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Commissioners may hold other Tribal Governmental positions; however no member of the Tribal Council, Tribal Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson or the Gaming Authority shall serve as a Gaming Commissioner or a Gaming Commission employee during that person’s term on the Gaming Authority, the Tribal Council, Tribal Chairperson, or Vice-Chairperson. Additionally, Commissioners may engage in business; provided, however, that Commissioners shall not engage in any business that is subject to the provisions of this chapter. Commissioners may not game in the gaming facility nor have any personal financial interest in any gaming by any person in the gaming facility or conducted by the gaming operation (other than such interest held by tribal members as a whole). A Commissioner shall immediately resign from the Gaming Commission upon the Commissioner’s conviction in a federal, state, or other court of competent jurisdiction for any felony or any misdemeanor or civil infraction related to illegal gambling or bribery or any charge that the Tribal Council, Tribal Chairperson, or Vice-Chairperson finds relates to the Commissioner’s honesty, integrity or ability to fulfill his or her duties. If a Commissioner is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to have violated this chapter or 4 WRC § 6-101 et seq., Conduct and Ethics, as may be amended from time to time, the Gaming Commission shall immediately revoke his or her gaming license, and the Tribal Chairperson shall immediately terminate him or her from employment as a member of the Gaming Commission, and such termination shall not require the consent of the Tribal Council. (Res. 2019-28)