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Chapter 0.5. Findings
4-29.5-0.5-1. Date of Tribal-State Compact With Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians - Sec. 1. This compact is made and entered into this...
4-29.5-0.5-2. Legislative Findings - Sec. 2. WHEREAS, the State of Indiana is a sovereign...
4-29.5-0.5-3. Agreement - Sec. 3. NOW, THEREFORE, the Band and the State agree...
Chapter 1. Purpose and Objectives
4-29.5-1-1. Purpose and Objectives - Sec. 1. The purpose and objectives of the Band and...
Chapter 2. Definitions
4-29.5-2-0.5. Definitions - Sec. 0.5. For purposes of this Compact, the following definitions...
4-29.5-2-1. "Any Offense" - Sec. 1. "Any Offense" means, as referenced in IC 4-29.5-4-9(3),...
4-29.5-2-2. "Certificate of Self-Regulation" - Sec. 2. "Certificate of Self-Regulation" means the Certificate of Self-Regulation...
4-29.5-2-3. "City" - Sec. 3. "City" means the City of South Bend, located...
4-29.5-2-4. "Class Iii Gaming" - Sec. 4. "Class III gaming" means all forms of gaming...
4-29.5-2-5. "Compact" - Sec. 5. "Compact" means this Compact between the Band and...
4-29.5-2-6. "Compliance Oversight" - Sec. 6. "Compliance Oversight" means activities reasonably required to ensure...
4-29.5-2-7. "Confidential Information" - Sec. 7. "Confidential Information" means financial information, proprietary information, trade...
4-29.5-2-8. "Electronic Game of Chance" - Sec. 8. "Electronic Game of Chance" means a "slot machine"...
4-29.5-2-9. "Endorsement Date" - Sec. 9. "Endorsement Date" means the date that the Compact...
4-29.5-2-10. "Fraud or Misrepresentation" - Sec. 10. "Fraud or Misrepresentation" means a criminal offense committed...
4-29.5-2-11. "Gambling Game" - Sec. 11. "Gambling Game" means: (1) gambling game as defined...
4-29.5-2-12. "Gambling Operation" - Sec. 12. "Gambling Operation" means: (1) a gambling operation as...
4-29.5-2-13. "Gaming Facility" - Sec. 13. "Gaming Facility" means any building located on the...
4-29.5-2-14. "Gaming Official or Employee" - Sec. 14. "Gaming Official or Employee" (collectively, "Gaming Officials and...
4-29.5-2-15. "Nigc" - Sec. 15. "NIGC" means the National Indian Gaming Commission established...
4-29.5-2-16. "Net Win" - Sec. 16. "Net Win" means the total amount wagered on...
4-29.5-2-17. "Payment Period" - Sec. 17. "Payment Period" means a twelve-month fiscal period beginning...
4-29.5-2-18. "Person" - Sec. 18. "Person" means a business, individual, proprietorship, firm, partnership,...
4-29.5-2-19. "Pokagon Band Gaming Regulations" - Sec. 19. "Pokagon Band Gaming Regulations" means: (i) the Pokagon...
4-29.5-2-20. "Promotional Wagers" - Sec. 20. "Promotional Wagers" shall include wagers made by patrons...
4-29.5-2-21. "South Bend Site" - Sec. 21. "South Bend Site" means the trust and reservation...
4-29.5-2-22. "Table Game" - Sec. 22. "Table Game" means any "house banking card game"...
4-29.5-2-23. "Tribal Chairperson" - Sec. 23. "Tribal Chairperson" means the duly elected Chairperson of...
4-29.5-2-24. Amendments and Successor Regulations - Sec. 24. References in this chapter and elsewhere in this...
Chapter 3. Authorized Class Iii Games
4-29.5-3-1. Authorized Class Iii Gaming - Sec. 1. The Band may lawfully conduct on the South...
4-29.5-3-2. Additional Class Iii Gaming by Mutual Agreement - Sec. 2. Additional Class III games may be lawfully offered...
4-29.5-3-3. Sports Wagering on Internet or Mobile Platform - Sec. 3. Sports wagering and paid fantasy sports games authorized...
4-29.5-3-4. Number of Games Allowed - Sec. 4. The number of games that may be operated...
4-29.5-3-5. Geographic Limitation for Internet or Mobile Sport Wagering - Sec. 5. Except as expressly authorized by this Compact for...
4-29.5-3-6. Prohibited Class Iii Gaming - Sec. 6. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this chapter,...
Chapter 4. Administration and Regulation of Class Iii Gaming
4-29.5-4-1. Pokagon Band Gaming Regulations Generally - Sec. 1. The Band shall maintain at all times while...
4-29.5-4-2. Pokagon Band Gaming Regulations for Sports Wagering - Sec. 2. With respect to sports wagering authorized under IC...
4-29.5-4-3. Pokagon Band Gaming Regulations for Fantasy Sports Games - Sec. 3. With respect to paid fantasy sports games authorized...
4-29.5-4-4. Pokagon Band Gaming Regulations for Internet or Mobile Platforms - Sec. 4. With respect to other forms of Class III...
4-29.5-4-5. Pokagon Band Gaming Regulations Applicability and Conditions - Sec. 5. The regulatory requirements of this chapter shall apply...
4-29.5-4-6. Gaming Operations Compliance - Sec. 6. The Band shall license, operate, and regulate all...
4-29.5-4-7. Certificate of Self-Regulation; Revocation; State Compliance Oversight - Sec. 7. If the Band's Certificate of Self-Regulation is revoked...
4-29.5-4-8. Band Sole Proprietary Interest in Gaming Facility; Band Sole Beneficiary of Gaming Operations - Sec. 8. Regarding the management of the Band's gaming operations,...
4-29.5-4-9. Gaming Official or Employee Conditions; Notice Requirement - Sec. 9. The Band may not license, hire, or employ...
4-29.5-4-10. Management Contract - Sec. 10. All management contracts entered into by the Band...
4-29.5-4-11. Accounting Requirements - Sec. 11. All accounting and financial activities for Class III...
4-29.5-4-12. Age Restriction - Sec. 12. No person under the age of twenty-one (21)...
4-29.5-4-13. Class Iii Gaming Geographic Limitation - Sec. 13. The Band shall not conduct any Class III...
4-29.5-4-14. Game Rules Notice - Sec. 14. The rules of each Class III card and...
4-29.5-4-15. Disclosing Gaming Officials' and Employees' Information; Licensing Conditions - Sec. 15. Upon the request of the State, the Band...
4-29.5-4-16. Regulatory Enforcement Authority - Sec. 16. The regulatory requirements set forth in this chapter...
4-29.5-4-17. Confidentiality - Sec. 17. (a) Confidentiality. Except as expressly allowed by the...
4-29.5-4-18. Semi-Annual Reimbursement Payments for State Compact Oversight Costs - Sec. 18. (a) Semi-Annual Reimbursement Payments to the State for...
4-29.5-4-19. State's Dispute Resolution Authority - Sec. 19. In the event the State believes that the...
4-29.5-4-20. Bank Secrecy Act Compliance - Sec. 20. The Band shall comply with all applicable provisions...
4-29.5-4-21. Minimum Internal Control Standards; Compliance Oversight Process - Sec. 21. The Band shall conduct its Class III gaming...
4-29.5-4-22. Band Notice Requirements - Sec. 22. In furtherance of this chapter, the Band shall...
Chapter 5. Employee Benefits
4-29.5-5-1. Employee Benefits; Notice Requirements - Sec. 1. The Band shall provide to any employee whose...
Chapter 6. Providers of Class Iii Gaming Equipment or Supplies
4-29.5-6-1. Technical Equipment Standards - Sec. 1. No Class III games of chance, gaming equipment,...
4-29.5-6-2. Leasing and Purchasing Equipment Conditions - Sec. 2. Prior to entering into any lease or purchase...
4-29.5-6-3. Licensing Conditions for Class Iii Games Installation - Sec. 3. The seller, lessor, manufacturer, or distributor shall provide,...
4-29.5-6-4. Class Iii Testing Standards - Sec. 4. Any testing of Class III games of chance,...
Chapter 7. Dispute Resolution
4-29.5-7-1. Dispute Resolution Authority - Sec. 1. In the event that either party to this...
4-29.5-7-2. Informal Dispute Resolution - Sec. 2. Informal Dispute Resolution. The party asserting noncompliance or...
4-29.5-7-3. Federal Court Jurisdiction - Sec. 3. Federal Court Jurisdiction. In the event that the...
4-29.5-7-4. Binding Arbitration - Sec. 4. Binding Arbitration. In the event that the Band...
4-29.5-7-5. Construction of Dispute Resolution Provisions - Sec. 5. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to...
Chapter 8. Notice to Patrons
4-29.5-8-1. Notice to Patrons - Sec. 1. In each of its Class III gaming facilities...
Chapter 9. Infrastructure and Site Improvements
4-29.5-9-1. Infrastructure and Serving Class Iii Gaming on South Bend Site - Sec. 1. Infrastructure and Serving Class III Gaming on the...
4-29.5-9-2. Site Improvements; Compliance With Federal and State Law; Coordination With Indiana Department of Environmental Management - Sec. 2. Site Improvements. In the development and operation of...
Chapter 10. Parity
4-29.5-10-1. Taxation - Sec. 1. Tax Parity. Nothing in this Compact shall be...
4-29.5-10-2. Minority and Women-Owned Businesses - Sec. 2. Minority and Women-Owned Businesses. The Band agrees that...
4-29.5-10-3. Child Support Withholdings - Sec. 3. Child Support Withholdings. If the Band is required...
4-29.5-10-4. Emergency Plan - Sec. 4. Emergency Plan. The Band shall within thirty (30)...
4-29.5-10-5. Political Donations - Sec. 5. Political donations. Any Band elected official, any entity...
4-29.5-10-6. Voluntary Exclusion Program - Sec. 6. Voluntary Exclusion Program. The Band shall make all...
4-29.5-10-7. Indiana Gaming Commission Exclusion List - Sec. 7. IGC Exclusion List. The Band shall eject or...
4-29.5-10-8. Alcohol - Sec. 8. Notwithstanding IC 7.1-5-5-7, the Band, upon approval by...
Chapter 11. Effective Date
4-29.5-11-1. Effective Date - Sec. 1. This Compact shall be effective immediately upon: (1)...
Chapter 12. Binding Effect, Duration, and Severability
4-29.5-12-1. Binding Effect - Sec. 1. This Compact shall be binding upon the State...
4-29.5-12-2. Renewal Process - Sec. 2. Upon completion of the Initial Term, this Compact...
4-29.5-12-3. Additional Renewal Term - Sec. 3. Upon completion of a Renewal Term, as applicable,...
4-29.5-12-4. Successor Compact; Negotiation Procedure - Sec. 4. If the General Assembly of the State rejects...
4-29.5-12-5. Class Iii Gaming Limitation While Compact in Effect - Sec. 5. The Band may operate Class III gaming only...
4-29.5-12-6. Duration to Resolve Disputes - Sec. 6. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this chapter,...
4-29.5-12-7. Severability - Sec. 7. In the event that any chapter of this...
Chapter 13. Notice to Parties
4-29.5-13-1. Notice to Parties - Sec. 1. Unless otherwise indicated, all notices, payments, requests, reports,...
Chapter 14. Entire Agreement
4-29.5-14-1. Entire Agreement Construction - Sec. 1. This Compact is the entire agreement between the...
Chapter 15. Filing of Compact With the Indiana Secretary of State
4-29.5-15-1. Filing Requirements - Sec. 1. Following publication of this Compact in the Federal...
Chapter 16. Amendments
4-29.5-16-1. Amendment Procedures - Sec. 1. This Compact may be amended by mutual agreement...
Chapter 17. Payments to the State in Exchange for Market Exclusivity
4-29.5-17-1. Band's Exclusive Right for Class Iii Gaming - Sec. 1. Notwithstanding IGRA's express prohibition against state taxation of...
4-29.5-17-2. Revenue Sharing Payments in Exchange for Exclusivity - Sec. 2. As consideration for the meaningful concessions from the...
4-29.5-17-3. Class Ii Gaming Payments - Sec. 3. In the event that the Band continues to...
4-29.5-17-4. Payment Period - Sec. 4. All annual payments made by the Band to...
4-29.5-17-5. Revenue Allocation Requirements - Sec. 5. Funds received by the State under this chapter...
4-29.5-17-6. Annual Payment Reduction - Sec. 6. In addition, from the total amount of each...
4-29.5-17-7. Revenue Sharing Annual Reporting - Sec. 7. The Band shall file an annual report with...
Chapter 18. Pokagon Indiana Education Fund
4-29.5-18-1. Revenue for Band Citizens' Education - Sec. 1. For so long as the Band makes payments...
4-29.5-18-2. Pokagon Indiana Education Fund; Band Citizen Eligibility - Sec. 2. The Pokagon Indiana Education Fund shall be used...
4-29.5-18-3. Pokagon Indiana Education Fund Administration; Audit Procedures - Sec. 3. The Pokagon Indiana Education Fund shall be administered...
4-29.5-18-4. Pokagon Indiana Education Fund Payment Allocations - Sec. 4. Payments to the Pokagon Indiana Education Fund shall...
Chapter 19. Band Payments to Local Units of Government
4-29.5-19-1. Authorized Local Agreements - Sec. 1. The State and the Band recognize that IGRA...