BILL NUMBER: SB 106	CHAPTERED  07/10/07

	CHAPTER  37
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 10, 2007
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 10, 2007
	PASSED THE SENATE  APRIL 19, 2007
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 28, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 9, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wiggins
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Perata)
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Berg)

                        JANUARY 17, 2007

   An act to add Section 12012.52 to the Government Code, relating to
gaming.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 106, Wiggins. Tribal gaming: compact ratification.
   The federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act 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 expressly ratifies a number of tribal-state
gaming compacts, and amendments of tribal-state gaming compacts,
between the State of California and specified Indian tribes.
   This bill would ratify the tribal-state gaming compact entered
into on August 29, 2006, between the State of California and the
Yurok Tribe of the Yurok Reservation. The bill would require that
related revenue contributions be deposited into the General Fund and
would also specify that, in deference to tribal sovereignty, certain
actions may not be deemed projects for purposes of the California
Environmental Quality Act.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 12012.52 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   12012.52.  (a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in
accordance with the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (18 U.S.C.
Sec. 1166 to 1168, incl., and 25 U.S.C. Sec. 2701 et seq.) between
the State of California and the Yurok Tribe of the Yurok Reservation,
executed on August 29, 2006, is hereby ratified.
   (b) (1) In deference to tribal sovereignty, none of the following
shall be deemed a project for purposes of the California
Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section
21000) of the Public Resources Code):
   (A) The execution of an amendment of the tribal-state gaming
compact ratified by this section.
   (B) The execution of the tribal-state gaming compact ratified by
this section.
   (C) The execution of an intergovernmental agreement between a
tribe and a county or city government negotiated pursuant to the
express authority of, or as expressly referenced in, the tribal-state
gaming compact ratified by this section.
   (D) The execution of an intergovernmental agreement between a
tribe and the California Department of Transportation negotiated
pursuant to the express authority of, or as expressly referenced in,
the tribal-state gaming compact ratified by this section.
   (E) The on-reservation impacts of compliance with the terms of the
tribal-state gaming compact ratified by this section.
   (F) The sale of compact assets, as defined in subdivision (a) of
Section 63048.6, or the creation of the special purpose trust
established pursuant to Section 63048.65.
   (2) Except as expressly provided herein, nothing in this
subdivision shall be construed to exempt a city, county, or city and
county, or the California Department of Transportation, from the
requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act.
   (c) Revenue contributions made to the state by the tribe pursuant
to the tribal-state gaming compact ratified by this section shall be
deposited in the General Fund.