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H.C.R. No. 3, as introduced: 83rd Legislative Session (2003-2004) Posted on April 2, 2003

03-2741   
  1.1                    A house concurrent resolution
  1.2             relating to gambling; requesting renegotiation of 
  1.3             tribal-state gambling compacts. 
  1.4      
  1.5      WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes, section 3.9221 authorizes the 
  1.6   governor on behalf of the state to negotiate tribal-state 
  1.7   compacts with Indian tribes in Minnesota relating to the conduct 
  1.8   of class III gambling as authorized under the Indian Gaming 
  1.9   Regulatory Act; and 
  1.10     WHEREAS, the state of Minnesota has entered into such 
  1.11  compacts under that section; and 
  1.12     WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes, section 3.9221, subdivision 4, 
  1.13  authorizes the legislature by resolution to request that a 
  1.14  tribal-state compact to which the state is a party be 
  1.15  renegotiated; and 
  1.16     WHEREAS, the legislature has determined that a 
  1.17  renegotiation of the existing compacts would be in the best 
  1.18  interests of the people of Minnesota; NOW, THEREFORE, 
  1.19     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives, the Senate 
  1.20  concurring, that it requests each tribe that has signed a class 
  1.21  III gambling compact with the state of Minnesota to enter into 
  1.22  negotiations with the state of Minnesota for the renegotiation 
  1.23  of each such compact. 
  1.24     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the House of 
  2.1   Representatives shall transmit copies of this resolution to the 
  2.2   governing body of each Indian tribe within Minnesota that has 
  2.3   signed one or more class III gambling compacts with the state.