AB 2695 Summary

• Reorganizes existing tribal gaming laws by repealing scattered sections and consolidating them into a new Title 16.5 of the Government Code, making technical and nonsubstantive changes with no policy modifications.

• Ratifies tribal-state gaming compacts between California and federally recognized Indian tribes executed under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, designating the Governor as the state officer responsible for negotiating compacts.

• Creates the Indian Gaming Revenue Sharing Trust Fund and Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund in the State Treasury to receive and distribute gaming revenue from tribes for gambling addiction programs, regulatory costs, and local government impact assistance.

• Establishes a grant distribution system for local government agencies impacted by tribal gaming, allocating funds based on a nexus test measuring geographical proximity to tribal casinos and distributing funds through county Indian Gaming Local Community Benefit Committees.

• Sets the local government grant program to expire January 1, 2021, unless extended by later legislation.