Federal Register: October 8, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 194)
DOCID: fr08oc09-73 FR Doc E9-24300
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Indian Affairs Bureau
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr08oc09-73
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of amendment to Approved Tribal-State Compact
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Indian Gaming
DATES: Effective Date: October 8, 2009.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
This notice publishes the Approval of the Eighth Amendment to the Tribal/State Compact for Class III Gaming between the Tulalip Tribe of Washington and the State of Washington.
SUMMARY:
Indian Gaming
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Pursuant to section 11 of the Indian Gaming
Regulatory Act of 1988 (IGRA), Public Law 100497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, the
Secretary of the Interior shall publish in the Federal Register notice
of the approved TribalState Compact Amendment for the purpose of
engaging in Class III gaming activities on Indian lands. The Amendment clarifies and generally simplifies what kind of
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entities must be licensed by the State of Washington. The Amendment
also significantly modifies the dispute resolution processes to a more
collaborative model providing a prompt ``meet and confer'' requirement,
then mediation, and finally, as a last resort, either arbitration or
litigation. The Tribe's limited waiver of sovereign immunity is
clarified and narrowed to include only disputes arising under the
compact. The State similarly waives its sovereign immunity, including a
specific waiver of the State's Eleventh Amendment immunity from suit
for the purposes of enforcing the compact. Finally, the proposed
amendment changes the annual licensing requirements from annually to every three years.
Dated: September 30, 2009.
Larry Echo Hawk,
Assistant SecretaryIndian Affairs.
[FR Doc. E924300 Filed 10709; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Paula L. Hart, Acting Director, Office of Indian Gaming, Office of the Deputy Assistant SecretaryPolicy and Economic Development, Washington, DC 20240, (202) 2194066.