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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 21

LEGISLATURE

- STATE OF NEW MEXICO -

FIRST SESSION

, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

Richard C. Martinez

A JOINT RESOLUTION

APPROVING THE NEGOTIATED AMENDMENTS TO EXISTING TRIBAL-STATE

CLASS III GAMING COMPACTS TO BE ENTERED INTO BY THE GOVERNOR OF

THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO AND THE PUEBLOS OF ISLETA, LAGUNA,

SANDIA, SAN FELIPE, SANTA ANA, SANTA CLARA, TAOS AND TESUQUE

AND WITH OHKAY OWINGEH AND THE JICARILLA APACHE NATION.

WHEREAS, the Compact Negotiation Act authorizes the

governor to negotiate the terms of compacts between the state

and Indian nations, tribes and pueblos located in New Mexico,

referred to as "tribes" herein, for the conduct of class III

gaming pursuant to the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act;

and

WHEREAS, in 2001, a negotiated compact for class III

gaming was approved by the legislature and by the United States

department of the interior, and was entered into by the

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governor on behalf of the state with each of the gaming tribes

in New Mexico; and

WHEREAS, the Compact Negotiation Act provides for

legislative involvement in the negotiation process through the

deliberations of the legislative committee on compacts and by

requiring the approval of amendments to a compact by a majority

vote of both houses of the legislature on a joint resolution

approving the amendments before the amendments may be executed

by the governor; and

WHEREAS, Governor Bill Richardson on January 26, 2007

submitted to the legislative committee on compacts proposed

amendments to the compact adopted in 2001, including an

appendix to the 2001 compacts that clarified certain issues,

that were negotiated on behalf of the state with eleven tribes

who requested negotiations pursuant to the Compact Negotiation

Act; and

WHEREAS, the legislative committee on compacts reviewed

the proposed amendments to the compacts from ten tribes and

requested the governor to resume negotiations with the tribes

to consider one amendment; and

WHEREAS, the amendment was rejected; however, additional

amendments were negotiated by the tribes and the governor, and

all amendments were approved by the legislative committee on

compacts on March 7, 2007; and

WHEREAS, the Compact Negotiation Act allows the

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legislature to approve more than one tribe's compact or

amendments in a single resolution if the terms of the compacts

or amendments are identical, except for the names of the tribes

and the persons executing the proposed amendments to the

compacts; and

WHEREAS, the Compact Negotiation Act allows the governor

to execute additional amendments identical to those approved

pursuant to that act without submitting the identical

amendments for legislative approval; and

WHEREAS, the legislative committee on compacts has

reviewed and considered the proposed amendments negotiated and

agreed upon by the governor and the Pueblos of Isleta, Laguna,

Sandia, San Felipe, Santa Ana, Santa Clara, Taos and Tesuque,

Ohkay Owingeh and the Jicarilla Apache Nation and, based upon

those deliberations and pursuant to the Compact Negotiation

Act, hereby submits those proposed amendments to the class III

gaming compact approved by the legislature in 2001 with its

recommendation that the amendments be approved by the full

legislature;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE

STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the proposed amendments to the 2001

class III tribal-state gaming compacts, attached hereto,

submitted to the legislative committee on compacts on January

26, 2007, as further amended and submitted on March 5, 2007,

negotiated and agreed to by the state and the Pueblos of

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Isleta, Laguna, Sandia, San Felipe, Santa Ana, Santa Clara,

Taos and Tesuque, Ohkay Owingeh and the Jicarilla Apache

Nation, be hereby approved.

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