/ of a plan submitted to the Secretary of the Interior Under 25 

U.S.C. s2710 (b) 93). 

ARTICLE V 

Audit 

A. The Ottawa Tribe shall cause to be conducted annually an 

independent audit of gaming operations and shall submit the 

resulting audit reports to the National Indian Gaming Commission. 

B. All gaming related contracts that result in the purchase 

of supplies, services, or concessions in excess of $25,000 

annually, except contracts for professional legal and accounting 

services, shall be specifically included within the scope of the 

audit that is described in subsection A above. 

ARTICLE VI 

Protection of the Environment and 

Public Health and Safety 

Class I1 gaming facilities shall be constructed, maintained 

and operated in a manner that adequately protects the environment 

and the public health and safety. 

ARTICLE VII 

Licenses for Key Eznplovees and 

Primary Manaqement Officials . 

The Ottawa Tribe shall ensure that the policies and procedures 

set out in this Article are implemented with respect to key 

employees and primary management officials employed at any class I1 

gaming enterprise operated on Indian lands. 

A. Definitions 

For the purposes of this Article, the following definitions 

apply: 

1. Key Employee - 

(a) A person who performs one or more of the following 

functions: 

Bingo caller; 

Counting room supervisor; 

Chief of security; 

Custodian of. gaming supplies or cash; 

Floor manager; 

Pit boss; 

Dealer; 

Croupier; 

Approver of credit; or 
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Section 1-3 

Definitions 

llActll means this Ottawa Tribe Gaming Act. 

"Business Committee" means the Ottawa Tribe Business 

Committee. 

"Chairman" means the Chairman of the Ottawa Tribe Gaming 

Commission established pursuant to this Ordinance. 

"Class I gaming" means social games solely for prizes of 

minimal value or traditional forms of 1ndian gaming engaged in 

by individuals as a part of, or in connection, with tribal 

ceremonies or celebrations. 

"Class I1 gaming" means the game commonly known as bingo 

(whether or not electronic, computer or other technology are 

used in connection therewith) and which is played with prizes 

including monetary prizes with cards bearing numbers o.r other 

designations, and in which the holder of the card covers such 

numbers or designations when objects, similarly numbered or 

designated,q~e drawn or are electronically determined, and in 

which the game is won by the first person covering a 

previously designated arrangement of numbers,or designations 

on such cards, including pull tabs, lotto, punch boards, tip 

jars, instant bingo, and other games similar to bingo. This 

class of gaming also includes card games that are explicitly 

authorized by state laws or are not explicitly prohibited by 

state laws and are played at any location in the state. 

Class I1 gaming does not include any banking card games, 

including baccarat, chemindefer, or black jack (21) or 

electronic or electromechanical facsimiles of any games of 

chance or slot machines of any kind. 

"Class I11 gaming" means all forms of gaming that are not 

Class I gaming or Class I1 gaming. 

"C~mmission~~ means the Ottawa Tribe Gaming Commission 

established by this Ordinance. 

llCompactll means the agreement between the Ottawa Tribe and any 

State of the United States, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

S 2710(b)(iv), as further approved in accordance with the 

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, as the procedures under which 

Class I11 gaming may be conducted on Indian lands over which 

the Ottawa Tribe has jurisdiction. 
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9. "Executive Director" means the Executive Director of the 

Ottawa Tribe ~aming om mission established pursuant to this 

ordinance. 

10. "IGRA" means the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, P.L. 

100-497. 

11, "Indian Lands" means (a) Land within the limits of an Indian reservation; or (b) Land over which an Indian tribe exercises governmental 

power and that is either - (1) Held in trust by the United States for 

the benefit of any Indian tribe or individual; or (2) Held by an Indian 

tribe or individual subject to restriction by the United States against 

alienation. 

12. "State" means any State of the United States. 

13. "Tribe" means the Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma. 

Chapter 2 

Administration and Enforcement 

Section 2-1 

Establishment of the Ottawa Tribe 

Gaminq Office and Commission 

There is hereby established the Ottawa Tribe Gaming Office 

(hereinafter "Gaming Off ice") and the Ottawa Tribe Gaming 

Commission (hereinafter "Commissionn) which shall have the duties 

and powers as hereinafter described. 

The Commission shall constitute no less than three (3) nor 

more than five (5) members to be appointed by the Chief acting as 

the Chairman of the Ottawa Business Committee. Commission members 

will serve for a period of two (2) years. However, for the first 

appointments, the names shall be placed in a receptacle with the 

first name drawn serving a term of two (2) years. The second name 

drawn shall serve a term of one (1) year, and terms shall alternate 

accordingly with each subsequent name drawn. The Commission shall 

elect a chairman from among its members- The Commission shall have 

the power to generally oversee the Chairman and Gaming Office and 

review its actions for approval or ensure compliance with this Act 

and any regulations adopted and orders issued by the omm mission. 

The commission members shall submit to a conflict of interest 

provision to disclose potential unethical situations.