CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5905

                   Chapter 236, Laws of 2001

                        57th Legislature

                      2001 Regular Session

TRIBAL/STATE GAMING COMPACTS--JURISDICTION

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/22/01

Passed by the Senate April 17, 2001   YEAS 28   NAYS 19                BRAD OWEN 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.

FRANK CHOPP Speaker of the       House of Representatives	TONY M. COOK                             Secretary
CLYDE BALLARD Speaker of the       House of Representatives

Approved May 9, 2001 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED                         May 9, 2001 - 2:31 p.m.

GARY F. LOCKE 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.

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; 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.

    Passed the Senate April 17, 2001.

    Passed the House April 9, 2001.

Approved by the Governor May 9, 2001.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 9, 2001.