---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 522.13"
title: "25"
number: "522.13"
heading: "Revocation of class III gaming."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/522.13"
---

# §522.13. Revocation of class III gaming.


A governing body of a tribe, in its sole discretion and without the approval of the Chair, may adopt an ordinance or resolution revoking any prior ordinance or resolution that authorizes class III gaming.

- (a) A tribe shall submit to the Chair one copy of any revocation ordinance or resolution certified as authentic by an authorized tribal official.
- (b) The Chairman shall publish such ordinance or resolution in the Federal Register and the revocation provided by such ordinance or resolution shall take effect on the date of such publication.
- (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any person or entity operating a class III gaming operation on the date of publication in the Federal Register under [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section may, during a one-year period beginning on the date of publication, continue to operate such operation in conformance with a tribal-state compact.
- (d) A revocation shall not affect:
  - (1) Any civil action that arises during the one-year period following publication of the revocation; or
  - (2) **Any crime that is committed during the one-year period following publication of the revocation.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 2706, 2710, 2712.

### Source

Source: 87 FR 57593, Sept. 21, 2022, unless otherwise noted.