| Passed by the House March 7, 2007 Yeas 67 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 12, 2007 Yeas 40 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1706 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. RICHARD NAFZIGER ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved May 4, 2007, 4:24 p.m. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | May 7, 2007 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 60th Legislature | 2007 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/25/2007. Referred to Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs.
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