California Government Code

§ 63048.63

GOV § 63048.63 Effective Jan 1, 2022Div. 1 · Title 6.7 · Ch. 2 · Art. 6.5

Statute text

(a)The Legislature hereby finds and declares:

(1)The financial and legal records of California Indian tribes and tribal business enterprises are records of a sovereign nation and are not subject to disclosure by private citizens or the state. This is explicitly recognized in amendments to tribal-state gaming compacts ratified by the Legislature, which provide for the securitization of annual payments to be received from the tribes by the state or by an agency, trust, fund, or entity specified by the state.

(2)In order to review the records of any Indian tribe relative to this securitization, the compacts require the execution of nondisclosure agreements.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615, Sec. 212. (AB 474) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Sec. 463 of Stats. 2021, Ch. 615.