Prohibits any executive officer of the state from concurring in, or consenting to, any determination by the United States Secretary of the Interior that allowing a gaming establishment on newly acquired Indian lands would be in the best interest of the Indian tribe and not detrimental to the surrounding community, without the express consent of the state legislature by statute or resolution.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2333
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 18, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. PADAVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
ment Operations
AN ACT to amend the Indian law, in relation to clarifying that an execu-
tive officer may not consent to Indian gaming on newly acquired lands
without the express consent of the legislature
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The Indian law is amended by adding a new section 16 to
2 read as follows:
3 § 16. Legislature's express consent required for gaming on newly
4 acquired lands. No executive officer of the state of New York shall
5 concur in, or consent to, any determination by the United States secre-
6 tary of the interior that a gaming establishment on newly acquired Indi-
7 an lands would be in the best interest of the Indian tribe and its
8 members and would not be detrimental to the surrounding community,
9 unless that particular determination is made under the authority, and
10 with the express consent, by statute or resolution, of the legislature.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09328-01-9
