CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5905

57th Legislature

2001 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate April 17, 2001

YEAS 28 NAYS 19

President of the Senate

Passed by the House April 9, 2001

YEAS 96 NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE

I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5905 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

Secretary

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

Approved

FILED

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5905

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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

Passed Legislature - 2001 Regular Session

State of Washington 57th Legislature 2001 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Financial Institutions (originally sponsored by Senators Prentice, Swecker and Winsley)

READ FIRST TIME 03/05/01.

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; adding a new section to chapter 9.46 RCW; and providing an expiration date.

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:

Until July 30, 2007, the state consents to the jurisdiction of the federal courts in actions brought by a tribe pursuant to the Indian gaming regulatory act of 1988 or seeking enforcement of a state/tribal compact adopted under the Indian gaming regulatory act, conditioned upon the tribe entering into such a compact and providing similar consent. This limited waiver of sovereign immunity shall not extend to actions other than those expressly set forth herein and properly filed on or before July 29, 2007.

This section expires July 30, 2007.