As Introduced                            1            

122nd General Assembly                                             4            

   Regular Session                                 H. B. No. 98    5            

      1997-1998                                                    6            


     REPRESENTATIVES MOTTLEY-WACHTMANN-BATEMAN-HAINES-OPFER        8            


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                           A   B I L L                                          

             To enact section 107.25 of the Revised Code to        12           

                require legislative validation of a compact        13           

                between the Governor and an  Indian tribe          14           

                authorizing gaming, or of a grant by the Governor  15           

                of authority for an Indian tribe to place land in  16           

                trust to be used for gaming, and to require that   17           

                such a compact contain an expiration  date.        18           




BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:        20           

      Section 1.  That section 107.25 of the Revised Code be       22           

enacted to read as follows:                                        23           

      Sec. 107.25.  (A)  AS USED IN THIS SECTION:                  25           

      (1)  "TRIBAL-STATE COMPACT" MEANS A TRIBAL-STATE COMPACT     27           

DESCRIBED IN THE "INDIAN GAMING REGULATORY ACT," 102 STAT. 2472    29           

(1988), 25 U.S.C. 2710(d).                                                      

      (2)  "CLASS I GAMING," "CLASS II GAMING," "CLASS III         32           

GAMING," AND "INDIAN TRIBE" HAVE THE SAME MEANINGS AS IN THE       33           

"INDIAN GAMING REGULATORY ACT," 102 STAT. 2472 (1988), 25 U.S.C.   34           

2703.                                                                           

      (B)  THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BY PASSAGE OF AN ACT SHALL         36           

APPROVE THE FOLLOWING BEFORE THEY TAKE EFFECT:                     37           

      (1)  EACH TRIBAL-STATE COMPACT THE GOVERNOR ENTERS INTO      39           

WITH AN INDIAN TRIBE;                                              40           

      (2)  EACH AUTHORIZATION THE GOVERNOR GRANTS FOR AN INDIAN    42           

TRIBE TO PLACE LAND INTO TRUST TO BE USED FOR CLASS I, CLASS II,   44           

OR CLASS III GAMING.                                               45           

      (C)  EACH TRIBAL-STATE COMPACT APPROVED UNDER THIS SECTION   47           

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SHALL CONTAIN AN EXPIRATION DATE.                                  48