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General Counsel, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
C/o Andrews Davis Legg Bixler Milsten & Price, P.C.
500 West Main Street, Suite 500
Oklahoma City, OK 73102-2275

Re: Amendment to the Seminole Nation Gaming Ordinance
Dear Ms. McBee:

By letter dated April 1, 2004, you submitted an amendment to the Seminole
Nation of Oklahoma Gaming Ordinance (Gaming Ordinance), codified as Title 15 of the
Seminole Nation Code, for review and approval by the National Indian Gaming
Commission (NIGC) Chairman. The Seminole Nation General Council adopted the
amendment on March 30, 2004, with Ordinance 2004-20. The amendment modifies
Section 205 of the Gaming Ordinance by adding a new subsection (j) to allow the
Seminole Nation Gaming Commission to issue ninety-day temporary gaming licenses to
the Seminole Nation Development Authority Board of Trustee members if certain
conditions are met.

The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and NIGC regulations require that tribes
conducting gaming submit their gaming ordinance and amendments to the ordinance for
review and approval by the NIGC Chairman. The Seminole Nation submitted their
Gaming Ordinance, Law No. 94-2, on February 24, 1994. The NIGC Chairman approved
the ordinance in a letter to the Seminole Nation dated May 31, 1994. I approved
amendments to the Nation’s Gaming Ordinance with letters dated December 17, 2003,
and March 10, 2004. A letter from the NIGC Acting General Counsel dated October 17,
2003, notes approval of another amendment by operation of 25 C.F.R. §§ 522.9 and
523.4

amendment.

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AN ORDINANCE OF THE SEMINOLE NATION OF OKLAHOMA REVISING TITLE 15,
CHAPTER TWO, SECTION 205 TO ESTABLISH SECTION 205 (j) OF THE SEMINOLE
NATION PUBLIC GAMING ACT

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE SEMINOLE NATION OF

OKLAHOMA:

Section 100.

Section 200.

Section 300.

Findings:

Title 15, Chapter Two, section 205 (a) of the Code of Laws of the Seminole
Nation of Oklahoma allow the Seminole Nation Gaming Commission to grant
ninety-day, temporary gaming licenses to key employees: and primary
management officials that are employed by the Nation’ s gaming operation.

Title 15, chapter Two, Section 205 (j) would be added to clarity the issuance
of a ninety-day, temporary gaming license for primary management Officials,
including SNDA Board of Trustee members who have submitted completed
gaming licenses and finger print cards to the Seminole Nation Gaming
Commission in compliance with Title 8, Section 205 (d).

Purpose.

To establish Title 15, Chapter Two, Section 205 (j) of the Seminole Nation
Public Gaming Act to allow all the Seminole Gaming Commission to issue
ninety-day, temporary gaming licenses to the SNDA Board of Trustee
members upon their submission of a completed gaming license application
and finger print cards to the Seminole Nation Gaming Commission in
compliance with Title 8, Section 205 (d).

Authorization/Amendment:

The General Council of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma hereby authorizes
the following amendment to Title 15, Chapter Two, Section 205 (d) of the
Seminole Nation Public Gaming Act to read as follows:

Section 205.

()) The Seminole Nation Gaming Commission may jssue a ninety-day,
temporary gaming license to the Seminole Nation Development Authority
Board of Trustees as primary management Officials, upon SNGC's review of
their individual, completed gaming license application and finger print card
in compliance with Title 8, Section 205 (d).

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ENACTED by the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma General Councit on this 30" day of March
2004.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF., the Principal Chief of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma carrying
out the duties of the Chairman of the General Council has hereto attached his signature.

E. Chambers, Principal Chief Ss

ifiole Nation of Oklahoma

CERTIFICATION

I, the undersigned, certify that the foregoing is a true extract from the minutes of the
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma General Council comprised of twenty-eight recognized
members with twenty-five members attending this meeting on the 30" day of March 2004,
and that the above is in conformity with the provisions therein adopted by a vote of 15 in
favor, 4 against, 6 abstentions, and that said Resolution has not been rescinded in any
way and the above is the signature of the Principal Chief of the Seminole Nation carrying
out his duties as the Chairman of the General Council.

April‘Harjo, Recordjfig Secretary
General Council, Séminole Nation of Oklahoma

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