Plain English Breakdown
The official text does not specify what happens if there is insufficient money to meet both the $600,000 per tribe and the 85% total fund requirement simultaneously.
Tribal Nation Grant Fund Changes
This law adds new funding sources to the Tribal Nation Grant Fund, creates two types of grants with specific distribution rules, and removes old requirements for tribes to spend money by a deadline or return unused funds.
What This Bill Does
- Adds moneys received from Indian tribes under class III gaming secretarial procedures as a new source for the fund, alongside existing tribal-state gaming compacts.
- Authorizes the panel to award grants either as specific distribution grants for described projects or as equal shares grants given in equal amounts to eligible tribes.
- Requires that at least $600,000 per eligible tribe or 85% of available money be distributed as equal shares grants, whichever amount is greater.
- Allows the panel to use any remaining money after paying equal shares for specific distribution grants based on applications.
- Removes the rule allowing the panel to require tribes to spend grant money within a set time period.
Who It Names or Affects
- Eligible nongaming and limited-gaming Indian tribes in California
- The Tribal Nation Grant Fund Panel responsible for awarding grants
- The California Gambling Control Commission that administers the fund
Terms To Know
- Equal shares grant
- A type of grant where every eligible tribe receives an equal amount of money.
- Specific distribution grant
- A type of grant given to fund a specific purpose or project described in an application.
- Class III gaming secretarial procedures
- Federal agreements regarding certain types of casino-style gambling on tribal lands that generate money for the state.
Limits and Unknowns
- The law does not specify how much total money will be in the fund, which affects whether tribes receive $600,000 or a different amount based on available funds.
- The text states that equal shares grants require a certification of use but does not list all specific purposes allowed for those funds.