CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 957Introduced by Assembly Member SalasFebruary 17, 2021 An act relating to tribal gaming. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 957, as introduced, Salas. Tribal gaming: compact ratification.The existing federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 provides for the negotiation and execution of tribal-state gaming compacts for the purpose of authorizing certain types of gaming on Indian lands within a state. The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to negotiate and conclude tribal-state gaming compacts, subject to ratification by the Legislature. Existing law expressly ratifies a number of tribal-state gaming compacts, and amendments of tribal-state gaming compacts, between the State of California and specified Indian tribes.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature, upon the Governors signing of a tribal-state gaming compact between the State of California and the Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi-Yokut Tribe, to ratify that compact. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature, upon the Governors signing of a tribal-state gaming compact between the State of California and the Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi-Yokut Tribe, to ratify that compact. CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 957Introduced by Assembly Member SalasFebruary 17, 2021 An act relating to tribal gaming. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 957, as introduced, Salas. Tribal gaming: compact ratification.The existing federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 provides for the negotiation and execution of tribal-state gaming compacts for the purpose of authorizing certain types of gaming on Indian lands within a state. The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to negotiate and conclude tribal-state gaming compacts, subject to ratification by the Legislature. Existing law expressly ratifies a number of tribal-state gaming compacts, and amendments of tribal-state gaming compacts, between the State of California and specified Indian tribes.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature, upon the Governors signing of a tribal-state gaming compact between the State of California and the Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi-Yokut Tribe, to ratify that compact. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 957 Introduced by Assembly Member SalasFebruary 17, 2021 Introduced by Assembly Member Salas February 17, 2021 An act relating to tribal gaming. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 957, as introduced, Salas. Tribal gaming: compact ratification. The existing federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 provides for the negotiation and execution of tribal-state gaming compacts for the purpose of authorizing certain types of gaming on Indian lands within a state. The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to negotiate and conclude tribal-state gaming compacts, subject to ratification by the Legislature. Existing law expressly ratifies a number of tribal-state gaming compacts, and amendments of tribal-state gaming compacts, between the State of California and specified Indian tribes.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature, upon the Governors signing of a tribal-state gaming compact between the State of California and the Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi-Yokut Tribe, to ratify that compact. The existing federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 provides for the negotiation and execution of tribal-state gaming compacts for the purpose of authorizing certain types of gaming on Indian lands within a state. The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to negotiate and conclude tribal-state gaming compacts, subject to ratification by the Legislature. Existing law expressly ratifies a number of tribal-state gaming compacts, and amendments of tribal-state gaming compacts, between the State of California and specified Indian tribes. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature, upon the Governors signing of a tribal-state gaming compact between the State of California and the Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi-Yokut Tribe, to ratify that compact. ## Digest Key ## Bill Text The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature, upon the Governors signing of a tribal-state gaming compact between the State of California and the Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi-Yokut Tribe, to ratify that compact. The people of the State of California do enact as follows: ## The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature, upon the Governors signing of a tribal-state gaming compact between the State of California and the Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi-Yokut Tribe, to ratify that compact. SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature, upon the Governors signing of a tribal-state gaming compact between the State of California and the Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi-Yokut Tribe, to ratify that compact. SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature, upon the Governors signing of a tribal-state gaming compact between the State of California and the Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi-Yokut Tribe, to ratify that compact. ### SECTION 1.