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Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin - Code of Laws

Table of Contents Updated: September 2018

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Code of Laws

Table of Contents

TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT

1-1    Forest County Potawatomi Constitution (07/14/1982)

1-2    Realty (08/11/2018)

  1. General
  2. Definitions
  3. Administration and Applicability
  4. General Leasing Provisions
  5. Environmental Review Process
  6. Residential Leases
  7. Leasehold Interests and Transfer of Leaseholds at Death
  8. Life Estates and Rights of Occupancy on Trust Land
  9. Mortgages of Trust Land Leasehold Interests
  10.  Right of Lessee’s Family in the Event Lessee Ceases to Occupy the Leasehold
  11.  Rights of Multiple Owners of a Single Leasehold Interest
  12.  Term and Expiration
  13.  New Residential Lease Preference for Previous Lessee
  14.  Business Leases
  15.  Enforcement
  16.  Proceedings to Collect Fees for Payment of Emergency Services

1-3    Adoption of Nonmembers (08/21/1978)

  1. Statement
  2. Qualifications and Procedures

1-4    Housing (06/22/1983)

  1. Authority
  2. Declaration of Need
  3. Purposes
  4. Definitions
  5. Board of Commissioners
  6. Powers
  7. Obligations
  8. Miscellaneous
  9. Cooperation in Connection with Projects
  10.  Approval by Secretary of the Interior

1-5    Tribal Hall Alcohol (11/12/1983)

  1. Alcohol
  2. Illegal Drugs
  3. Intoxicated Persons Barred
  4. Definitions

1-6    Government Official and Employee Ethics (12/09/1989)

  1. General Provisions
  2. Ethical Standards
  3. Review

1-7    Meeting Quorum (12/09/1989)

  1. Authority
  2. Findings
  3. Quorum Rule

1-8    Elections (11/05/2005)

  1. Council Findings, Purpose and Construction
  2. Voting
  3. Removal From Office
  4. Recall From Office
  5. Vacancies
  6. Referendum
  7. General Council Meeting
  8. Challenges to Voting Process
  9. Amendment, Repeal by Referendum

EXHIBIT A- Recall Petition
EXHIBIT B- Application for Recall Petition
EXHIBIT C- Referendum Petition
EXHIBIT D- Application for Referendum Petition

1-9    Right to Work (05/09/2015)

  1. General
  2. Definitions
  3. Administration and Agreements

1-10  Animal Control (05/12/2018)

  1. General
  2. Definitions
  3. Administration
  4. License and Vaccinations
  5. Control of Animals
  6. Animal Shelter/ Rabies Quarantine
  7. Interference with Animal Control Officer
  8. Household Limit
  9. Animal Waste
  10.  Other Animals
  11.  Abandonment
  12.  Penalties
  13.  Monetary Enforcement

TITLE II: TRIBAL COURT

2-1    Tribal Court (05/28/1993)

  1. General Provisions
  2. Definitions
  3. The Court
  4. Rule Making Power
  5. Tribal Prosecutor
  6. Court Clerk
  7. Forfeiture and Civil Actions
  8. Service
  9. Forfeiture and Duties
  10.  Stipulations of No Contest
  11.  Court Costs
  12.  Monies
  13.  Confiscation
  14.  Subpoena Power
  15.  Contempt Power
  16.  Warrants
  17.  Affidavits
  18.  Searches
  19.  Seizure of Persons
  20.  Exemption from Liability
  21.  Burden of Proof
  22.  Continuing Violations
  23.  Revocations
  24.  Maximum Forfeitures
  25.  Default Judgement
  26.  Community Service
  27.  Irregularities
  28.  Advocates
  29.  Juveniles
  30.  Appeals
  31.  Limitations
  32. Severability and Non-Liability

2-2    Foreign Judgment Enforcement (11/20/1999)

  1. General Provisions
  2. Recognition, Registration and Enforcement
  3. Notice of Filing
  4. Stay Enforcement of Judgement
  5. Grounds for Non- Recognition
  6. Other Rights of Enforcement
  7. Filing Fees
  8. Effective Date; Amendment

2-3    Garnishment of Earnings (11/20/1999)

  1. General Provisions
  2. Definitions
  3. Jurisdiction of the Court
  4. Application of Tribal Court Code
  5. Commencement of Garnishment
  6. Liability of Garnishee
  7. Objection to Garnishment; Request for Hearing
  8. Continuous Lien on Earnings
  9. Continuing Effect on the Garnishment
  10.  Reporting by Creditor
  11.  Hearings
  12.  Priorities
  13.  Exemptions
  14.  Sovereign Immunity
  15.  Effective Date; Amendment
  16.  Forms

2-4    Debts Owed (08/12/2000)

  1. General Provisions
  2. Procedure
  3. Forms

2-5    Mediation (05/09/2015)

  1. General
  2. Definitions
  3. Establishment
  4. Mediators
  5. Appointment, Request, and Assignment of a Mediator
  6. Mediation Process

TITLE III: FAMILY

3-1    Childrens Code (05/09/2015)

  1. General
  2. Definitions
  3. Jurisdiction
  4. Adoption
  5. Termination of Parental Rights
  6. Records
  7. Child Protective Services

3-2    Foster Homes (05/09/2015)

  1. General
  2. Definitions
  3. License a Privilege; Rights of Applicants and Licensees
  4. Foster Parents and Their Families
  5. Foster Homes and Out-of-Home Placements
  6. Care of Children
  7. Executive Council Decisions Final
  8. Penalties
  9. Liberal Construction

3-3    Child Support (08/12/2000)

  1. General Provisions
  2. Jurisdiction
  3. Civil Provisions of General Application
  4. Enforcement and Modification of Support Order After Registration
  5. Determination of Parentage
  6. Forms

3-4    Guardianship and Protective Proceedings (05/09/2015)

  1. General
  2. Definitions
  3. Guardianship of Minor
  4. Guardianship of Incapacitated Person
  5. Protection of Property of Protected Person

3-5    Truancy (05/09/2015)

  1. General
  2. Definitions
  3. Applicability
  4. Truancy, Habitual Truancy, and Contributing to Truancy Prohibited
  5. Family Services
  6. Education and Cultural Services
  7. Court Trial and Citations
  8. Penalties
  9. Monetary Enforcement
  10.  Petition; Child in Need of Care

TITLE IV: NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

4-1    Solid Waste (12/04/1993)

  1. General
  2. Definitions
  3. Applicability; Solid Waste Disposal Program
  4. General Conditions
  5. Solid Waste Storage
  6. Collection and Transportation Solid Waste
  7. Treatment, Processing and Utilization of Solid Waste
  8. Disposal of Solid Waste
  9. Site and Plan Approval, Denial, Cancellation of Approvals
  10. Operational Requirements for Solid Waste Transfer Stations
  11. Nonconforming Sites and Facilities
  12. Receptacles for Garbage, Refuse to Be Provided
  13. Use of Designated Receptacles Required
  14. Tree Limbs, Cuttings, Stumps, Shrubbery, Yard Waste
  15. Debris From Construction, Demolition, Repair of Buildings is Duty of Occupant
  16. Disposal of Discarded Appliances, Etc.
  17. Scavenging, Garbage Containers, Landfills, Etc.
  18. Enforcement
  19. Variances
  20. Limitations
  21. Severability
  22. Repeal

4-2    Tire Dumps (12/04/1993)

  1. Declaration of Policy
  2. Definitions
  3. Tire Dumps Declared A nuisance
  4. Tire Dumps Declared Physical Injury to Real Property
  5. Trespass
  6. No Waiver of Sovereign Immunity
  7. Decision to Bring Action
  8. Severability

TITLE V: BUSINESS

5-1    Liquor Control (12/14/1991)

  1. General
  2. Licenses
  3. Agent
  4. Authority of the Tribal Executive Council
  5. Separate Licenses for Each Facility
  6. Transfer of Licenses Prohibited
  7. State Law Applicable
  8. State Law Adopted
  9. Closing Hours

5-2    (Second Amended) Gaming Control Ordinance (08/11/2018)

  1. General
  2. Definitions
  3. Authorization of Gaming Activities
  4. Conformance with IGRA and Compact
  5. Standards of Operation and Management
  6. Public Safety Standards
  7. Net Revenues
  8. Forest County Potawatomi Community Gaming Commission
  9. Registration
  10. Background Investigations and Licensing Determinations
  11. Licensing Procedures
  12. Ethics
  13. Accounting, Monthly Reports, and Annual Audits
  14. Powers of the Executive Council
  15. Powers of the General Council
  16. Interpretations
  17. Miscellaneous Provisions
  18. Penalties for Violations

5-3   Gaming Revenue Allocation (08/08/1998)

5-4    Tax (11/06/2010)

  1. General
  2. Tax Commission Regulations and Filing Procedures
  3. Assessments and Noncompliance Penalties
  4. Collection and Appeals
  5. Tax Receipts; Effective Dates
  6. Sales Tax Code: Purpose
  7. Imposition of Sales Tax
  8. Exemptions, Return, And Payments
  9. Administrative Procedures
  10. Hotel Occupancy Tax Code
  11. Imposition of Tax
  12. Exemptions, Returns and Payments
  13. Administrative Regulations

5-5    UCC (05/09/2015)

  1. General
  2. Effectiveness, Attachment, and Rights of Parties
  3. Perfection and Priority
  4. Rights of Third Parties
  5. Filing
  6. Default
  7. Miscellaneous Provisions

TITLE VI-X (RESERVED)

SEE ALSO:
Tribal Court Rules

[Table of Contents created by NILL in September 2018, based on materials available on tribe's website.]