Agreement to Precede Grant of Casino License

Agreement to Precede Grant of Casino License. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no casino license shall be issued by the Tinian Casino Gaming Control Commission until and unless the Mayor of the Municipality of Tinian and Aguiguan certifies that the casino’s master plan conforms with Commonwealth and Municipal laws relative to sewage treatment and infrastructure planning of the casino(s). The Commission may grant a casino license pursuant to its power to do so under 10 CMC § 2531(a) where: (1) there has first been entered into with its approval an agreement between: (i) The Executive Director for and on behalf of the Commission and the casino licensee; or (ii) The Executive Director for and on behalf of the Commission and some other person whom the Commission considers to be the appropriate person to be a party to the agreement with a view to the issue of a casino license to the casino licensee, identifying, within a hotel-casino complex or a proposed hotel-casino complex the casino to be the subject of the license and containing such terms and condition as the Commission thinks fit; and (2) those terms and conditions contained in the agreement and the provisions of this chapter and any provisions of the chapter ratifying the agreement to be complied with up to the time of the grant of the casino license have been complied with. (b) The agreement shall have no force or effect unless and until it is approved by the Commission. (c) The agreement shall include but need not be limited to: (1) The size, structure, design and layout and furnishings of the casino and the casino-hotel; (2) The location of the casino-hotel complex; (3) The plans of the applicant for hiring, training and promotion of local employees, their rate of pay and benefits; (4) The consideration of the impact of businesses within the hotel-casino premises will have on existing businesses on Tinian; (5) All matters of casino operations referred to in article 7 of this chapter. Source: Tinian Local Initiative 1, § 16; amended by TLL 21-9, § 4 (§ 2532) (Mar. 30, 2020).