§ 74-9802 — Definitions

As used in the tribal gaming oversight act:
(a) "Class III gaming" means all tribal gaming activities defined as class III gaming by the Indian gaming regulatory act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), as in effect on the effective date of this act.
(b) "Employee" means a person who has applied for a position of employment or is currently employed by the state gaming agency.
(c) "Executive director" means the executive director of the state gaming agency.
(d) "Licensee" means a person who has submitted an application for licesure or currently holds a license in tribal gaming issued pursuant to a tribal-state gaming compact.
(e) "Tribal gaming" means any class III gaming conducted pursuant to a tribal-state gaming compact. "Tribal gaming" does not include games on video lottery machines, as defined by K.S.A. 74-8702, and amendments thereto, that the Kansas lottery is prohibited from conducting under K.S.A. 74-8704, and amendments thereto.
(f) "Tribal gaming commission" means a commission created by a native American tribe in accordance with a tribal-state gaming compact.
(g) "Tribal gaming facility" means a facility where tribal gaming is conducted or operated.
(h) "Tribal-state gaming compact" means a compact entered into between the state of Kansas and the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, the Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in Kansas or the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska with respect to the tribe's authority to engage in class III gaming on the tribe's reservation property in the state of Kansas.

Legislative History

L. 1996, ch. 256, § 2; L. 2024, ch. 15, § 83; July 1.