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Legislation Seeks to Remedy Gambling Dispute with Tribes, California.
By James May, Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jul. 17--SACRAMENTO, Calif.--For two years tribes have been asking the state to show the money and now two bills in each of the houses of the California legislature are looking to do just that.
The bills seek ultimately to remove control of one of two funds from the governor-appointed Gambling Control Commission and place it under the auspices of state constitutional departments.
The bills, respectively introduced by Sen. John Burton, D-San Francisco, and Assemblyman Ed Chavez, D-La Puente, were both introduced in May and seek to iron out a system that has left tribes accusing the state of playing political football with the money.
Gov. Gray Davis has not decided whether or not he will support the bills said Davis spokeswoman Amber Pasricha.
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