AMENDED IN SENIOR SENATE OCTOBER 17,2006

SENIOR ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL NO. 9

INTRODUCED BY SENIOR ASSEMBLY MEMBERS GLASMEIER AND WOODS

 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AP 9: TRIBAL GAMING.

EXISTING FEDERAL LAW, THE INDIAN GAMING REGULATORY ACT PROVIDES FOR THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF TRIBAL-STATE GAMING COMPACTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF AUTHORIZING CERTAIN GAMING ACTIVITIES ON INDIAN LANDS WITHIN A STATE. EXISTING LAW RATIFIES 5 TRIBAL-STATE GAMING COMPACTS ENTERED INTO ON JUNE 21,2004, BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE PALA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS, THE PAUMA BAND OF LUISENO MISSION INDIANS OF THE PAUMA AND YUIMA RESERVATION, THE RUMSEY BAND OF WINTUN INDIANS, THE UNITED AUBURN INDIAN COMMUNITY, AND THE VIEJAS BAND OF KUMEYAAY INDIANS. THOSE COMPACTS REQUIRE EACH TRIBE TO MAKE SPECIFIED REVENUE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE.

THIS MEASURE WOULD MEMORIALIZE THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR TO ENACT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD SET ASIDE 20% FROM PAYMENTS TO THE STATE FROM ANY MONEY DESIGNATED FOR THE GENERAL FUND FROM EXISTING OR FUTURE TRIBAL COMPACTS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING THE OPERATIONAL COSTS, CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, AND DEVELOPMENT OF SENIOR CITIZEN CENTERS AND OTHER PROJECTS BENEFITING SENIOR CITIZENS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA.

VOTE: MAJORITY.

 

AP 9: RELATING TO GAMING

WHEREAS, GAMING REVENUE IN CALIFORNIA GREW IN 2002, INCREASING 17.2 PERCENT FROM $2.92 BILLION, IN 2001 TO $3.43 BILLION IN 2002, AND SINCE THE PASSAGE OF PROPOSITION 1A, INDIAN GAMING HAS GENERATED REVENUES OF $5.1 BILLION PER YEAR EN CALIFORNIA; AND

WHEREAS, A LARGE NUMBER OF CASINO PATRONS ARE SENIOR CITIZENS AND INDIAN GAMING SHOULD SUPPORT ONE OF ITS PRIMARY CUSTOMER GROUPS; AND

WHEREAS, AS THE SENIOR POPULATION WILL CONTINUE TO GROW, THE INDIAN GAMING SECTOR WILL REALIZE GREATER PROFITS FROM THIS SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION AND SHOULD SUPPORT THE ONGOING NEEDS OF SENIORS; AND

WHEREAS, ON JUNE 21, 2004, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ENTERED INTO COMPACTS WITH FIVE TRIBES; THOSE COMPACTS REQUIRE THE FIVE TRIBES TO MAKE AN INITIAL ONE BILLION DOLLAR PAYMENT TO THE STATE, WHICH IS ALLOCATED TO TRANSPORTATION, AND ANNUAL PAYMENTS TO RANGE BETWEEN $150,000,000 AND $275,000,000 THEREAFTER; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT

RESOLVED, BY THE SENIOR ASSEMBLY AND THE SENIOR SENATE, JOINTLY, THAT THE SENIOR LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AT ITS 2006 REGULAR SESSION, A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS VOTING THEREFOR, HEREBY PROPOSES THAT 20 PERCENT BE SET ASIDE FROM THOSE PAYMENTS TO THE STATE FROM ANY MONEY DESIGNATED FOR THE GENERAL FUND FROM EXISTING OR FUTURE TRIBAL COMPACTS TO FUND THE OPERATIONAL COSTS, CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, AND DEVELOPMENT OF SENIOR CITIZEN CENTERS AND OTHER PROJECTS BENEFITING SENIOR CITIZENS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA; AND BE IT FURTHER

RESOLVED, THAT THE SENIOR LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA RESPECTFULLY MEMORIALIZES THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO ENACT APPROPRIATE LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ADDRESS THE CONCERNS SET FORTH IN THIS MEASURE; AND BE IT FURTHER

RESOLVED, THAT A COPY OF THIS MEASURE BE TRANSMITTED TO THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE, AND THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

 

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