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          Bill No:  AB 3072
          Author:   Assembly Governmental Organization Committee
          Amended:  4/3/08 in Assembly
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE GOVERNMENTAL ORG. COMMITTEE  :  9-0, 6/24/08
          AYES:  Florez, Battin, Denham, Harman, Negrete McLeod,  
            Padilla, Vincent, Wiggins, Yee
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Wyland
           
          ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  76-0, 5/1/08 (Consent) - See last page for  
            vote


           SUBJECT  :    Tribal gaming compacts

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This bill establishes a stand-alone article  
          within the Government Code for tribal-state gaming  
          compacts.

           ANALYSIS  :    Existing federal law, the Indian Gaming  
          Regulatory Act of 1988, provides for the negotiation and  
          execution of compacts for the purpose of authorizing class  
          III gaming on Indian lands within a state. 

          Existing law, the California Constitution, authorizes the  
          Governor to negotiate and conclude compacts, subject to  
          ratification by the Legislature.

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          Existing law ratifies 67 compacts between the State of  
          California and specified Indian tribes.

           Comments  

          This bill is the annual Assembly Governmental Organization  
          Committee clean-up bill that makes clarifying, technical  
          and non-controversial changes to existing statute.

          This bill was developed in consultation with the Office of  
          Legislative Counsel to establish a separate article within  
          the Government Code for the compacts.

           Prior/Related Legislation

           AB 1275 (J. Horton), 2003-04 Session, would have  
          established a stand-alone chapter within the Government  
          Code for compacts.  The bill died on the Senate Third  
          Reading File.

          AB 2286 (J. Horton), 2001-02 Session, would have  
          established a stand-alone chapter within the Government  
          Code for compacts enacted and approved under Proposition  
          1A.  The bill died on the Senate Inactive File.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  No    
          Local:  No

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  : 
          AYES:  Adams, Aghazarian, Anderson, Arambula, Bass, Beall,  
            Benoit, Berg, Berryhill, Blakeslee, Brownley, Caballero,  
            Charles Calderon, Carter, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre,  
            De Leon, DeSaulnier, DeVore, Duvall, Dymally, Emmerson,  
            Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines,  
            Galgiani, Garcia, Garrick, Hancock, Hayashi, Hernandez,  
            Horton, Houston, Huff, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones,  
            Karnette, Keene, La Malfa, Laird, Leno, Lieber, Lieu, Ma,  
            Maze, Mendoza, Mullin, Nakanishi, Nava, Niello, Parra,  
            Plescia, Portantino, Price, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana,  
            Silva, Smyth, Solorio, Spitzer, Strickland, Swanson,  
            Torrico, Tran, Villines, Walters, Wolk, Nunez
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Krekorian, Levine, Sharon Runner, Soto









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