SAC AND FOX NATION

RFX~J~R I3tJSINESS (X1~1MITr~ MEETING

S11AWN1~E MUI,TI PURPOSE C1~1ITER

SHAWNEE, OKLAH(R4A

JULY 22, 1993

A PtJBLIC LAW ADOErING AND EI1ACPING A CLASS IT GAMING ORDINANCE OF 1993 ID SET

ThE TERMS FOR CLASS II GAMING OPERATIONS ON TRIBAL LANDS.

WHEREAS, the Business Cc~nnittee of the Sac and Fox Nation met in a regular

called meeting held the 22nd day of July, 1993, there being a

quorum present; and

WHEREAS, the Business Cc~mtittee is authorized to transact business and

otherwise act on behalf of the Nation pursuant to the Constitution

and laws of the Sac and Fox Nation; and

WHEREAS, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act requires that tribes engaged in

Class IT or Class Ill gaming adopt a tribal gaming ordinance and

prescribes certain procedures and methods to be utilized with

regard to gaming in Indian Country; and

WHEREAS, such action is in the best interest of the Sac and Fox Nation;

NCW, ThEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, E~AC1EI) AND ORDAINED ThAT the attached Class II

Gaming Ordinance of 1993 of the Sac and Fox Nation shall be included and added

to the Sac and Fox Code of Laws.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED ThAT the said Sac and Fox Class II Gaming Ordinance of

1993 shall become effective upon filing such Law with the Office of the

Secretary and the Office of the Court Clerk of the Sac and Fox Nation.

CERTI FICATION

Principal Chief and Mary F. McCormick, Secretary of the

do hereby certify Resolution SF-93-68 to be true and exact

Business C~iinittee in a regular called meeting held the

1993, at the Shawnee Multi-Purpose Center, Shawnee,

of: E]mer -

Yes; Merle -

Yes; Mary -

Yes; Truman -

SF-93-- 68

SAC AND Fox NATION

Route 2, Box 246 Stroud, Oklahoma 74079 (918) 968-3526 FAX (918) 968-3887

FILED

DATE~1 ~7/~ S RETARY /~&h4P~~

WE, Elmer Manatowa,

Sac and Fox Nation,

as approved by the

22nd day of ~July,

Okiaham, by a vote

and Ronnie -

Yes.

Mary

t~CoL~ck,

~

Secretary

-

(Elmer Manatowa, Principal Chief
SAC AND FOX NATION

CLASS II GAMING ORDINANCE OF 1993

I. PURPOSE

The Sac arid Fox Nation, empowered by the Nations Constitution and

Charter to enact ordinances, hereby enacts this Ordinance in order to set the

terms for Class II gaming operations on tribal lands.

II. GAMING T~&JTHORI ZED

Class II gaming as defined in the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, P.L.

100-447, 25 U.S.C. Section 2703(7) (A) (IGRA) and by the regulations promul

gated by the National Indian Gaming Conmission at 25 C.F.R. subsection 502.3

(as published in the Federal Register at 57 FR 12382-12393, April 8, 1992) is

hereby authorized.

III. ~NERSHIP OF GAMING

The Nation shall have the sole propriety interest in and responsibili

ty f or the conduct of any gaming operation authorized by this Ordinance,

unless the Nation elects to allow individually owned gaming.

IV. USE OF GAMING REV~4UE

A. Net revenues from Class II gaming shall be used only for the

following purposes: to fund tribal government operations and programs; pro

vide for the general welfare of the Nation and its members; pr~ote tribal

economic development; donate to charitable organizations; or help fund opera

tions of local government agencies.

B. IE the Nation elects to make per capita payment.s to tribal mem

bers, it shall authorize such payments only upon approval of a plan suhnitted

to the Secretary of the Interior under 25 U.S.C. subsection 2710 (b) (3).

V. AUDIT

A. The Nation shall cause to be conducted annually an independent

audit of gaming operations and shall suhnit the resulting audit reports to the

National Indian Gaming Comnission.

B. All gaming related contracts that result in the purchase of sup

plies, services, or concessions in excess of $25,000.00 annually, except

contracts for professional legal and accounting services, shall be specifical

ly included within the scope of the audit that is described in subsection A.

above.

VI. ~ LQ~ J~WiI~QNME7~T AND PUBLIC HF~LTH AND SAFETY

Class II gaming facilities shall be constructed, maintained and oper

ated in a manner that adequately protects the environment and the public

health and safety.
VII. LICE~4SES FOR KEY flIPLOYEES AND PRI}4P~RY MANAGEME2~T OFFICIALS

The Nation shall ensure that the policies and procedures set out in

this section are implemented with respect to key employees and primary

management officials employed at any Class II gaming enterprise operated on

Indian lands:

A. Definitions

For the purposes of this section, the following defini

tions apply:

1. Key fl~p1 oyee Means

(a) A person who performs one or more of the following

functions:

(1) Bingo caller;

(2) Counting room supervisor;

(3) Chief of security;

(4) Custodian of gaming supplies or cash;

(5) Floor manager;

(6) Pit boss;

(7) Dealer;

(8) Croupier;

(9) Approver of credit; or

(10) Custodian of gambling devices including per

sons with access to cash and accounting re

cords within such devices;

(b) If not otherwise included, any other person whose

total cash compensation is in excess of ~5O,0O0 per

year; or

(c) If not otherwise included, the four most highly

compensated persons in the gaming operation.

2. Prim3ryMa1g~ementOffici~~jreans:

(a) The person having management responsibility for a

management. contract;

(b) Any person who has authority:

(1) To hire and fire employees; or

(2) To set up working policy for the gaming opera

tion; or

(c) The Chief Financial Officer or other person who has

financial management responsibility.

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B. Application Forms

1. The following notice shall be placed on the application

form for a key employee or a primary management official before that form is

filled out by an applicant:

In compliance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the following informa

tion is provided by 25 U.s.c. 2701 et seq. The purpose of the

requested information is to determine the eligibility of individu

als to be employed in a gaming operation. The information will be

used by National Indian Gaming CoTrmission members and staff who

have need f or the information in the performance of their official

duties. The information may be disclosed to appropriate Federal,

Tribal, State, local, or foreign law enforcement and regulatory

agencies when relevant to civil, criminal or regulatory investiga

tions ~r prosecutions or when pursuant to a requirement by a tribe

or the National Indian Gaming Conmission in connection with the

hiring or firing of an employee, the issuance or revocation of a

gaming license, or investigations of activities while associated

with a tribe or gaming operation. Failure to consent to the

disclosures indicated in this notice will result in a tribes

being unable to hire you in a primary management official or key

employee position.

The disclosi.~re of your Social Security Ni~ber (SSN) is voluntary.

However, failure to supply a SSN may result in errors in process

ing your application.

2. Existing key employees and primary management officials shall

be notified in writing that they shall either:

a. Complete a new application form that contains a Privacy Act

notice; or

h. Sign a statement that contains the Privacy Act notice and

consent to the routine uses described, in that notice.

3. The following notice shall be placed on the application form

for a key employee or a primary official before that form is filled out by an

applicant:

1\ false statement on any part of your

application may he grounds for not hiring

you, or for firing you after you begin work.

Also, you may be punished by fine or impri

sonment.

(u.s. Code, Title 18, Section 1001)

4. The Nation shall notify in writing existing key employees arid

primary management officials that t.hey shall either:

a. Complete a new application form that contains a notice re

garding false statements; or

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b. Sign a statement that contains the notice regarding false

statements.

C. Bac~ro~Invest~g~ions

1. The Nation shall request from each primary management

official and horn each key employee all of the following information:

a. Full name, other names used (oral or written), social

security nurr~er(s), birth date, place of birth, citizen

ship, gender, all languages (spoken or written);

b. Currently and for the previous 5 years: business and

employment positions held, ownership interests in those

businesses, business and residence addresses, arid drivers

license nrutbers;

c. The names and current addresses of at least three personal

references, including one personal reference who was

acquainted with the applicant during each period of resi

dence listed under paragraph (1) (b) of this section;

d. Current business and residence telephone ni~nbers;

e. A description of any existing and previous business rela

tionships with Indian tribes, including ownership inter

ests in those businesses;

f. A description of any existing and previous business rela

tionships with the gaming industry generally, including

ownership interests in those businesses;

g. The name and address of any licensing or regulatory agency

wit.h which the person has filed an application for a

license or permit related to gaming, whether or not

such license or permit was granted;

h. For each felony for which there is an ongoing prosecution

or a conviction, the charge, the name and address of the

court involved, and the date and disposition if any;

i. For each misdemeanor conviction or ongoing misdemeanor

prosecution (excluding minor traffic violations), within

10 years of the date of the application, the name and

address of the court involved and the date and disposi

t ion;

j. For each criminal charge (excluding minor traffic

charges), whether or not there is a conviction, if such

criminal charge is within 10 years of the date of the

application and is not otherwise listed pursuant to

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paragraph (1) (h) or (1) (i) of this secti.on, the crimi

nal charge, the name and address of the court involved

and the daLe and disposition;

k. The name and address of any licensing or regulatory agency

wi.Lh which the person has filed an application for an

occupational license or permit, whether or not such li

cense or Permit was granted;

1. A current photograph;

m. Any other information the Nation deems relevant; and

n. Fingerprints consistent with procedures adopted by the

Nation according to 25 C.F.R. subsection 522.2(h).

2. The Nation shall conduct. an investigation sufficient to

make a determination under subsection D. below. In conducting a background

investigation, the Nation or its agent shall promise to keep confidential the

identity of each person interviewed in the course of the investigation.

D. Eligibility Determination

The Nation shall review a persons prior activities, criminal

record, if any, and reputation, habits and associations to make a finding

concerning the eligibility of a key employee or primary management official

for employment, in a gaming operation. If the Nation determines that employ

ment of the person poses a threat to the public interest or to the effective

regulation of gaming, or creates or enhances dangers of unsuitable, unfair, or

illegal practices and methods and activities in the conduct of gaming, a

tribal gaming operation shall not employ that person in a key employee or

primary management official position.

E. Procedures for Forwarding Applications and Reports for Key

~r4oyees and Primary_Man~g~ment Officials to the National

Indian Gaming Corrrnission

1. When a key employee or primary management official begins

work at a gaming operation authorized by this Ordinance, the Nation shall

forward to the National Indian Gaming ConTnission a completed application for

employment and conduct the background investigation and make the determination

referred to in subsection D. of this section.

2. The Nation shall forward the report referred to in sub

section F. of this section to the National Indian Gaming Coiimission within 60

days after an employee begins work or within 60 days of the approval of this

Ordinance by the Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Conmission.

3. The gaming operation shall not employ as a key ~loyee

or primary management official a person who does not have a license after 90

days.

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F. Report to the National Indian Gaining ComTiission

1. Pursuant to the procedures set out in subsection E. of

this section, the Nation shall prepare arid forward to the National Indian

Gaming Corrrnission an investigative report on each background investigation.

An investigative report shall include all of the following:

a. Steps taken in conducting a background investigation;

b. Results obtained;

c. Conclusions reached; and

d. The basis for those conclusions.

2. The Nation shall sul~nit, with the report, a copy of the

eligibility determination made under subsection D. of this section.

3. If a license is not issued to an applicant, the Nation:

a. Shall notify the NaLional Indian Gaming Conniission; and

b. May forward. copies of its eligibility determination and

investigative report (if any) to the National Indian

Gaming Corrmission for inclusion in the Indian Gaming

Individuals Records Syst~.

4. Wit.h respect to key employees and primary management

officials. the Nation shall retain applications for employment and report.s (if

any) of background investigations for inspection by the Chairman of the Na

tional Indian Gaining Corimission ~r his or her designee for no less than three

(3) years from the date of termination of employment.

G. Granting a Gaming License

1. If, within a thirty (30) day period after the National

Indian Gaming Cc~rmission receives a report, the National Indian Gaming Corrrnis

sion notifies the Nation that it has no objection to the issuance of a license

pursuant to a license application filed by a key employee or a primary manage

ment official for whom the Nation has provided an application and investiga

tive report to the National Indian Gaming C~rrnission, the Nation may issue a

license to such applicant.

2. The Nation shall respond to a request for additional

information from the Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Comrtission con

cerning a key emoloyee or a primary management official who is the subject of

a report. Such a request shall suspend the 30-day period under paragraph G.

1. of this ~~ction until the Chairman of the National Indian Gaming CoriTnission

receives the additional information.

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3. If, within the thirty (30) day period described above,

the National Indian Gaming Comnission provides the Nation with a statement

itemizing objections to the issuance of a license to a key employee or to a

primary management official for wh~ the Nation has provided an application

and investigative report to the National Indian Gaming Comnission, the Nation

shall reconsider the application, taking into account. the objections itemized

by the National Indian Gaming Corimission. The Nation shall make the final

decision whether to issue a license to such applicant.

H. License Suspension

1. If, after the issuance of a gaming license, the Nation

receives from the National Indian Gaming Corrrnission reliable information

indicating that a key employee or a primary management official is not eligi

ble for employment under subsection D. above, the Nation shall suspend such

license and shall notify in writing the licensee of the suspension and the

proposed revocation.

2. The Nation shall notify the licensee of a time and a

place f or a hearing on the proposed revocation of a license.

3. After a revocation hearing, the Nation shall decide to

revoke or to reinstate a gaming license. The Nation shall notify the National

Indian Gaming Comnission of its decision.

viii. LI~SE LO~7\TIONS

The Nation shall issue a separate license to each place, facility, or

location on Indian lands where Class II gaming is conducted under this Ordi

nance.

IX. REPFJ~L

To the extent that. they are inconsistent with this Ordinance, all

prior gaming ordinances are hereby repealed.

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ADDITIONAL &J~4ISSION RFXJJIRI3MENTS

In addition to an ordinance, i~nder 25 C.F.R. subsection 522 or subsection

523, a tribe must sutmit the following:

1. Description of procedures for conducting background investigations;

2. Description of pL-ocedures to issue tribal licenses to primary manage

ment officials and key employees;

3. Description of procedures for resolving disputes between the gaming

PUJ)11C and. the rIation or the management contractor (if any);

4. Designation of an agent for service;

5. Identification of a law enforcement agency that will take finger

prints and describe procedures for conducting a criminal history

check by a law enforcement agency; and

6. Copies of all tribal gaming regulations.
BAcKGRcXJNII INVESTIGT~TIONS

OF

I~EY B~.1PLOYEES ANT) PRIMARY MANT\GT~1ENT OFFICIALS

DESCRIPTION OF PROCEDURES

I. Section 522.2(b) requires

A description of procedures to conduct or cause to he conducted back

ground investigations on key employees and primary management officials

II. Such description of procedures shoii~d include, as a minimum, the follow

ing:

A. A clear st.~tement that the tribe is responsible for the conduct of

the background investigations and suitability determinations.

B. An organization chart or statement showing the positions or people

responsible for --

1. conducting and causing to be conducted the background investi

gations;

2. reviewing and approving the investigative work done;

3. reporting the results of the background investigation to the

National Indian G~iüng Conrnission;

4. obtaining and processing fingerprints; and

5. making the suitability determinations.

C. An explanation of how the positions and people identified above were

selected.

D. A listing of the minimum investigative procedures to be performed,

including the following:

1. Verify by written or oral cormiunication information suhnitted

by applicant.

2. Inquire into the applicants prior activities, criminal record,

if any, and reputation, habits and associations; interview a

sufficient ni~nber of knowledgeable people such as former em

ployers, personal references, and others to whom referred in

order to provide a basis for the tribe to make a finding con

cerning the eligibility for employment in a gaming operation.

3. Document the disposition of all potential problem areas noted

and disqualifying information obtained.
E. An investigative report ~eting fort.h the following:

1. Steps taken in conducting the background investigation;

7. Results obtained;

3. Conclusions reached; and

4. The basis for those conclusions.