Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 129, Sec. 6. (AB 221) Effective January 1, 2026.
(a)The staff of the commission shall provide all of the following services:
(1)Assistance to the individuals applying for a grant on behalf of every eligible tribe in understanding the application process. This assistance shall not include completing an application for a grant on behalf of an eligible tribe.
(2)All administrative support necessary to implement this article, including, but not limited to, processing applications for grants, administrative services to the advisor, the panel, and technical experts retained by the panel, if any, and administrative assistance to the panel allocating and disbursing grants and
making other distributions from the fund to eligible tribes.
(b)To the extent prohibited by applicable tribal-state gaming
compacts or class III gaming secretarial procedures, the commission and its staff shall not exercise discretion or control over the approval or disapproval of grant applications or the use of grants or other distributions from the fund by eligible tribes.
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