HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2412 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) RESOLUTION NO: 2412
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE)ss
CITY OF SAN JACINTO )
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JACINTO,
CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING THE INDIAN GAMING LOCAL COMMUNITY
BENEFITS ACT, AS DEVELOPED BY THE TASIN - LOCAL GOVERNMENT
COMMITTEE, FOR ALLOCATING AND DISTRIBUTING THE INDIAN
GAMING SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION FUND, AND URGES THE LEGISLATURE
TO PASS AND THE GOVERNOR TO SIGN LEGISLATION IMPLEMENTING
THAT PLAN
WHEREAS, as set forth in the Tribal-State Compact, the Indian Gaming Special
Distribution Fund is designed to provide grants for gambling addiction programs, grants to
state and local governments impacted by tribal government gaming, compensation for
regulatory costs incurred by the State Gaming Agency and the State Department of Justice in
connection with the implementation and administration of the Compact, payment of shortfalls
in the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund, and any other purpose specified by the Legislature; and
WHEREAS, in October 2002, tribes operating more than 200 machines as of
September 1999 began making contributions into the Indian Gaming Special Distribution
Fund; and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that TASIN tribal governments will contribute more than $1
billion to the fund through 2020, an estimated 213rds of all payments into the Indian Gaming
Special Distribution Fund; and
WHEREAS, in March 2002, the Tribal Alliance of Sovereign Indian Nations (TASIN),
an organization comprised of fourteen federally recognized tribes located within Riverside,
San Bernardino and Santa Barbara counties, in a cooperative spirit of government-to-
government relations to build stronger communities, invited local governments in the vicinity
of TASIN tribal casinos to form and participate in the Local Government Committee to
develop a plan for allocating and distributing the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund;
and
WHEREAS, TASIN and the Local Government Committee strongly believe the
majority of the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund moneys should be returned to local
communities impacted by tribal government gaming; and
WHEREAS, the Local Government Committee, consisting of representatives from
Riverside, San Bernardino and Santa Barbara counties and more than a dozen cities,
developed a plan that establishes a process and sets forth priorities for the distribution of
funds whereby a majority of the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund moneys return to
local communities impacted by gaming as prescribed under section 5.2 of the Tribal-State
Compact and AB 1385; and
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IWAW WHEREAS, TASIN and the Local Government Committee call upon the leadership of
the Legislature to pass legislation which faithfully reflects and adopts the plan prepared by
the Local Government Committee into a law to be known as the Indian Gaming Local
Community Benefits Act; and
WHEREAS, AB 1385, which ratified the Tribal-State Compacts in 1999, calls for the
Legislature to appropriate moneys from the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund; and
WHEREAS, in light of the current state budget crisis, the need to allocate a majority of
the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund to local governments impacted by tribal
government gaming has become even more urgent,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the City Council of the City of San Jacinto,
California, hereby, supports the Indian Gaming Local Community Benefits Act, as developed
by the TASIN - Local Government Committee, for allocating and distributing the Indian
Gaming Special Distribution Fund, and urges the Legislature to pass and the Governor to
sign legislation implementing that plan.
APPROVED and ADOPTED this 20th day of January, 2003.
City of San Jacinto
m Ayre Mayor
ATTEST:
orothy L C uinard, City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
N%W COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE)ss
CITY OF SAN JACINTO )
CERTIFICATION
I, Dorothy L. Chouinard, City Clerk of the City of San Jacinto, California, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 2412 was approved and adorted
at a regular meeting of the City Council of City of San Jacinto held on the 20t
day February, 2003, by the following vote:
Ayes: Ayres, Carlson-Buydos, Conner, Shaw, Stubblefield
Nays: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
WITNESS MY HAND AND OFFICIAL SEAL this 215t day of February, 2003.
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orothy L. Ch inard, City Clerk