REFERENDUM PETITION TO OVERTURN AMENDMENT TO INDIAN GAMING COMPACT.

If this petition is signed by the required number of registered voters and timely filed with the Secretary of State, it will stop the law (Chapter 38, Statutes of 2007) from going into effect, unless a majority of voters at the next statewide election vote in its favor. The challenged law ratifies an amendment to an existing gaming compact between the state and Morongo Band of Mission Indians; exempts certain projects from the California Environmental Quality Act; requires that revenue paid by the tribe be deposited in the General Fund. (07-0035.) (Full Text