California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 475

Introduced by Assembly Member Bigelow

February 23, 2015

An act relating to gaming.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 475, as introduced, Bigelow. Tribal gaming.

Existing federal law, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, provides for the negotiation and execution of tribal-state gaming compacts for the purpose of authorizing certain types of gaming on Indian lands within a state. The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to negotiate and conclude compacts, subject to ratification by the Legislature. Existing law ratifies a number of tribal-state gaming compacts between the State of California and specified Indian tribes.

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation related to tribal gaming in California.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation related to tribal gaming in California.