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As Introduced

122nd General Assembly
Regular Session
1997-1998

H. B. No. 98

REPRESENTATIVES MOTTLEY-WACHTMANN-BATEMAN-HAINES-OPFER

A BILL

To enact section 107.25 of the Revised Code to require legislative validation of a compact between the Governor and an Indian tribe authorizing gaming, or of a grant by the Governor of authority for an Indian tribe to place land in trust to be used for gaming, and to require that such a compact contain an expiration date.

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

Section 1. That section 107.25 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

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

(1) "TRIBAL-STATE COMPACT" MEANS A TRIBAL-STATE COMPACT DESCRIBED IN THE "INDIAN GAMING REGULATORY ACT," 102 STAT. 2472 (1988), 25 U.S.C. 2710(d).

(2) "CLASS I GAMING," "CLASS II GAMING," "CLASS III GAMING," AND "INDIAN TRIBE" HAVE THE SAME MEANINGS AS IN THE "INDIAN GAMING REGULATORY ACT," 102 STAT. 2472 (1988), 25 U.S.C. 2703.

(B) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BY PASSAGE OF AN ACT SHALL APPROVE THE FOLLOWING BEFORE THEY TAKE EFFECT:

(1) EACH TRIBAL-STATE COMPACT THE GOVERNOR ENTERS INTO WITH AN INDIAN TRIBE;

(2) EACH AUTHORIZATION THE GOVERNOR GRANTS FOR AN INDIAN TRIBE TO PLACE LAND INTO TRUST TO BE USED FOR CLASS I, CLASS II, OR CLASS III GAMING.