BILL REQ. #:  S-0319.1 

Read first time 01/09/2007.   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development.

     AN ACT Relating to removing expiration dates for state consent to federal court jurisdiction in actions under the Indian gaming regulatory act; and amending RCW 9.46.36001.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 9.46.36001 and 2001 c 236 s 1 are each amended 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)).