APR 2 9 2001:.

Hennan Williams, Jr., Chainnan

Tulalip Tribes of Washington

6700 Totem Beach Road

Marysville, WA 98271-9694

Dear Chainnan Williams:

This letter responds to your request to review Resolution No. 04-005 enacted by the Tulalip

Tribes' Board of Directors on January 9,2004, received by the National Indian Gaming

Commission (NIGC) on March 23,2004. Resolution No. 04-005 concernsthe qualifications of

gaming commission members and amends the Tribal Gaming Ordinance approved by the NIGC

in 1995. This letter constitutes approval of the amendment to the Gaming Ordinance.

u for submitti~ the Tulalip Tribes of Washington document for review. If you have

uestions or req#e further a~stance, please contact staff attorney Sandra Ashton at

2-632-7003.

cc: Director, NIGC Region I, Portland, WA

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THE TULALIP TRIBES

Resolution No. 04 t~t~ j~ 1 4 2004

OFFICIAL TRIBAl \eTl~N Ordinance 55A Section 2 Commissioner Qualifications ~ c E ~ ~ 7(a) Commissioner & Employees Activities Prohibited amendments

WITIEREAS the Board of Directors is the governing body of the Tulalip Tribes under the

Constitution and Bylaws of the Tribe approved by the United States Commissioner of Indian

Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior on January 24, 1936, pursuant to the Act of June 18,

1934 (48 Stat. 984, 25 U.S.C. §476) and exercises authority over the TUlalip Gaming

Commission pursuant to Article VI F, K, L and M of that Constitution; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors intends to restrict persons eligible to serve on the Tulalip

Gaming Commission only to adult Tribal members who have never been convicted of certain

crimes and are not employees, vendors, consultants, or contractors of or to the Tulalip Gaming

Organization (TOO).

NOW THEREFORE BE iT RESOLVED that Tulalip Ordinance 55A, Section 2 is amended to

read as follows:

2. Qualifications.

(a) No employee, vendor, consultant or contractor, of the TGO may be a Commissioner.

(b) No employee of any gaming operation located outside the boundaries of the Tulalip

Indian Reservation may be a Commissioner.

(c) No person may be a Commissioner unless such person:

I. Is a duly enrolled member of the Tribe;

ii. Is at least twenty-one (21) years of age; and

iii. Has never been convicted of;

(1) afelony,or

(2) a misdemeanor involving dishonesty.

Any person seeking to become a candidate for the position of Commissioner shall submit to a

background investigation and must be qualified to receive a State gaming certificate and a Tribal

gaming license pursuant to the Compact. Such proposed candidate shall pay the fees and costs

for such background investigation. The Commissions Director shall establish the amount of

such fees and costs.

BE IT FUIRTHER RESOLVED that Tulalip Ordinance 55A, Section 7(a) is amended to read:

7(a) Serve as a n officer, employee, vendor, contractor, consultant, or manager of the Tulalip

Gaming Organization or of any natural person (Person) or any sole proprietorship,

corporation, no-for-profit corporation, limited liability company, joint venture,

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partnership (general or limited), trust, association, organization, government, tribe,

political subdivision, municipal corporation, governmental agency, consortium of

Persons, any one or more of the foregoing, or consortium of any of the foregoing

(Entity) which conducts gaming activities outside the boundaries of the Tulalip Indian

Reservation.

ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of the Tulalip Tribes of Washington at a regular ineeting

assemb1~ on the ~1 of January, 2004, with a quorum present, by a vote of ~H _for

and $Z against.

THE TULAUP TRIBES OF WASHINGTON

Herman Williams, Jr., Chairman \~/

ATFEST:

~Y2~J4,~) ZLta~

Marie Zackuse, Secretary

Superintendents approval pursuant to authorities to 209 DM 8,

Secretcrys Order No. 3177

Secretarys Oder No. 3150, 10 B~AM

Bu!Iet:r1~ I ~), A;rtordments

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BIAM E3~J~b~~ ~ 1

2001

Signature

Date

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