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                         SENATE BILL 5905

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

By Senators Prentice, Swecker and Winsley

Read first time 02/06/2001.  Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce & Financial Institutions.

Concerning the negotiation, enforcement, and resolution of disputes regarding tribal/state gaming compacts under the federal Indian gaming regulatory act of 1988.

    AN ACT Relating to the negotiation, enforcement, and resolution of disputes regarding tribal/state gaming compacts under the federal Indian gaming regulatory act of 1988; and adding a new section to chapter 9.46 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 9.46 RCW to read as follows:

    In any legal action brought by a federally recognized Indian tribe against the state of Washington seeking remedies set forth in the federal Indian gaming regulatory act of 1988, 25 U.S.C. Sec. 2701 et seq., or seeking the enforcement of the terms of a tribal/state compact adopted under the federal Indian gaming regulatory act of 1988, 25 U.S.C. Sec. 2701 et seq. for, the state hereby consents to the jurisdiction of the United States district court for the eastern or western district of Washington or the state court in which the action was commenced, conditioned upon a similar limited waiver of sovereign immunity by the Indian tribe bringing such action.  This limited waiver of sovereign immunity shall not extend to any actions other than those expressly set forth in this section.

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