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respect to such sales and be available for inspection by the
state gaming agency and by the Department of Public Safety,
Bureau of Liquor Enforcement.

 
3.__Traffic standards.__The tribal gaming operator shall
provide access from gaming facilities located on the site onto
public highways of the State adequate to meet standards of the
Department of Transportation or shall enter into agreements
with the Department of Transportation for the provision of
such access by the State, including provisions for
compensation by the tribal gaming operator of the costs
incurred by the State in constructing such improvements to the
public highways, including traffic control signals, as may be
necessary.__The State shall cooperate with the Tribes in
providing at the expense of the tribal gaming operator such
signs as are reasonable and appropriate in order to permit
members of the traveling public to locate the site from the
major road approaches.

 
§6312.__State taxation and revenue sharing

 
1.__Property taxes.__In accordance with section 6208,
subsection 2, all real or personal property owned by the
Tribes or the tribal gaming operator in connection with gaming
operations and other activities at the site are subject to
levy and collection of real and personal property taxes by any
taxing authorities, including municipalities having
jurisdiction over the site.

 
2.__State corporation taxes.__In accordance with section
6208, subsection 3, so long as the Tribes are exempt from the
payment of federal income taxes on business corporations, they
are not subject to taxation under the laws of the State
applicable to business corporations.__The tribal gaming
operator is subject to state corporation taxes in accordance
with its particular form of organization.__With respect to
gaming operations and other activities at the site, the Tribes
and the tribal gaming operator, as applicable, are subject to
all sales and use taxes, including liquor and tobacco taxes,
of general application within the State.

 
3.__Video facsimile revenues.__So long as no change in state
law occurs to tax or exact any fee on the gaming operations or
other activities at the site except as provided in subsections
1 and 2, the tribal gaming operator shall pay to the State an
annual fee equal to 25% of the gross revenues of video
facsimiles operated by the tribal gaming operator, such fee to
be deemed for all purposes of state law a valid business
expense.__Provided, however, if a like facility or gaming
device is authorized by the State, and subject to a tax more
favorable than the tax contemplated herein, the annual fee
payable to the State must be


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