Senate Bill 1237 Summary

• Amends Arizona Revised Statutes Section 5-602 to change language from Indian gaming "permitted" to "allowed" under tribal-state compacts.

• Modifies Section 5-602(E) to specify certification applies to "tribal gaming license or state certification or renewal" (changing comma to "or").

• Adds requirement in Section 5-602(J) that the Department of Gaming may only investigate violations of section 13-3306 on non-Indian lands upon written request from a law enforcement authority or prosecutorial agency.

• Clarifies in Section 5-602(J) that the Department of Gaming cannot initiate such investigations on its own authority.

• Makes minor grammatical corrections to Section 5-602(G) changing "for the enforcement of" to "to enforce."