February 1 1,2003 

Terry 0. Enos 

Chairman 

Ak-Chin Indian Community 

42507 W. Peters & Nall Road 

Maricopa, Arizona 85239 

RE: Amendment to the Ak-Chin Indian Gaming Code 

Dear Chairman Enos: 

This letter responds to your request to the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) 

for the review and approval of the amendment to the Ak-Chin Indian Community 

(Community) Indian Community Gaming Code submitted on February 5,2003 and 

received on February 7,2003. The amendment to the ordinance was adopted by the Band 

by Resolution No. A-06-03 on February 5,2003. The original ordinance was approved 

on December 7, 1993. This letter constitutes approval of your submission 

under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA). Such approval does not constitute 

approval of specific games. It is important to note that the gaming ordinance is approved 

for gaming only on Indian lands, as defined in the IGRA, over which the Community 

exercises jurisdiction. 

We note that the Agent for Service of Process remains Edward Lockett. If the agent has 

changed, please notifjr us immediately. 

Thank you for submitting the amendment to the Indian Community Gaming Code 

of the Ak-Chin Indian Community for review and approval. The NIGC staff and I look 

u and the Community in implementing the IGRA. If you 

er assistance, please contact Ms. Frances Fragua at 

Chairman 

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AK-CHIN INDIAN COMMUNITY COUNCIL 

42507 W. Peters & Nall Road 

Maricopa, Arizona 85239 

Telephone: 5201568-261 8 

Resolution No. A-06-03 

C~di, 

RESOLUTION OF THE 

AK-CHIN INDIAN COMMUNITY COUNCIL 

A Resolution amending the Ak-Chin lndian Community Gaming Code (Ordinance 

No. A-1 -00) 

WHEREAS, the Ak-Chin lndian Community ("Community") is a federally recognized 

lndian Tribe organized pursuant to the lndian Reorganization Act of 1934; 

and 

WHEREAS, the Community is governed by the Ak-Chin Community Council (the 

"Council") pursuant to its Articles of Association (the "Articles") approved 

by the Secretary of Interior December 20, 1961 ; and 

WHEREAS, the Community entered into a Tribalistate Gaming Compact with the 

State of Arizona on December 4, 2002, pursuant to the lndian Gaming 

Regulatory Act of 1988, Pub.L. 100-497, 25 U.S.C. §§ 2701-2721 and 18 

U.S.C. 55 1 166-1 168; and 

WHEREAS, the Community has an established casino operation, the Harrah's Phoenix 

Ak-Chin Casino, which opened to the public on December 27, 1994, and 

has since been in continuous operation; and 

WHEREAS, the Community enacted the Ak-Chin Community Gaming Code on 

January 5, 2000, which superceded in its entirety the Ak-Chin Community 

Gaming Code enacted on November 30,1993; and 

WHEREAS, a copy of the Ak-Chin lndian Community Gaming Code (Ordinance No. A1-00) was submitted to the Chairman of the National lndian Gaming 

Commission by letter dated January 11, 2000, from Melinda Silk, then AkChin Tribal Gaming Agency Attorney; and 

WHEREAS, the Council, the Tribal Gaming Commissioners, and the Executive 

Director of the Tribal Gaming Agency, have determined that the following 

amendment to Subsection (i) of Section 2 of the Gaming Code is in the 

best interest of the Ak-Chin lndian Community, its gaming operation, and 
Amending the Ak-Chin Indian Community Gaming Code Page 2 

its gaming regulatory agency: 

Subsection (i) of Section 2 is amended in its entirety to read as 

follows: 

"Compact" means Ak-Chin lndian Community--State of Arizona 

Gaming Compact. 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ak-Chin lndian Community 

Council does hereby amend Subsection (i) of Section 2 of the Ak-Chin 

lndian Community Gaming Code in its entirety as follows: 

"Compact" means Ak-Chin lndian Community--State of Arizona 

Gaming Compact. 

Pursuant to authority contained under Article VIII, Section I (a), (b), (c), and (m) of the 

Articles of Association of the Ak-Chin lndian Community, approved by the Secretary of 

the Interior on December 20, 1961, by a quorum of 5 members present at a Regular 

Council Meeting held on Februaw 5, 2003, at Maricopa, Ak-Chin lndian Reservation, 

Arizona by a vote of 5 for, Q against, Q not voting, and Q absent; the foregoing resolution 

was adopted. 

~k-~hin'lndian Community Council 

ATTEST: 

Victoria Paddock, Secretary 

Ak-Chin lndian Community Council