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FEBRUARY 7, 2001 New Mexico's gaming tribes who are the target of a federal lawsuit aimed at shutting their operations down are hoping they can negotiate a new gaming compact with legislators this session. The tribes are being sued for failing to pay a 16 percent revenue sharing rate to the state as dictated by compacts signed in 1997. All tribes agreed to stop making payments last year and negotiated a new compact with a lower revenue sharing rate but it was rejected by lawmakers. Mescalero Apache President Sara Misquez said tribes now support a new 18-year proposal which would cap the sharing rate at 8 percent and require them to make back payments on the monies they have faied to remit thus far. Half of the money would be earmarked for Indian education, however. Get the Story:
Tribes Want Gambling Pact This Session (AP 2/6)
NM Tribes hope for gaming compact
Facebook TwitterFEBRUARY 7, 2001 New Mexico's gaming tribes who are the target of a federal lawsuit aimed at shutting their operations down are hoping they can negotiate a new gaming compact with legislators this session. The tribes are being sued for failing to pay a 16 percent revenue sharing rate to the state as dictated by compacts signed in 1997. All tribes agreed to stop making payments last year and negotiated a new compact with a lower revenue sharing rate but it was rejected by lawmakers. Mescalero Apache President Sara Misquez said tribes now support a new 18-year proposal which would cap the sharing rate at 8 percent and require them to make back payments on the monies they have faied to remit thus far. Half of the money would be earmarked for Indian education, however. Get the Story:
Tribes Want Gambling Pact This Session (AP 2/6)
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