Directs state agencies to make reasonable efforts at working with federally-recognized Indian tribes on policies and programs that affect them. This act requires state agencies to have a designated tribal liaison to act as a go-between for the agency and Indian tribes. State agencies must annually report to the Governor on their involvement with Indian tribes. This act directs the Governor and state officials to meet yearly with tribal leaders.(Companion Bill: SB 6175).   Official Text and Analysis.

This striking amendment requires an Indian tribe to have a sovereign-to-sovereign agreement with the state requiring payment of remuneration to the state in order to receive the benefit of specified state programs and services; requires that the remuneration be in an amount that provides the state with sufficient benefit; authorizes the governor to enter into an agreement with a tribe to allow participation in specified state programs in return for the tribe's payment of the requisite remuneration; creates the Indian nation eligibility for state services account in the state treasury for the receipt of payments made by tribes in return for the receipt of state services and participation in state programs; requires the state and a tribe to mutually consent to the jurisdiction of the federal courts for enforcement of remuneration agreements and for a tribe to waive its sovereign immunity regarding such enforcement; requires that new agreements between the state and a tribe regarding cigarette compacts to include remuneration to the state in order to receive the benefit of the state tax exemption; makes the property tax exemption for tribal property used for essential government services contingent upon the tribe having a sovereign-to-sovereign remuneration agreement in place; makes the tribal leasehold tax exemption contingent upon the tribe having a sovereign-to-sovereign remuneration agreement in place; and adds an emergency clause.

Directs the Governor and state agencies to establish government-togovernment relationships with federally recognized Indian tribes in order to enhance and formalize working relationships with the tribes through collaboration and consultation.