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Secretary of State receives written certification by the Joint | | Tribal Council of the Passamaquoddy Tribe that the Tribe has | | agreed to the provisions of this Act pursuant to 25 United | | States Code, Section 1725(e), copies of which must be submitted | | by the Secretary of State to the Secretary of the Senate, the | | Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Revisor of | | Statutes. |
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| | | This Act does not take effect with respect to the Penobscot | | Nation unless, within 60 days after the adjournment of the | | Legislature if the Legislature enacts this Act, or within 90 | | days of the Governor's proclamation of the result of the vote | | if this Act is approved by the voters, the Secretary of State | | receives written certification by the Chief and Council of the | | Penobscot Nation that the Tribe has agreed to the provisions | | of this Act pursuant to 25 United States Code, Section | | 1725(e), copies of which must be submitted by the Secretary of | | State to the Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House | | of Representatives and the Revisor of Statutes. |
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| | | In the event that one of the Passamaquoddy Tribe or the | | Penobscot Nation, but not both, fails to provide written | | certification of its agreement to the provisions of this Act | | within the time provided in this section, this Act is | | effective to permit the Tribe not so failing to conduct gaming | | in accordance with the provisions of this Act; and in such | | event this Act continues to permit the Tribe not so failing to | | have and exercise all of the rights and privileges, and to | | bear all of the obligations, allocated to the other Tribe | | under this Act. |
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| | | In no event may this Act become effective until 90 days | | after the adjournment of the Legislature, as required by the | | Constitution of Maine, Article IV, Part Third, Section 16. |
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| | | This initiated bill allows the Passamaquoddy Tribe and the | | Penobscot Nation to conduct gaming and wagering at a single | | site. The legislative body of a municipality in which the | | site is located must approve the site for the conduct of | | gaming and wagering. The authority granted to the | | Passamaquoddy Tribe and the Penobscot Nation to conduct gaming | | and wagering at a single site terminates in 20 years, unless | | extended, and may not be amended or repealed without the | | consent of the Passamaquoddy Tribe and the Penobscot Nation. | | The gaming and wagering authorized by this initiated bill is | | regulated by the | | Department of Public Safety and a tribal gaming agency formed | | jointly by the governments of the Passamaquoddy Tribe and the | | Penobscot Nation. |
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