California Government Code

§ 12019.65

GOV § 12019.65 Effective Jan 1, 2026Div. 3 · Title 2 · Part 2 · Ch. 1 · Art. 2.3

Statute text

(a)The panel shall meet to consider grant applications at least annually. To the extent required by applicable tribal-state gaming compacts or class III gaming secretarial procedures, the panel shall award grants on a competitive application basis, meaning the panel shall consider completed grant applications that were submitted or automatically renewed by a deadline established by the panel.

(b)The panel shall distribute as equal shares grants six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) per eligible tribe, or at least eighty-five percent (85%) of the available moneys in the fund, whichever is greater, to all eligible tribes that submitted a completed grant application or whose application was automatically renewed by the deadline established by the panel. In the event that equal shares of six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) per eligible tribe exceeds 100 percent of the available moneys in the fund, the panel shall distribute as equal shares grants a proportional amount per eligible tribe that in total equals 100 percent of the available moneys in the fund. The panel shall distribute amounts awarded as annual equal shares grants in quarterly distributions within 45 days of the end of each fiscal quarter. The distributions shall be made at or around the same time as the California Gambling Control Commission makes its quarterly payments from the Indian Gaming Revenue Sharing Trust Fund under subdivision (b) of Section 12012.90.

(c)The panel may distribute as specific distribution grants the remaining available moneys in the fund that were not distributed pursuant to subdivision (b) to eligible tribes that submitted a completed specific distribution grant application by the deadline established by the panel. The panel may award a specific distribution grant in an amount less than requested in an application.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 129, Sec. 7. (AB 221) Effective January 1, 2026.