STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 53rd Legislature (2012)

SENATE BILL 1596	By:	Shortey

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to tribal sports betting compacts; authorizing the Governor to negotiate sports betting compact with certain Indian tribes; making sports betting lawful when authorized by a compact; defining term; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 285 of Title 3A, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A.  The Governor is authorized to negotiate the terms of a sports betting compact between the state and all federally recognized Indian tribes as identified in the Federal Register within this state that own or are the beneficial owners of Indian lands as defined by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 25 U.S.C., Section 2703(4), and over which the tribe has jurisdiction as recognized by the Secretary of the Interior and is a part of the tribe's "Indian reservation" as defined in 25 C.F.R., Part 151.2 or has been acquired pursuant to 25 C.F.R., Part 151.
B.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 941 through 988 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the conducting of sports betting authorized by a compact pursuant to subsection A of this section is lawful when played pursuant to a compact which has become effective.
C.  As used in this section, "sports betting" means the accepting of wagers on any professional, college or amateur sport or athletic event by any system or method of wagering other than the pari-mutuel method of wagering.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2012.

53-2-3020	ARE	1/19/2012 11:49:27 AM