Section GMG.02.05 — Use Of Net Gaming Revenues: General Welfare Of The Stockbridge-Munsee Community And Its Tribal Members

(a) The Tribal Council hereby allocates THIRTY (30%) of net gaming revenues in order to provide supplemental funding for the general welfare of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community and its tribal members, including donations to charitable organizations. Such funding is to include new initiatives and to replace and/or supplement existing programs.

(1) If it deems it necessary, the Tribal Council shall have the authority to increase or decrease the percentage of net gaming revenues allocated to funding the general welfare of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community and its tribal members. The percentage increase may be drawn from the percentage set by Section GMG.02.03 and Section GMG.02.04. If it deems necessary, the Tribal Council may allocate a percentage of the general welfare to fund per capita payments authorized under Section GMG.02.07 of this Plan. Any revision of the allocated percentage herein shall be documented by a Tribal Council resolution, a copy of which shall be provided to the Secretary of the Interior.

(2) Any net gaming revenues allocated to funding for general welfare that have not been expended as of the last date of this fiscal year may, at the Tribal Council's discretion after review of allocation performance, be allocated to the purposes set forth in either Section GMG.02.03, Section GMG.02.04, Section GMG.02.05, or Section GMG.02.07, or be allocated to funding for the general welfare for the subsequent fiscal year, or be allocated 50% into long-term investments and 50% into general welfare for the subsequent fiscal year.