEST IN ACCORDANCE WITH CPR RULE 6.
(4) NEUTRALITY OF THE ARBITRATORS. ALL ARBITRATORS SHALL BE INDEPENDENT AND
IMPARTIAL. UPON SELECTION, EACH
ARBITRATOR SHALL PROMPTLY DISCLOSE IN WRITING TO THE TRIBUNAL AND THE PARTIES
ANY CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MIGHT CAUSE DOUBT REGARDING THE ARBITRATOR’S
INDEPENDENCE OR IMPARTIALITY. SUCH
CIRCUMSTANCES MAY INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO, BIAS, INTEREST IN THE
RESULT OF THE ARBITRATION, AND PAST OR PRESENT RELATIONS WITH A PARTY OR ITS
COUNSEL. FOLLOWING SUCH DISCLOSURE, ANY
ARBITRATOR MAY BE CHALLENGED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CPR RULE 7.
(5) COST OF ARBITRATION. THE COSTS OF ARBITRATION SHALL BE BORNE EQUALLY BY THE PARTIES,
WITH ONE-HALF (½) OF THE EXPENSES CHARGED TO THE TRIBE AND ONE-HALF (½) OF THE
EXPENSES CHARGED TO THE STATE.
(6) PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE/HEARING. THE TRIBUNAL SHALL HOLD AN INITIAL
PRE-HEARING CONFERENCE NO LATER THAN THIRTY (30) DAYS FOLLOWING THE SELECTION
OF THE MEMBERS OF THE TRIBUNAL AND SHALL PERMIT DISCOVERY AND MAKE OTHER
APPLICABLE DECISIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CPR RULES 9 THROUGH 12. UNLESS THE PARTIES AGREE OTHERWISE, OR
UNLESS THE TRIBUNAL DETERMINES THAT COMPELLING CIRCUMSTANCES EXIST WHICH DEMAND
OTHERWISE, THE ARBITRATION SHALL BE COMPLETED WITHIN ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY
(180) DAYS OF THE INITIAL PRE-HEARING CONFERENCE.
(7) DISCOVERY.
(A) DOCUMENTS.
CONSISTENT WITH THE EXPEDITED NATURE OF ARBITRATION, EACH PARTY WILL,
UPON THE WRITTEN REQUEST OF THE OTHER PARTY, PROMPTLY PROVIDE THE OTHER WITH
COPIES OF DOCUMENTS RELEVANT TO THE ISSUES RAISED BY ANY CLAIM OR COUNTERCLAIM
OR ON WHICH THE PRODUCING PARTY MAY RELY IN SUPPORT OF OR IN OPPOSITION TO ANY
CLAIM OR DEFENSE. EXCEPT AS PERMITTED
BY THE TRIBUNAL, ALL WRITTEN DISCOVERY SHALL BE COMPLETED WITHIN NINETY (90)
DAYS FOLLOWING THE INITIAL PRE-HEARING CONFERENCE. ANY DISPUTE REGARDING DISCOVERY, OR THE RELEVANCE OR SCOPE
THEREOF, SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE TRIBUNAL, WHOSE DETERMINATION SHALL BE
CONCLUSIVE.
(B) DEPOSITIONS.
CONSISTENT WITH THE EXPEDITED NATURE OF ARBITRATION AND UNLESS THE
PARTIES AGREE OTHERWISE, A PARTY, UPON PROVIDING WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE OTHER
PARTY, SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE THE DEPOSITIONS OF UP TO FIVE (5)
WITNESSES, EACH OF WHICH SHALL LAST NO LONGER THAN ONE (1) DAY. UNLESS THE PARTIES AGREE OTHERWISE,
ADDITIONAL DEPOSITIONS SHALL BE SCHEDULED ONLY WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE
TRIBUNAL AND FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN. A
PARTY’S NEED TO TAKE THE DEPOSITION OF A WITNESS WHO IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE
AVAILABLE FOR AN ARBITRATION HEARING SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE GOOD CAUSE. EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY THE TRIBUNAL, ALL
DEPOSITIONS SHALL BE CONCLUDED WITHIN ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY (120) DAYS
FOLLOWING THE INITIAL PRE-HEARING CONFERENCE.
ALL OBJECTIONS THAT MIGHT BE RAISED TO DEPOSITION TESTIMONY SHALL BE
RESERVED FOR THE ARBITRATION HEARING, EXCEPT FOR OBJECTIONS BASED ON PRIVILEGE,
PROPRIETARY OR CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, AND OBJECTIONS TO FORM OR FOUNDATION
THAT COULD BE CURED IF RAISED AT THE DEPOSITION.
(8) INJUNCTIVE RELIEF IN AID OF ARBITRATION. THE TRIBE OR THE STATE MAY SEEK IN A COURT
OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION (A) PROVISIONAL OR ANCILLARY REMEDIES, INCLUDING
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTIVE RELIEF, PENDING THE OUTCOME OF AN ARBITRATION
PROCEEDING, OR (B) PERMANENT INJUNCTIVE RELIEF TO ENFORCE AN ARBITRATION AWARD.
(9) ARBITRATION HEARING.
(A) NOTICE/TRANSCRIPT. UNLESS THE PARTIES AGREE OTHERWISE, THE TRIBUNAL SHALL PROVIDE
THE PARTIES WITH AT LEAST SIXTY (60) DAYS NOTICE OF THE DATE OF THE ARBITRATION
HEARING. UNLESS THE PARTIES AGREE
OTHERWISE, THERE SHALL BE A STENOGRAPHIC RECORD MADE OF THE HEARING, WITH THE
COST TO BE SHARED BY THE TRIBE AND THE STATE.
THE TRANSCRIPT SHALL BE THE OFFICIAL RECORD OF THE PROCEEDING.
(B) LAST, BEST OFFER FORMAT. THE ARBITRATORS SHALL CONDUCT EACH
ARBITRATION PROCEEDING USING THE “LAST, BEST OFFER” FORMAT, UNLESS ANY PARTY TO
AN ARBITRATION PROCEEDING OPTS OUT OF THE “LAST, BEST OFFER” ARBITRATION FORMAT
IN THE MANNER SET FORTH IN SECTION 15(C)(9)(C).
1. NO LATER THAN FORTY (40) DAYS BEFORE THE
ARBITRATION HEARING (OR FORTY (40) DAYS BEFORE THE DATE THE DISPUTE IS TO BE
SUBMITTED TO THE TRIBUNAL FOR DECISION IF ORAL HEARINGS HAVE BEEN WAIVED), EACH
PARTY SHALL SUBMIT TO THE OTHER PARTY OR PARTIES TO THE ARBITRATION A
PRELIMINARY LAST, BEST OFFER FOR THOSE ISSUES THAT WILL BE DECIDED USING THE
LAST, BEST OFFER FORMAT.
2. NO LATER THAN TWENTY (20) DAYS BEFORE THE
ARBITRATION HEARING (OR TWENTY (20) DAYS BEFORE THE DATE THE DISPUTE IS TO BE
SUBMITTED TO THE TRIBUNAL FOR DECISION IF ORAL HEARINGS HAVE BEEN WAIVED), EACH
PARTY SHALL SUBMIT TO THE TRIBUNAL AND THE OTHER PARTY OR PARTIES TO THE
ARBITRATION ITS PRE-HEARING LAST, BEST OFFER FOR THOSE ISSUES THAT WILL BE
DECIDED USING THE LAST, BEST OFFER FORMAT.
3. NO LATER THAN TEN (10) DAYS AFTER THE CONCLUSION
OF THE ARBITRATION HEARING (OR TEN (10) DAYS BEFORE THE DATE THE DISPUTE IS TO
BE SUBMITTED TO THE TRIBUNAL FOR DECISION IF ORAL HEARINGS HAVE BEEN WAIVED),
EACH PARTY SHALL SUBMIT TO THE TRIBUNAL AND THE OTHER PARTY OR PARTIES TO THE
ARBITRATION ITS FINAL LAST, BEST OFFER FOR THOSE ISSUES THAT WILL BE DECIDED
USING THE LAST, BEST OFFER FORMAT.
4. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION
15(C)(9)(B)(4), FOR EACH ISSUE TO BE DECIDED USING THE LAST, BEST OFFER FORMAT,
THE TRIBUNAL SHALL, FOR ITS DECISION ON THE ISSUE, ADOPT ONE OF THE LAST, BEST
OFFERS SUBMITTED UNDER SECTION 15(C)(9)(B)(3) AND NO OTHER REMEDY (EXCEPTING
ONLY REMEDIES IN AID OF THE TRIBUNAL’S DECISION). IF THE TRIBUNAL EXPRESSLY DETERMINES THAT A LAST, BEST OFFER
SUBMITTED BY A PARTY WITH RESPECT TO AN ISSUE OR ISSUES IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH
OR DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE ACT AND/OR THE COMPACT, AS THEY MAY BE AMENDED AND
AS THEY ARE INTERPRETED BY COURTS OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION, THEN THE TRIBUNAL
SHALL REJECT THAT LAST, BEST OFFER AND SHALL NOT CONSIDER IT IN RENDERING ITS
DECISION. IF THE TRIBUNAL EXPRESSLY
DETERMINES THAT ALL THE LAST, BEST OFFERS SUBMITTED BY THE PARTIES WITH RESPECT
TO AN ISSUE OR ISSUES ARE NOT CONSISTENT WITH OR DO NOT COMPLY WITH THE ACT
AND/OR THE COMPACT, AS THEY MAY BE AMENDED AND AS THEY ARE INTERPRETED BY
COURTS OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION, THEN THE TRIBUNAL SHALL REJECT ALL THE LAST,
BEST OFFERS AND SHALL DECIDE THE RELATED ISSUE OR ISSUES AS IF THE PARTIES HAD
ELECTED TO HAVE THE ISSUE OR THOSE ISSUES DECIDED WITHOUT USING THE “LAST, BEST
OFFER” FORMAT. IN ADDITION, THE
TRIBUNAL SHALL HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO AWARD MONEY DAMAGES AGAINST EITHER PARTY,
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER A LAST, BEST OFFER PROPOSES AN AWARD OF DAMAGES.
(C) OPTING OUT OF LAST, BEST OFFER FORMAT. UNLESS THE PARTIES AGREE OTHERWISE, A PARTY
DESIRING TO OPT OUT OF THE “LAST, BEST OFFER” ARBITRATION FORMAT SHALL SERVE A
WRITTEN NOTICE OF ITS ELECTION NO LATER THAN FIFTY (50) DAYS BEFORE THE
ARBITRATION HEARING (OR FIFTY (50) DAYS BEFORE THE DATE THE DISPUTE IS TO BE
SUBMITTED TO THE TRIBUNAL FOR DECISION IF ORAL HEARINGS HAVE BEEN WAIVED). THE NOTICE SHALL:
1. IDENTIFY WITH SPECIFICITY THE ISSUE OR ISSUES
THAT THE ARBITRATORS WILL DECIDE WITHOUT USING THE “LAST, BEST OFFER”
ARBITRATION FORMAT, OR
2. STATE THAT THE ARBITRATORS WILL NOT USE THE
“LAST, BEST OFFER” ARBITRATION FORMAT.
(10) DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL. THE DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL SHALL BE IN
WRITING, SETTING FORTH DETAILED FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND A
STATEMENT REGARDING THE REASONS FOR THE DISPOSITION OF EACH CLAIM. IF THE TRIBUNAL DETERMINES THAT A LAST, BEST
OFFER IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH OR DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE ACT AND/OR THE
COMPACT, THE DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL SHALL SET FORTH DETAILED FINDINGS OF FACT
AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND A STATEMENT REGARDING THE REASONS FOR THE TRIBUNAL’S
DETERMINATION. THE WRITTEN DECISION OF
THE TRIBUNAL SHALL BE MADE PROMPTLY AND, UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED TO BY THE
PARTIES, NO LATER THAN FORTY (40) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THE CLOSING OF THE
HEARING OR, IF ORAL HEARINGS HAVE BEEN WAIVED, NO LATER THAN FORTY (40) DAYS
FROM THE DATE THE DISPUTE IS SUBMITTED TO THE TRIBUNAL FOR DECISION. THE TRIBUNAL MAY TAKE ADDITIONAL TIME TO
RENDER ITS DECISION IF THE TRIBUNAL DETERMINES THAT COMPELLING CIRCUMSTANCES
REQUIRE ADDITIONAL TIME. THE TRIBUNAL
MAY ISSUE AWARDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CPR RULE 13, TO THE EXTENT THAT RULE IS
CONSISTENT WITH SECTION 15(C). THE
DECISION OF THE MAJORITY OF THE ARBITRATORS SHALL BE FINAL, BINDING, AND
NON-APPEALABLE, EXCEPT FOR A CHALLENGE TO A DECISION ON THE GROUNDS SET FORTH
IN 9 U.S.C. § 10. THE FAILURE TO COMPLY
WITH A JUDGMENT UPON THE AWARD OF THE ARBITRATORS SHALL BE A BREACH OF THIS
COMPACT.
(11) GOVERNING LAW/JURISDICTION. TITLE 9 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE (THE
UNITED STATES ARBITRATION ACT) AND THE RULES SHALL GOVERN THE INTERPRETATION
AND ENFORCEMENT OF SECTION 15(C), BUT NOTHING IN SECTION 15(C) SHALL BE
INTERPRETED AS A WAIVER OF THE STATE’S TENTH AMENDMENT OR ELEVENTH AMENDMENT
IMMUNITY OR AS A WAIVER OF THE TRIBE’S SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY. THE TRIBUNAL SHALL RESOLVE THE DISPUTES
SUBMITTED FOR ARBITRATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND EVERY DECISION OF THE
TRIBUNAL MUST COMPLY AND BE CONSISTENT WITH, THE ACT AND THE COMPACT, AS THEY
MAY BE AMENDED AND AS THEY ARE INTERPRETED BY COURTS OF COMPETENT
JURISDICTION. THE TRIBUNAL SHALL HAVE
NO AUTHORITY TO AWARD MONEY DAMAGES AGAINST EITHER PARTY.
(12) JUDICIAL CONFIRMATION. JUDGMENT UPON ANY AWARD RENDERED BY THE
TRIBUNAL MAY BE ENTERED IN ANY COURT HAVING COMPETENT JURISDICTION.
(D) INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, ALTHOUGH NEGOTIATION FOLLOWED BY
MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION ARE THE PREFERRED METHODS OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION,
COMPACT SECTION 15 SHALL NOT IMPAIR ANY RIGHTS TO SEEK IN ANY COURT OF
COMPETENT JURISDICTION INJUNCTIVE RELIEF PURSUANT TO 25 U.S.C. §
2710(D)(7)(A)(II), OR A JUDGMENT UPON AN AWARD RENDERED BY AN ARBITRATION
TRIBUNAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 15(C)(10) AND 15(C)(11). IN AN ACTION BROUGHT BY THE TRIBE AGAINST
THE STATE, ONE COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IS THE ARIZONA SUPERIOR
COURT. IN AN ACTION BROUGHT BY THE
STATE AGAINST THE TRIBE, ONE COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IS THE UNITED
STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA. NOTHING IN THIS COMPACT IS INTENDED TO PREVENT EITHER PARTY FROM
SEEKING RELIEF IN SOME OTHER COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION, OR TO CONSTITUTE
AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT THE STATE COURTS HAVE JURISDICTION OVER THE TRIBE OR
THE TRIBAL COURTS HAVE JURISDICTION OVER THE STATE.”
(X) SECTION 17 OF THE PRE-EXISTING COMPACT
SHALL BE REPLACED WITH THE FOLLOWING:
“SECTION 17.
AMENDMENTS
(A) PROPOSED COMPACT AMENDMENTS. TO CONTINUE TO ENSURE THE FAIR AND HONEST
OPERATION OF INDIAN GAMING, NO LATER THAN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY (180) DAYS AFTER
THE EFFECTIVE DATE, THE STATE OR THE TRIBE MAY PROPOSE AMENDMENTS TO ENHANCE
THE FOLLOWING REGULATORY PROVISIONS OF THIS COMPACT:
(1) THE PROCESS FOR TRIBAL JUDICIAL REVIEW OF
DISPUTES REGARDING THE NONPAYMENT OF ALLEGED WINNINGS TO PATRONS;
(2) COMPLIANCE WITH UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
REQUIREMENTS REGARDING FOOD AND BEVERAGE HANDLING;
(3) COMPLIANCE WITH BUILDING CODES AND FIRE SAFETY
STANDARDS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW GAMING FACILITIES AND SIGNIFICANT
MODIFICATIONS TO EXISTING GAMING FACILITIES;
(4) THE AVAILABILITY OF ADEQUATE POLICE, FIRE AND
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TO SERVE EACH GAMING FACILITY;
(5)
REMEDIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS COMPACT, THE GAMING ORDINANCE, FEDERAL LAW, OR
STATE RULES FOR CERTIFICATION HOLDERS;
(6)
LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR GAMING FACILITIES AND PROCEDURES FOR THE DISPOSITION OF
TORT CLAIMS THAT ARISE FROM PERSONAL INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE SUFFERED AT
GAMING FACILITIES BY PATRONS OF THE GAMING FACILITIES;
(7)
STANDARDS FOR BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS, LICENSING AND CERTIFICATION OF GAMING
EMPLOYEES BY THE TRIBE OR THE STATE GAMING AGENCY, OR BOTH;
(8)
STANDARDS FOR BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS, LICENSING, AND CERTIFICATION BY THE
TRIBE OR THE STATE GAMING AGENCY, OR BOTH, OF PERSONS OR ENTITIES THAT PROVIDE
GAMING GOODS OR SERVICES ON A SIGNIFICANT BASIS;
(9)
REPORTS AND AUDITS OF REVENUE FROM GAMING ACTIVITIES TO ALLOW TRACKING AND
CONFIRMATION OF SUCH REVENUE;
(10)
MINIMUM INTERNAL CONTROL STANDARDS, TECHNICAL STANDARDS, TESTING PROCEDURES,
AND INSPECTION PROCEDURES FOR CLASS III GAMING DEVICES AND THE ONLINE
ELECTRONIC GAME MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TO WHICH THEY ARE LINKED;
(11)
MINIMUM INTERNAL CONTROL STANDARDS, OPERATIONAL STANDARDS, SPECIFICATIONS, AND
REGULATIONS FOR OTHER GAMING ACTIVITIES PERMITTED UNDER THIS COMPACT, INCLUDING
RULES FOR GAME PLAY AND DEALING PROCEDURES FOR BLACKJACK AND POKER; AND
(12)
SURVEILLANCE REQUIREMENTS.
(B)
NEGOTIATIONS/MEDIATION. WITHIN NINETY
(90) DAYS OF RECEIPT BY THE TRIBE OR THE STATE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS DESCRIBED
IN SECTION 17(A), THE TRIBE AND THE STATE SHALL ENTER INTO GOOD FAITH
NEGOTIATIONS REGARDING THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. IF GOOD FAITH NEGOTIATIONS FAIL TO RESULT IN A MUTUALLY-AGREED
UPON AMENDMENT TO THIS COMPACT REGARDING ANY OF THE ISSUES LISTED IN SECTION
17(A), THE PARTIES SHALL PARTICIPATE IN GOOD FAITH IN A MEDIATION CONDUCTED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 15(B) IN AN EFFORT TO RESOLVE THEIR
DIFFERENCES. THE REMAINING PROVISIONS
OF SECTION 15 SHALL NOT APPLY TO SECTIONS 17(A) OR (B). WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE CONCLUSION
OF A MEDIATION, THE PARTIES SHALL CONCLUDE NEGOTIATIONS AND DOCUMENT ANY
AMENDMENTS CONSISTENT WITH SECTION 17(C).
(C)
EFFECT. ANY AMENDMENT TO THIS COMPACT
SHALL BE IN WRITING AND SIGNED BY BOTH PARTIES. THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS COMPACT SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT
UNTIL AMENDED, MODIFIED, OR TERMINATED.”
(XI) SECTION 23 OF THE PRE-EXISTING COMPACT
SHALL BE REPLACED WITH THE FOLLOWING:
“SECTION 23. EFFECTIVE
DATE AND DURATION
(A) REPLACEMENT OF OTHER GAMING COMPACTS. ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE, THIS COMPACT SHALL REPLACE
AND SUPERSEDE ANY OTHER TRIBAL-STATE GAMING COMPACT BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE
TRIBE. THE TRIBE AND THE STATE SHALL
EXECUTE AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE.
(B) DURATION.
(1) THE INITIAL TERM OF THIS COMPACT SHALL COMMENCE
ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE. THE INITIAL TERM
OF THIS COMPACT SHALL BE THE REMAINDER OF THE TERM UNDER SECTION 23(B)(1) OF
THE TRIBE’S PRE-EXISTING COMPACT AS DEFINED IN A.R.S. SECTION 5-601.02(I)(5),
IF ANY, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PRE-EXISTING COMPACT WAS IN EFFECT ON MAY 1, 2002,
PLUS TEN (10) YEARS.
(2) THIS COMPACT SHALL THEREAFTER BE EXTENDED FOR A
RENEWAL TERM OF TEN (10) YEARS, UNLESS THE STATE OR THE TRIBE NOTIFIES THE
OTHER IN WRITING, NOT LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY (180) DAYS PRIOR TO THE
EXPIRATION OF THE INITIAL TERM, THAT IT DOES NOT INTEND TO RENEW THE COMPACT
BECAUSE OF SUBSTANTIAL NON-COMPLIANCE.
(3) THIS COMPACT SHALL THEREAFTER BE EXTENDED FOR AN
ADDITIONAL RENEWAL TERM OF THREE (3) YEARS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE PARTIES WITH
AN OPPORTUNITY TO NEGOTIATE NEW OR AMENDED COMPACT TERMS, UNLESS THE STATE OR
THE TRIBE NOTIFIES THE OTHER IN WRITING, NOT LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY (180)
DAYS PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE RENEWAL TERM, THAT IT DOES NOT INTEND TO
RENEW THE COMPACT BECAUSE OF SUBSTANTIAL NON-COMPLIANCE.
(4) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION 23, SUBSTANTIAL
NON-COMPLIANCE MEANS THE WILLFUL FAILURE OR REFUSAL TO REASONABLY COMPLY WITH
THE MATERIAL TERMS OF A FINAL, NON-APPEALABLE COURT ORDER, OR A FINAL,
NON-APPEALABLE AWARD OF AN ARBITRATOR OR ARBITRATORS UNDER SECTION 15.
SUBSTANTIAL NON-COMPLIANCE DOES NOT INCLUDE TECHNICAL INADVERTENCE OR
NON-MATERIAL VARIATIONS OR OMISSIONS IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANY SUCH AWARD OR
JUDGMENT. IF EITHER PARTY CONTENDS THAT THE OTHER IS IN SUBSTANTIAL
NON-COMPLIANCE, THE PARTY SO CONTENDING SHALL PROVIDE IMMEDIATE WRITTEN NOTICE
TO THE OTHER, INCLUDING THE SPECIFIC REASON(S) FOR THE CONTENTION AND COPIES OF
ALL DOCUMENTATION RELIED UPON TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW.
(5) A DISPUTE OVER WHETHER THE STATE OR THE TRIBE
HAS ENGAGED IN SUBSTANTIAL NON-COMPLIANCE SHALL BE RESOLVED UNDER SECTION
15. THE COMPACT SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL THE DISPUTE HAS BEEN
RESOLVED BY A FINAL, NON-APPEALABLE DECISION UNDER SECTION 15. IN ANY
SECTION 15 PROCEEDING TO DETERMINE SUBSTANTIAL NON-COMPLIANCE, THE BURDEN OF
PROOF SHALL BE ON THE PARTY ALLEGING SUBSTANTIAL NON-COMPLIANCE.
(6) THE TRIBE MAY OPERATE CLASS III GAMING ONLY
WHILE THIS COMPACT, OR ANY EXTENSION THEREOF, IS IN EFFECT. PRIOR TO THE END OF THE FINAL RENEWAL TERM
OF THIS COMPACT, THE STATE AND THE TRIBE SHALL NEGOTIATE UNDER 25 U.S.C.
SECTION 2710(D)(3)(A), OR OTHER APPLICABLE FEDERAL LAW, FOR A SUCCESSOR COMPACT
OR OTHER SIMILAR AGREEMENT.”
Sec. 4. Repeal
Section 5-601.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is
repealed.
5-601.01.
Standard form of tribal-state compact; eligible tribes; limitation on
time for execution of compact
A. Notwithstanding any other law or the
provisions of section 5-601, the state, through the governor, shall enter into
the state's standard form of gaming compact with any eligible Indian tribe that
requests it.
B. For the purposes of this section:
1. The state's standard form of gaming
compact is the form of compact that contains provisions limiting types of
gaming, the number of gaming devices, the number of gaming locations, and other
provisions, that are common to the compacts entered into by this state with
Indian tribes in this state on June 24, 1993, and approved by the United States
secretary of the interior on July 30, 1993.
2. An eligible Indian tribe is an Indian
tribe in this state that has not entered into a gaming compact with the state.
C. The state, through the governor, shall
execute the compact required by this section within thirty days after written
request by the governing body of an eligible tribe.
Sec. 5. Section 13-3301, Arizona Revised Statutes,
is amended to read:
13-3301. Definitions
In this chapter, unless the context otherwise
requires:
1. “Amusement gambling” means gambling
involving a device, game or contest which is played for entertainment if all of
the following apply:
(a) The player or players actively
participate in the game or contest or with the device.
(b) The outcome is not in the control to
any material degree of any person other than the player or players.
(c) The prizes are not offered as a lure
to separate the player or players from their money.
(d) Any of the following:
(i) No benefit is given to the player or
players other than an immediate and unrecorded right to replay which is not
exchangeable for value.
(ii) The gambling is an athletic event
and no person other than the player or players derives a profit or chance of a
profit from the money paid to gamble by the player or players.
(iii) The gambling is an intellectual
contest or event, the money paid to gamble is part of an established purchase
price for a product, no increment has been added to the price in connection
with the gambling event and no drawing or lottery is held to determine the
winner or winners.
(iv) Skill and not chance is clearly the
predominant factor in the game and the odds of winning the game based upon
chance cannot be altered, provided the game complies with any licensing or
regulatory requirements by the jurisdiction in which it is operated, no benefit
for a single win is given to the player or players other than a merchandise
prize which has a wholesale fair market value of less than four (4) dollars or
coupons which are redeemable only at the place of play and only for a
merchandise prize which has a fair market value of less than four (4) dollars
and, regardless of the number of wins, no aggregate of coupons may be redeemed
for a merchandise prize with a wholesale fair market value of greater than
thirty-five (35) dollars.
2. “Conducted as a business” means
gambling that is engaged in with the object of gain, benefit or advantage,
either direct or indirect, realized or unrealized, but not when incidental to a
bona fide social relationship.
3. “Crane game” means an amusement
machine which is operated by player controlled buttons, control sticks or other
means, or a combination of the buttons or controls, which is activated by coin
insertion into the machine and where the player attempts to successfully
retrieve prizes with a mechanical or electromechanical claw or device by
positioning the claw or device over a prize.
4. “Gambling” or “gamble” means one act
of risking or giving something of value for the opportunity to obtain a benefit
from a game or contest of chance or skill or a future contingent event but does
not include bona fide business transactions which are valid under the law of
contracts including contracts for the purchase or sale at a future date of
securities or commodities, contracts of indemnity or guarantee and life, health
or accident insurance.
5. “Player” means a natural person who
participates in gambling.
6. “Regulated gambling” means EITHER:
(A) GAMBLING CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH A TRIBAL-STATE GAMING
COMPACT OR OTHERWISE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE INDIAN GAMING
REGULATORY ACT OF 1988 (P.L. 100-497; 102 STAT. 2467; 25 UNITED STATES CODE
SECTIONS 2701 THROUGH 2721 AND 18 UNITED STATES CODE SECTIONS 1166 THROUGH
1168); OR
(B) gambling to which all of the following apply:
(a) (I) It
is operated and controlled in accordance with a statute, rule or order of this
state or of the United States.
(b) (II) All
federal, state or local taxes, fees and charges in lieu of taxes have been paid
by the authorized person or entity on any activity arising out of or in
connection with the gambling.
(c) (III) If
conducted by an organization which is exempt from taxation of income under
section 43-1201, the organization’s records are open to public inspection.
(d) (IV) Beginning
on June 1, 2003, none of the players is under twenty‑one years of age.
7. “Social gambling” means gambling that
is not conducted as a business and that involves players who compete on equal
terms with each other in a gamble if all of the following apply:
(a) No player receives, or becomes
entitled to receive, any benefit, directly or indirectly, other than the
player’s winnings from the gamble.
(b) No other person receives or becomes
entitled to receive any benefit, directly or indirectly, from the gambling
activity, including benefits of proprietorship, management or unequal advantage
or odds in a series of gambles.
(c) Until June 1, 2003, none of the
players is below the age of majority.
Beginning on June 1, 2003, none of the players is under twenty‑one
years of age.
(d) Players “compete on equal terms with
each other in a gamble” when no player enjoys an advantage over any other
player in the gamble under the conditions or rules of the game or contest.
Sec. 6. Title 15, Chapter 9, Article 5, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended by adding a new section 15-978 as follows:
15-978. INSTRUCTIONAL
IMPROVEMENT FUND
A. THE
INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT FUND IS ESTABLISHED CONSISTING OF MONIES DEPOSITED
PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 5-601.02(H)(3)(A)(I) AND 5-601.02(H)(3)(B)(I), AND
INTEREST EARNED ON THOSE MONIES. THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL ADMINISTER THE FUND. THE FUND IS NOT SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION, AND EXPENDITURES FROM
THE FUND ARE NOT SUBJECT TO OUTSIDE APPROVAL NOTWITHSTANDING ANY STATUTORY
PROVISION TO THE CONTRARY.
B. MONIES
RECEIVED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-601.02 SHALL BE DEPOSITED DIRECTLY WITH THE
INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT FUND. ON
NOTICE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL INVEST AND
DIVEST MONIES IN THE FUND AS PROVIDED BY SECTION 35-313, AND MONIES EARNED FROM
INVESTMENT SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE FUND.
NO MONIES IN THE INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT FUND SHALL REVERT TO OR BE
DEPOSITED IN ANY OTHER FUND, INCLUDING THE STATE GENERAL FUND. MONIES IN THE INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT FUND
ARE EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 35-190 RELATING TO THE LAPSING OF
APPROPRIATIONS. MONIES PROVIDED FROM
THE INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT FUND SHALL SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT, EXISTING
STATE AND LOCAL MONIES.
C. THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL PAY THE MONIES IN THE FUND TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS
AND CHARTER SCHOOLS. THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION SHALL DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF MONIES FROM THE FUND TO BE PAID TO EACH
SCHOOL DISTRICT AND CHARTER SCHOOL AS FOLLOWS:
1. DETERMINE
THE STUDENT COUNT FOR EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT AND CHARTER SCHOOL AS PROVIDED IN
SECTION 15-943.
2. DETERMINE
THE STUDENT COUNT FOR ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS AS PROVIDED IN
SECTION 15-943.
3. DIVIDE
THE AMOUNT DETERMINED IN PARAGRAPH 1 OF THIS SUBSECTION BY THE TOTAL AMOUNT
DETERMINED IN PARAGRAPH 2 OF THIS SUBSECTION.
4. MULTIPLY
THE QUOTIENT DETERMINED IN PARAGRAPH 3 OF THIS SUBSECTION BY THE TOTAL AMOUNT
OF INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT FUND MONIES AVAILABLE TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO SCHOOL
DISTRICTS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS UNDER THIS SECTION.
D. EACH
SCHOOL DISTRICT AND CHARTER SCHOOL MAY UTILIZE UP TO FIFTY PERCENT OF THE
AMOUNT OF MONIES DETERMINED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION C FOR TEACHER COMPENSATION
INCREASES AND CLASS SIZE REDUCTION AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 15-977.
E. MONIES
THAT ARE NOT UTILIZED AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION D SHALL BE UTILIZED FOR THE
FOLLOWING MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION PURPOSES:
1. DROPOUT PREVENTION PROGRAMS.
2. INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS
INCLUDING PROGRAMS TO DEVELOP MINIMUM READING SKILLS FOR STUDENTS BY THE END OF
THIRD GRADE.
F. SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS
THAT RECEIVE MONIES FROM THE INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT FUND SHALL SUBMIT A
REPORT BY NOVEMBER 15 OF EACH YEAR TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION THAT PROVIDES
AN ACCOUNTING OF THE EXPENDITURE OF MONIES DISTRIBUTED FROM THE FUND DURING THE
PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR. THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AUDITOR GENERAL SHALL PRESCRIBE THE FORMAT OF
THE REPORT UNDER THIS SUBSECTION.
Sec 7. Title 17, Chapter 2, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended by adding a new Article 7 as follows:
ARTICLE 7.
ARIZONA WILDLIFE CONSERVATION FUND
17-299. ARIZONA
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION FUND
A. THE
ARIZONA WILDLIFE CONSERVATION FUND IS ESTABLISHED CONSISTING OF MONIES
DEPOSITED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-601.02(H)(3)(B)(III) AND INTEREST EARNED ON
THOSE MONIES. THE ARIZONA STATE GAME
AND FISH COMMISSION SHALL ADMINISTER THE FUND.
THE FUND IS NOT SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION, AND EXPENDITURES FROM THE FUND
ARE NOT SUBJECT TO OUTSIDE APPROVAL NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF SECTIONS
17-241 OR 17-261 OR ANY OTHER STATUTORY PROVISIONS TO THE CONTRARY.
B. MONIES
RECEIVED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-601.02 SHALL BE DEPOSITED DIRECTLY WITH THE
ARIZONA WILDLIFE CONSERVATION FUND. ON
NOTICE FROM THE ARIZONA STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSION, THE STATE TREASURER
SHALL INVEST AND DIVEST MONIES IN THE FUND AS PROVIDED BY SECTION 35-313, AND
MONIES EARNED FROM INVESTMENT SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE FUND. NO MONIES IN THE ARIZONA WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
FUND SHALL REVERT TO OR BE DEPOSITED IN ANY OTHER FUND, INCLUDING THE STATE
GENERAL FUND. MONIES IN THE ARIZONA
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION FUND ARE EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 35-190
RELATING TO THE LAPSING OF APPROPRIATIONS.
MONIES PROVIDED FROM THE ARIZONA WILDLIFE CONSERVATION FUND SHALL
SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT, EXISTING MONIES.
C. ALL
MONIES IN THE ARIZONA WILDLIFE CONSERVATION FUND SHALL BE SPENT BY THE ARIZONA
STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSION TO CONSERVE, ENHANCE, AND RESTORE ARIZONA’S
DIVERSE WILDLIFE RESOURCES AND HABITATS FOR PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS, AND
WHICH MAY INCLUDE THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY. THE COMMISSION MAY GRANT MONIES TO ANY AGENCY OF THE STATE OR ANY
POLITICAL SUBDIVISION, INDIAN TRIBE, OR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION EXEMPT FROM
FEDERAL INCOME TAXATION UNDER SECTION 501(C) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE FOR
THE PURPOSE OF CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE OR WILDLIFE HABITAT OR ACQUISITION OF
REAL PROPERTY OR INTEREST IN REAL PROPERTY THAT IS WILDLIFE HABITAT. A GRANT OF MONEY UNDER THIS SUBSECTION TO A
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION IS CONDITIONED ON THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDING REASONABLE
PUBLIC ACCESS TO ANY LAND THAT IS WHOLLY OR PARTLY PURCHASED WITH THAT MONEY.
Sec. 8. Title 36, Chapter 29, Article 1, Arizona
Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section 36-2903.07 as follows:
36-2903.07. TRAUMA
AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FUND
A. THE
TRAUMA AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FUND IS ESTABLISHED CONSISTING OF MONIES
DEPOSITED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-601.02(H)(3)(B)(II) AND INTEREST EARNED ON
THOSE MONIES. THE ARIZONA HEALTH CARE
COST CONTAINMENT SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION SHALL ADMINISTER THE FUND. THE FUND IS NOT SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION,
AND EXPENDITURES FROM THE FUND ARE NOT SUBJECT TO OUTSIDE APPROVAL
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY STATUTORY PROVISION TO THE CONTRARY.
B. MONIES
RECEIVED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-601.02 SHALL BE DEPOSITED DIRECTLY WITH THE
TRAUMA AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FUND. ON
NOTICE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL INVEST AND DIVEST
MONIES IN THE FUND AS PROVIDED BY SECTION 35-313, AND MONIES EARNED FROM
INVESTMENT SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE FUND.
NO MONIES IN THE TRAUMA AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FUND SHALL REVERT TO OR
BE DEPOSITED IN ANY OTHER FUND, INCLUDING THE STATE GENERAL FUND. MONIES IN THE TRAUMA AND EMERGENCY SERVICES
FUND ARE EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 35-190 RELATING TO THE LAPSING
OF APPROPRIATIONS. MONIES PROVIDED FROM
THE TRAUMA AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FUND SHALL SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT, EXISTING
MONIES.
C. MONIES IN
THE FUND SHALL ONLY BE USED TO REIMBURSE HOSPITALS IN ARIZONA FOR UNRECOVERED
TRAUMA CENTER READINESS COSTS AND UNRECOVERED EMERGENCY SERVICES COSTS AS
PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SECTION.
D. FOR
PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
1. “TRAUMA CENTER READINESS COSTS” MEANS CLINICAL,
PROFESSIONAL AND OPERATIONAL COSTS THAT ARE INCURRED BY A LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTER
AND THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR THE PROVISION OF LEVEL I TRAUMA CARE ON A
TWENTY-FOUR HOUR, SEVEN DAYS PER WEEK BASIS.
TRAUMA CENTER READINESS COSTS INCLUDE ONLY THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE AND
OVERHEAD COSTS THAT ARE DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING LEVEL I TRAUMA CARE.
2.
“EMERGENCY SERVICES COSTS” MEANS CLINICAL, PROFESSIONAL AND OPERATIONAL
COSTS THAT ARE NECESSARILY INCURRED BY A HOSPITAL IN PROVIDING EMERGENCY
SERVICES.
3.
“UNRECOVERED” MEANS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE COSTS INCURRED BY A
HOSPITAL IN PROVIDING THE SERVICE AND THE AMOUNT THAT THE HOSPITAL HAS BEEN
PAID FOR PROVIDING THE SERVICE.
E. WITHIN
SIX MONTHS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL
PROMULGATE RULES PURSUANT TO ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES TITLE 42, CHAPTER 6,
EXCEPT THAT THE RULES SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ARTICLE 5 OF THAT CHAPTER. THE RULES SHALL SET FORTH:
1. A
METHODOLOGY TO DETERMINE ARIZONA HOSPITALS’ UNRECOVERED TRAUMA CENTER READINESS
COSTS AND UNRECOVERED EMERGENCY SERVICES COSTS;
2. A
PROCEDURE TO DISTRIBUTE ALL MONIES FROM THE TRAUMA AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FUND
TO ARIZONA HOSPITALS IN PROPORTION TO THOSE HOSPITALS’ UNRECOVERED TRAUMA
CENTER READINESS COSTS AND UNRECOVERED EMERGENCY SERVICES COSTS.
F. THE ADMINISTRATION
SHALL DISTRIBUTE ALL MONIES FROM THE TRAUMA AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FUND TO
ARIZONA HOSPITALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO THIS
SECTION.
Sec. 9. Title 41, Chapter 10, Article 1, Arizona
Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section 41-1505.12 as follows:
41-1505.12. COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
COMMISSION LOCAL COMMUNITIES FUND
A. THE COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION LOCAL COMMUNITIES FUND
IS ESTABLISHED CONSISTING OF MONIES DEPOSITED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 5‑601.02(H)(4)(B)
AND 5-601.02(I)(6)(B)(VII), AND INTEREST EARNED ON THOSE MONIES. THE DIRECTOR SHALL ADMINISTER THE FUND. THE FUND IS NOT SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION,
AND EXPENDITURES FROM THE FUND ARE NOT SUBJECT TO OUTSIDE APPROVAL
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY STATUTORY PROVISION TO THE CONTRARY.
B. MONIES
RECEIVED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 5‑601.02(H)(4)(B) AND
5-601.02(I)(6)(B)(VII) SHALL BE DEPOSITED DIRECTLY WITH THE COMMERCE AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION LOCAL COMMUNITIES FUND. ON NOTICE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE,
THE STATE TREASURER MAY INVEST AND DIVEST MONIES IN THE FUND AS PROVIDED BY
SECTION 35-313, AND MONIES EARNED FROM INVESTMENT SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE
FUND. NO MONIES IN THE COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION LOCAL COMMUNITIES FUND SHALL REVERT TO OR BE DEPOSITED
IN ANY OTHER FUND, INCLUDING THE STATE GENERAL FUND. MONIES IN THE COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION LOCAL
COMMUNITIES FUND ARE EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 35-190 RELATING TO
THE LAPSING OF APPROPRIATIONS. MONIES
PROVIDED FROM THE COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION LOCAL
COMMUNITIES FUND SHALL SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT, EXISTING MONIES.
C. ALL MONIES IN THE FUND SHALL BE USED
BY THE COMMISSION TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO CITIES, TOWNS AND COUNTIES AS DEFINED IN
TITLE 11, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICES THAT BENEFIT THE
GENERAL PUBLIC, INCLUDING PUBLIC SAFETY, MITIGATION OF IMPACTS OF GAMING, OR
PROMOTION OF COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. ALL GRANT APPLICATIONS MUST HAVE A WRITTEN ENDORSEMENT OF A
NEARBY INDIAN TRIBE TO RECEIVE AN AWARD OF FUNDS FROM THE COMMISSION.
Sec. 10. Section 41-2306, Arizona Revised Statutes,
as amended by Laws 2000, chapter 375, section 3, is amended to read:
41-2306. Tourism fund
A. The tourism fund is established
consisting of separate accounts derived from:
1. Revenues deposited pursuant to section
42‑5029, subsection D, paragraph 4, subdivision (f). The
legislature shall appropriate all monies in this account to the office of
tourism for the purposes of operations and statewide tourism promotion.
2. Revenues deposited pursuant to section
5‑835, subsection B or C. The legislature shall appropriate all monies in
this account to the office of tourism which, in consultation with a consortium
of destination marketing organizations in the county in which the tourism and
sports authority is established, shall be spent only to promote tourism within
that county and shall not be spent for administrative or overhead expenses.
3. Revenues deposited pursuant to section
42‑6108.01. The legislature shall appropriate all monies in this account
to the office of tourism which, in conjunction with the destination marketing
organization in the county in which the tax revenues are collected, shall be
spent only to promote tourism within that county and shall not be spent for
administrative or overhead expenses.
4. REVENUES
DEPOSITED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-601.02(H)(3)(B)(IV). THE OFFICE OF TOURISM SHALL ADMINISTER THE ACCOUNT. THE ACCOUNT IS NOT SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION,
AND EXPENDITURES FROM THE FUND ARE NOT SUBJECT TO OUTSIDE APPROVAL
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY STATUTORY PROVISION TO THE CONTRARY. MONIES RECEIVED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-601.02
SHALL BE DEPOSITED DIRECTLY WITH THIS ACCOUNT.
ON NOTICE FROM THE OFFICE OF TOURISM, THE STATE TREASURER MAY INVEST AND
DIVEST MONIES IN THE ACCOUNT AS PROVIDED BY SECTION 35-313, AND MONIES EARNED
FROM INVESTMENT SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE ACCOUNT. NO MONIES IN THE ACCOUNT SHALL REVERT TO OR BE DEPOSITED IN ANY
OTHER FUND, INCLUDING THE STATE GENERAL FUND.
MONIES IN THIS ACCOUNT SHALL SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT, CURRENT FUNDS IN
OTHER ACCOUNTS OF THE TOURISM FUND.
MONIES IN THIS ACCOUNT SHALL BE SPENT ONLY TO PROMOTE TOURISM WITHIN THE
STATE AND SHALL NOT BE USED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OR OVERHEAD EXPENSES.
B. Monies in the fund are exempt from
section 35‑190 relating to lapsing of appropriations.
Sec. 11. Repeal
Section 41-2306, Arizona Revised Statutes, as
amended by Laws 2000, chapter 372, section 3, is repealed.
41-2306. Tourism fund
A. The tourism fund is established consisting
of separate accounts derived from:
1. Revenues deposited pursuant to section
42-5029, subsection D, paragraph 4, subdivision (f). The legislature shall
appropriate all monies in this account to the office of tourism for the
purposes of operations and statewide tourism promotion.
2. Revenues deposited pursuant to section
5-835, subsection B or C. The legislature shall appropriate all monies in this account
to the office of tourism which, in consultation with a consortium of
destination marketing organizations in the county in which the tourism and
sports authority is established, shall be spent only to promote tourism within
that county and shall not be spent for administrative or overhead expenses.
3. Revenues deposited pursuant to section
42-6108.01. The legislature shall appropriate all monies in this account to the
office of tourism which, in conjunction with the destination marketing
organization in the county in which the tax revenues are collected, shall be
spent only to promote tourism within that county and shall not be spent for
administrative or overhead expenses.
B. Monies in the fund are exempt from section
35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations.
Sec. 12. Ratification
The people of the state hereby ratify the new
standard form of tribal-state gaming compact.
Sec. 13. Conflicting Initiative
This initiative measure constitutes a comprehensive
regulatory scheme for the conduct of tribal gaming in this state. Among other things, this measure retains the
right of tribes to conduct gaming in the state with substantial exclusivity, as
expressly provided in this measure.
This measure fundamentally conflicts in its entirety with any initiative,
referendum, or other measure to be considered by the people of the State of
Arizona at the November 5, 2002 election concerning tribal gaming or other
gaming by any non-governmental entity.
If this measure receives more votes than any other initiative,
referendum, or other measure concerning tribal gaming or other gaming by any
non-governmental entity, including without limitation initiatives numbered
I-09-2002 and I-13-2002, the people intend that this measure prevail and take
effect in its entirety and that no provision of any other such measure
concerning tribal gaming or other gaming by any non-governmental entity take
effect.
Sec. 14. Severability
If any provision of this initiative measure is
declared invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions of this
initiative measure which can be given effect without the invalid
provision. To this end, the provisions
of this initiative measure are declared to be severable.