Alex Lujan

Governor

Patrick G. Baca

U. Governor

Lücia T. Benalli

Treasurer

Box 6008

Bernalillo, New Mexico 87004

(505) 867-3317

At a duly called meeting of the Tribal Council of the Pueblo of Sandia, the

following resolution was passed:

WHEREAS certain licensing requirements exist in connection with tribal

gaming operation for Class III gaining conducted at Casino Sandia by virtue of the

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, regulations promulgated thereunder, and the TribalState Compact executed on February 13, 1995, and approved by the Secretary on

March 22, 1995, and

WHEREAS the Tribal Gaming Agency for the Pueblo of Sandia has been

authorized pursuant to Tribal Council action and is being constituted, organized, and

funded, but is not yet fully operational, and the duties and oversight of tribal gpming

operations have been undertaken largely by the Owner-Monitor of the Pueblo of

Sandia, and

WHEREAS the process precedent to the issuance of licenses to primary

management officials, key employees, and certain others, including the portion

involving applications, background investigations with attendant fingerprint

submissions, has been undertaken and are being completed, and

WHEREAS there is a vital need that operations of the gaming facility continue

unabated while this licensing process is proceeding, and, pursuant to the Compact, a

temporary licensing procedure is established and should be instituted to place the

Tribal Gaming Agency or the Owner-Monitor in a position to grant temporary licenses

(or, alternatively, to decline to grant temporary licenses) to appropriate persons and

entities, and

WHEREAS the Owner-Monitor, whose function now is largely regulatory, will

work closely in connection with the Pueblo of Sandia Gaming Commission and now

has the opportunity to observe generally the on-going operations and employees and

entities engaged in those operations, must be in a position to continue in those

functions while the final licensing process is underway,

PLJE8LQ or 5RNOIR

RESOLUTION NO. 95- 21

AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF

TEMPORARY GAMING UCENSES
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Tribal Council of the Pueblo

of Sandia that a temporary licensing procedure be established, as set out in the Tribal

State Compact, and that the Owner-Monitor be authorized to fill the responsibilities

of the Tribal Gaming Agency in that connection until the Pueblo of Sandia Gaming

Commission is fully operational.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, in order to carry out the intent of the

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, regulations promulgated thereunder, and the TribalState Compact, the Own~r1-~vfonitoris granted the authority to issue temporary

licenses to primary manage~ei1~ officIals, 1key ernployees~ and certain others, as

appropriate, until the ueblaofSandia~Gaming Commission,~as the Tribal Gaming

Agency, or another acting oruts behalf,1~ in a positionto m~k~ a determination with

respect either to the grantnig o~Jicense or the refusal to grant a license, at which

time either a license willbe grant~d to the applying person or entity or a

determination will bejnade that a license should not be granted, in which case the

temporary license wil1~e re~cmded ~Such temporary licenses will be in a form and of

a type prescribed b~ Owner-Monitor ~

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BElT FURTHER RESOLVE~D that the granting of such temporary licenses,

by the Owner-Monitor or by the Commission, does not change ~ór diminish the-.

:responsibilhty of the Tribal Griming Agency or others in carrying out fully the licensing 4~.

process, does not create an obh~ation 9n~the ~p~art of the Tribal Gaming Agency or~\

others to.g~ant a permanent o~ny o1~h~hcense toany individual or entity~and does~ ~ not create any expectan,ey .of~Æi~r other lic~enseiz..st(ch individual or entit~, and a ~ -

temp rary license i~afb~e wiIhdr and &come void and of~no effect upon issuance ~

of a Jermançnt ~iC~i~S~ issufrncy~~/n9tice ofciei~a1~of lice~ise, or~iinety (90) days ~ after the tethpoc~ry li~ns~is~issu rhi~hØver occ ifiist>-.Atemporary license T;:~

may be withdrawn without nc~tice and without~ cause at~any tame

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B~ IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Dwn~r-Monitor will have the

authority to carry out the intent of this resolution
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CERTIFICATION

The foregoing resolution was considered by the Tribal Council of the Pueblo of

Sandia at a duly called meeting was adoptefi by the Council with a quorum being

present at a meeting on the ~iJ~ day of /~i,911 , 1995.