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The Tulare County Indian Gaming Local Community Benefit Committee (IGLCBC) is seeking grant applications from interested parties.

Senate Bill 621, which became law on January 1, 2004, makes grant funding available to counties, cities and special districts impacted by tribal gaming from the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund.  Gaming tribes that operated 200 or more gaming devices on or before September 1, 1999 contribute a variable portion of their net winnings into the Fund.  In Tulare County, the Tule River Tribe contributes winnings. The seven-member Tulare County Indian Gaming Local Community Benefit Committee is responsible for selecting these grants.

In Tulare County $268,177.87 in grant funding is available. The Tule River Tribe must sponsor the grants and affirm that the proposed grant projects have a reasonable relationship to the impacts of their gaming facility. 

“We are anxious to begin this process,” said Tulare County Supervisor Mike Ennis, the IGLCBC committee member. “We are very pleased to have more than $260,000 to allocate to projects in Southeastern Tulare County and we look forward to reviewing the grant applications.”