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          Date of Hearing:   May 5, 2010

                   ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION
                                   Joe Coto, Chair
           AB 2794 (Committee on Governmental Organization) - As Amended:   
                                   April 14, 2010
           
          SUBJECT  :   Tribal Gaming.

           SUMMARY  :   Establishes a stand-alone article chapter within the  
          Government Code between the State of California and specified  
          Indian tribes.  Specifically,  this bill  :  

          1)Would reorganize and make technical, non-substantive changes  
            to the Government Code related to tribal-state compacts  
            between the State of California and specified Indian tribes.

           EXISTING LAW  :

          1)Provides for, through federal law, the negotiation and  
            execution of tribal-state gaming compacts for the purpose of  
            authorizing certain types of gaming on Indian lands within the  
            state [Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, 18 U.S.C.  
            Sections 1166 to 1168, inclusive and 25 U.S.C. Section 2701,  
            et. seq.].

          2)Authorizes the Governor, through state law, to negotiate and  
            conclude gaming compacts, subject to ratification by the  
            Legislature, with specified Indian tribes.

          3)Establishes the Indian Gaming Revenue Sharing Trust Fund and  
            the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund in the State  
            Treasury for the receipt and deposit of moneys received by the  
            state from Indian tribes pursuant to the terms of the gaming  
            compacts entered into with the State of California and  
            authorizes moneys in those funds to be used for certain  
            purposes.

          4)Establishes the method for calculating the distribution of  
            appropriations from the Indian Gaming Special Distribution  
            Fund for grants to local government agencies impacted by  
            tribal gaming.

          5)Authorizes the backfill of the shortfall to the Indian Gaming  
            Revenue Sharing Trust Fund (RSTF) from the Indian Gaming  








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            Special Distribution Fund (SDF) to occur on a quarterly basis  
            rather than at the end of each fiscal year.  Appropriates $50  
            million dollars for that purpose.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   This bill is keyed non-fiscal.

           COMMENTS  :   This bill represents 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 Legislative Counsel  
          to establish a separate chapter within the Government Code for  
          the compacts.



           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          None on file

           Opposition 
           
          None on file
           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Rod Brewer / G. O. / (916) 319-2531