2011 Oregon Revised Statutes
ORS Volume 6, Chapters 201 - 260
ORS Chapter 227
227.172 Siting casino in incorporated city.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) Casino means a facility in which casino games, as defined in ORS 167.117, are played for the purpose of gambling.
(b) Tribal casino means a facility used for:
(A) Class I gaming or class II gaming regulated by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of October 17, 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.);
(B) Class III gaming conducted under a tribal-state compact approved by the Secretary of the Interior under section 11(d)(8) of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)); or
(C) Gaming conducted in accordance with the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and federal regulations.
(2) A casino may not be sited on land in an incorporated city unless the electors of the city approve the development.
(3) Before a permit, as defined in ORS 227.160, can be approved authorizing a proposed development of land in an incorporated city as a site for a casino, the governing body of the city that contains the site shall submit the question of siting the casino to the electors of the city for approval or rejection.
(4) Subsections (2) and (3) of this section do not apply to a tribal casino. [2007 c.724 2]
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