(t) "Operating Expense" means”
(1) any expense incurred in the daily operation of a gaming activity that is specifically
designated as an operating expense in a management contract;
(2) in the case of an establishment licensed by the Tribe pursuant to § 3.03, the term shall
mean an expense specifically designated as an operating expense in any regulation
adopted by the Commission.
(3) Operating expense shall include all monies that are reasonably attributed to maintaining
and operating the gaming activities, reasonable salaries paid to employees, and
non-gaming activities that are reasonably related to promoting business in the gaming
establishment.
(u) "Patron" means any person or group of persons who participate as players in games as defined
by this Code, or who are physically present on premises wherein or whereon such games are
being played.
(v) "Person" means any association, partnership, corporation, firm trust or other form of business
association as well as a natural person.
(w) "Primary Management Officials" shall include all officials of the gaming activity who exercise
authority over daily operation of the gaming, including the authority to hire and fire employees,
to supervise employees or to establish operational policy for the gaming activity.
(1) Such officials shall include, but not be limited to, all owners, officers, and shareholders
with greater than a 10% ownership interest, or partners of the management contractor,
if any.
(x) "Regulation" means the regulations of the Commission under this Code.
(y) "Reservation" when not qualified, means:
(1) all lands and water areas within the exterior boundaries of the Spokane Reservation,
established pursuant to Executive Order, January 18, 1881 and any extensions thereof,
and all Spokane Tribal and allotted Indian lands outside the exterior boundaries of the
Spokane Indian Reservation.;
(2) any other lands designated as reservation lands by the Secretary of the Department of
Interior.
(z) "Services" means labor provided by 1 person to or for another, where such labor is provided in
pursuit of the purpose of gaming pursuant to this code.
(aa)
"Tribal Court" means the Tribal Court of the Spokane Tribe of Indians.
(bb)
"Tribal-State Compact" or "Compact". Tribal-State Compact" or "Compact means a written
document, either negotiated and agreed to by the Spokane Tribe and an official or agency of the
State of Washington, or prescribed by the Secretary pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 2710 (7) (B) (vii),
governing the conduct of Class III gaming activities on Indian lands.
(cc)
"Tribe" means the Spokane Tribe of Indians.
(dd)
"Working days" means Monday through Friday except Federal or Tribal holidays.
(ee)
Words and Terms: Tense, gender and number: In constructing the provisions of this Code,
save when otherwise plainly declared or clearly apparent from the context;
(1) words in the present tense shall include the future tense;
(2) words in masculine, feminine and neuter genders shall include all genders;
(3) words in the singular shall include the plural, and in the plural shall include the singular.
Section 23-2 Administration and Enforcement
23-2.01 Unauthorized Gaming.
(a) Any Indian who commits any act of unauthorized gaming on this reservation or on any Indian
land shall be guilty of a crime and shall be prosecuted in Tribal Court.
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