Federal Register: October 9, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 195)
DOCID: fr09oc09-8 FR Doc E9-24434
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Indian Gaming Commission
CFR Citation: 25 CFR Parts 542 and 543
RIN ID: RIN 3141-AA-37
NOTICE: RULES
DOCID: fr09oc09-8
DOCUMENT ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective date.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Minimum Internal Control Standards for Class II Gaming
DATES: Effective Date: The effective date for the amendments to Sec. Sec. 542.7 and 542.16 for the final rule published October 10, 2008, at 73 FR 60492, is delayed from October 13, 2009, until October 13, 2010. The effective date for the amendment to Sec. 543.3(c)(3) is October 9, 2009.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The National Indian Gaming Commission (``NIGC'') announces the extension of the effective date on the final rule for Minimum Internal Control Standards for Class II Gaming. The final rule was published in the Federal Register on October 10, 2008. The Commission has changed the effective date for the amendments to Sec. Sec. 542.7 and 542.16 as well as the date for operations to implement tribal internal controls found in 543.3(c)(3) to October 13, 2010, in order to extend the transition time.
SUMMARY:
Minimum Internal Control Standards for Class II Gaming
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Congress established the National Indian
Gaming Commission under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (25
U.S.C. 270121) (``IGRA'') to regulate gaming on Indian lands. The NIGC
issued a final rule that superseded specified sections of established
Minimum Internal Control Standards and replaced them with a new part
titled Minimum Internal Control Standards Class II Gaming, that was
published in the Federal Register on October 10, 2008 (73 FR 60492).
The final rule provided an effective date for amendments to Sec. Sec.
542.7 and 542.16 of October 13, 2009. The NIGC is extending the
effective date for these amendments to October 13, 2010. The rule at
Sec. 543.3(c)(3) also set a deadline of within six months of the date
the tribal gaming regulatory authorities' enactment of tribal internal
controls for tribal operators to come into compliance with tribal
internal controls. This deadline has likewise been extended to October 13, 2010.
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List of Subjects in 25 CFR Part 543
Administrative practice and procedure, Gambling, Indianslands, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
For the reasons set forth in the preamble, under the authority at 25
U.S.C. 2701, 2702, 2706, et seq., the effective date for the amendments
to Sec. Sec. 542.7 and 542.16 for the final rule published October 10,
2008, at 73 FR 60492, is delayed from October 13, 2009, until October
13, 2010 and 25 CFR Part 543.3 is amended as set forth below:
PART 543MINIMUM INTERNAL CONTROL STANDARDS FOR CLASS II GAMING
1. The authority citation for Part 543 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.
2. Section 543.3 is amended by revising paragraph (c)(3) to read as follows:
Sec. 543.3 How do tribal governments comply with this part? * * * * *
(c) * * *
(3) Establish a deadline, no later than October 13, 2010, by which
a gaming operation must come into compliance with the tribal internal
control standards. However, the tribal gaming regulatory authority may
extend the deadline by six months if written notice citing
justification is provided to the Commission no later than two weeks before the deadline.
* * * * *
Dated: October 5, 2009.
George T. Skibine,
Acting Chairman.
Norman H. DesRosiers,
Vice Chairman.
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John R. Hay, Attorney, Office of General Counsel, at (202) 6327003; fax (202) 6327066 (not tollfree numbers).