Resolve, To Conduct a Market Analysis Regarding the Feasibility of Expanded Gaming in Maine
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 1856
Senate Amendment SA_A_S515 (Senate)

SENATE AMENDMENT "A " to H.P. 1343, L.D. 1856, "Resolve, To Conduct a 
Market Analysis Regarding the Feasibility of Expanded Gaming in Maine" 
Amend the resolve by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, To Conduct a Market Analysis Regarding the Feasibility of Expanded 
Gaming in Maine and Require the Governor To Enter into a Tribal-state Compact 
Allowing Gaming' 
Amend the resolve in the emergency preamble by inserting after the 4th indented 
paragraph the following: 
'Whereas, a similar study was conducted in the past that showed that casinos 
operated by federally recognized Indian tribes in Aroostook and Washington counties 
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were economically feasible; and 
Whereas, tribal gaming is an important and integral part of the culture of federally 
recognized Indian tribes in Maine; and 
Whereas, the authorization of gaming by federally recognized Indian tribes in 
Washington and Aroostook counties would benefit the Indian tribes and the residents of 
the counties in which the gaming facilities are located by providing employment 
opportunities and would benefit the State by providing increased revenue; and' 
Amend the resolve in section 2 in subsection 2 in paragraph F in the first and 2nd 
lines (page 2, lines 8 and 9 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "; and be it further" and 
inserting the following: '.' 
Amend the resolve in section 2 by inserting after subsection 2 the following: 
'A study conducted pursuant to this section must specifically include in the analysis 
potential casino-style gaming facilities operated by federally recognized Indian tribes in 
this State; and be it further' 
Amend the resolve by inserting after section 2 the following: 
'Sec. 3. Authorization to enter into tribal-state compact for gaming; legal 
action. Resolved: That, notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the Governor shall 
conduct good faith negotiations with the federally recognized Indian tribes in the State on 
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behalf of the State to enter into a tribal-state compact governing the conduct of electronic 
and table games of chance within the fr derally recognized Indian tribes' territories. These 
negotiations must be started no later than September 1, 2014 and concluded no later than 
December 1,2014. The tribal-state compact must include the following requirements: 
1. Any gaming conducted by a federally recognized Indian tribe pursuant to this 
tribal-state compact must be submitted to voters of the county in which the gaming would 
be conducted for approval at referendum; and 
2. The tribal-state compact negotiated pursuant to this section must be submitted to 
the 127th Legislature and to the tribal government for ratification. 
A federally recognized Indian tribe may bring an action in Superior Court to enforce 
the provisions of this section. Alternatively, a federally recognized Indian tribe may ask 
the United States Secretary of the Interior to establish procedures consistent with federal 
law and the law of this State allowing gaming, including casinos operated by federally 
recognized Indian tribes on tribal lands; and be it further' 
Amend the resolve by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment does the following: 
1. It amends the emergency preamble; 
2. It requires that the study being conducted pursuant to the resolve specifically 
include an analysis of potential casino-style gaming facilities operated by federally 
recognized Indian tribes in Maine; 
3. It requires the Governor to conduct good faith negotiations with the federally 
recognized Indian tribes in the State to enter into a tribal-state compact allowing Indian 
tribes to conduct electronic and table games of chance within those Indian tribes' 
territories. The compact must be finished by December 1, 2014 and submitted to the 
Legislature and the tribal governments for ratification and the voters of the counties in 
which the gaming facilities are located for approval at referendum; and 
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It authorizes the Indian tribes to bring suit in Superior Court to enforce the 
requirements related to the compact or to ask the United States Secretary of the Interior to 
establish procedures consistent with federal and Maine law allowing gaming, including 
casinos operated by federally recognized Indian tribes on tribal lands. 
SPONSORED BY: ~ 
(Senator JACKSON, . 
COUNTY: Aroostook 
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