July 3 1,2003 

Ronald Rosier, Esq. 

General Counsel 

Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation 

Legal Department - Office of Tribal Attorney 

P.O. Box 17779 

Fountain Hills, Arizona 85269-7779 

Re: Resolution No. Ft-McD. 2003-54 

Amendment to the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Gaming Ordinance 

Dear Mr. Rosier: 

This letter responds to your request to review and approve the above-numbered 

amendment to the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation's Gaming Ordinance, submitted to the 

National Indian Gaming Commission ("NIGC") on May 30,2003. This amendment 

effectively raises the age of persons, allowed to place a wager in any tribal gaming 

facility, from 18 to 2 1 years. The Nation, by Resolution No. Ft-McD. 2003-54, adopted 

This letter constitutes approval of the 

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RESOLUTION AMENDING SECTION 13 OF THE NATION'S GAMING ORDINANCE - 

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Resolution No. Ft.McD. 2003- 54- > WHEREAS, the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation ("Nation") and the State of Arizona executed 

the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation and State of Arizona Gaming Compact 2002 ("2002 Gaming 

Compact"); and 

WHEREAS, Section 3(w)(2) of the 2002 Gaming Compact requires that prior to May 3 1, 2003, 

the Nation shall enact, as Tribal law, a requirement that beginning June 1,2003, no person under 

21 years of age shall be permitted to place any wager, directly or indirectly, in any gaming 

activity; and 

WHEREAS, the Nation has previously enacted a Gaming Ordinance to govern gaming activities 

occurring within the Fort McDowell Reservation; and 

WHEREAS, the Fort McDowell Tribal Council desires to amend the Nation's Gaming 

Ordinance to conform to Section 3(w)(2) of the 2002 Gaming Compact. 

TKEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that pursuant to its legislative power, the Fort McDowell 

Tribal Council hereby amends Section 13 of the Nation's Gaming Ordinance by adding the 

following new Subsection 

"0. Directly or indirectly place any wager in any gaming activity at the Gaming 

Facilities authorized in the Compact unless the person is twenty-one (2 1) years of 

age or older." 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this amendment shall take effect beginning June 1,2003. 

CERTIFICATION 

Pursuant to the authority contained in Article V, Section 13(A)(2), (3)&(5), and (B)(1)&(2) of the 

Constitution of the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation ratified by the Tribe on October 19, 1999 and 

approved by the Secretary of the Interior on November 12, 1999, the foregoing Resolution No. 

2003-5Y was adopted this day of HL-V , 2003 at a Council Meeting held at 

Fofi McDowell at which a quorum of j m(mbers were present, 2 absent, by a vote of 

2 for and 2 opposed and 2 abstained. 

Pansy ~hom%s, Secretary 

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Dr. ~lindn M. Pattea, President 

Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation 

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