Akiak Native Community - Selected Ordinances
Received: January 2004
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Table of Contents
01-02-01. A general provision ordinance... governing the specific rules covering the form and content of ordinances to include proposals, drafting, introduction, public reading and hearing, numbering, adoption and registration of ordinances -- 1. Purpose. 2. Definitions. 3. Form, content, and adoption procedures of ordinances. 4. Public readings and hearings of ordinances. 5. Numbering and registration of ordinances. 6. Amending and repealing ordinances procedures. 7. Effective date. Certification. (February 28, 2001) (4 pgs).
01-02-02. ... governing the adoption of the Code of Ordinances, organization, numbering, and codifying of ordinances, and establishing the rules for titling and dividing of the code into several major subject areas -- 1. Purpose 2. Organizing, numbering, and codifying ordinances. Certification. (February 28, 2001) (5 pgs).
01-02-03. Tribal court structure ordinance -- 1. Purpose. 2. Authority. 3. Jurisdiction. 4. Tribal Court / Judges / Court Cerk. 5. Court Clerk. 6. Oath of confidentiality. 7. Sovereign and judicial immunity. 8. Effective date. (2001) (5 pgs).
00-04. Tribal court procedures -- 1. Purpose. 2. Definitions. 3. Option for orders. 4. Contempt of court. 5. Summons to testify. 6. Evidence. 7. Search warrants. 8. Bringing cases to Tribal Court. 9. Hearings. 10. Orders. 11. Request to change order. 12. Effective date. (February 28, 2001) (8 pgs).
00-05. Ordinance establishing Court of Appeals -- 1. Purpose. 2. Structure. 3. Clerk of the Tribal Court of Appeals. 4. Beginning an appeal. 5. Appeal. 6. Response to appeal. 7. Appellate Court procedures. 8. Sovereign and judicial immunity. 9. Effective date. (February 28, 2001) (3 pgs).
01-06-07 (Emergency ordinance number). An ordinance establishing alcohol regulation -- 1. Purpose. 2. Importation and sale of alcohol. 3. Minor consuming or possession of alcohol. 4. Penalties. 5. Enforcing agency. 6. Effective date. (June 26, 2001) (2 pgs).
01-06-06. An ordinance establishing penalties on crimes against public peace and order -- 1. Purpose. 2. Criminal mischief. 3. Penalties. 4. Enforcing agency. 5. Effective date. Certification. (December 27, 2001) (3 pgs).
01-12-28. An ordinance establishing curfew to minors -- 1. Purpose. 2. Definitions. 3. Fall / Winter schedule. 4. Spring / Summer [schedule]. 5. Penalties. 6. Enforcing agency. 7. Effective date [missing effective date]. (2 pgs).
Summons to testify [form for Qanercetaarviat Tribal Court, Akiak, Alaska]. (2003) (1 pg).
01-12-09. An ordinance establishing dog control -- 1. Purpose. 2. Loose dogs. 3. Pet dogs. 4. Disposal of [dead] domestic animals. 5. Penalties. 6. Enforcing agency. 7. Effective date. Certification. (December 27, 2001) (3 pgs).
02-03-01. An ordinance establishing alcohol regulation -- 1. Purpose. 2. Importation and sale of alcohol. 3. Minor consuming or possession of alcohol [or under the influence of alcohol]. 4. Penalties / [non-compliance]. 5. Enforcing agency. 6. Effective date. Certification. (April 26, 2002) (3 pgs).
02-03-11. An ordinance regulating speed limits and legal age of vehicle operators -- 1. Purpose. 2. Speed limits. 3. Legal age of operators [age limit for driving land and water vehicles]. 4. Penalties. 5. Enforcing agency. 6. Effective date. Certification. (August 29, 2002) -- Interoffice memorandum. (Feburary 4, 2003) (3 pgs).
02-03-12. An ordinance establishing a search warrant -- 1. Purpose. 2. [Search warrant]. 3. Enforcing agency. (1 pg).
02-03-13. An ordinance establishing use of the community-owned solid waste site -- 1. Purpose. 2. Establishment of solid waste collection rate. 3. Hours of operation. 4. Location of the solid waste disposal site. 5. Dumping of solid waste at other unauthorized sites. 6. Outhouses and human waste. 7. Use of trash barrels within the community. 8. Penalties. 9. Enforcing agency. 10. Effective date. Certification. (2002) (3 pgs).
02-06-14. Akiak childrens code [missing from NILL's copy of the Code of Ordinances] -- 1.1. Title. 1.2. Purpose. 1.3. Definitions. 1.4. The court. 1.5. Children Court Counselor. 1.6. Presenting officer. 1.7. Guardian ad litem. 1.8. Referee (optional). 1.9. Reserved. 1.10. Jurisdiction of the court. 1.11. Warrants and custody orders. 1.12. Basic rights. 1.13. Taking a minor into custody. 1.14. Release of minor from custody. 1.15. Duty to report abuse and neglect. 1.16. Complaint. 1.17. Preliminary inquiry. 1.18. Preliminary inquiry: criteria for detention or shelter care. 1.19. Place of detention or shelter care. 1.20. Investigation and recommendation by the Court Counselor. 1.21. Petition not recommended: release of minor. 1.22. Informal hearing adjustment. 1.23. Petition. 1.24. Notice of hearing. 1.25. Summons. 1.26. Adjudicatory hearing. 1.27. Pre-disposition hearing. 1.28. Disposition hearing. 1.29. Probation revocation hearing. 1.30. Pre-termination of parental rights reports. 1.31. Termination of parental rights hearing. 1.32. Relinquishment of parental rights (voluntary termination of parental rights). 1.33. Interpreter for relinquishment of parental rights and consent to adoption. 1.34. Consent to adoption. 1.35. Execution of consent to adopt. 1.36. Withdrawal of consent. 1.37. Pre-petition reports for adoption. 1.38. Adoption hearing. 1.39. Transfer to tribal court reports. 1.40. Transfer to hearing time limits. 1.41. Transfer to tribal court hearing. 1.42. Transfer from state court. 1.43. Full faith and credit. 1.44. Conduct of hearings. 1.45. Reports. 1.46. Written judgement. 1.47. Admissibility of evidence in other proceedings. 1.48. Dispositions (dispositional alternatives). 1.49. Modification, revocation or extention of an order. 1.50. Court records. 1.51. Law enforcement records. 1.52. Expunge. 1.53. Appeal. 1.54. Contempt of court. 1.55. Medical examination. 1.56. Finger prints (optional). 1.57. Rules of procedure. (2 pgs).
02-07-15. An ordinance establishing animal control -- 1. Purpose. 2. Dog yard. 3. Enforcing agency. 4. Effective date. (2002) (1 pg).
02-07-16. Membership ordinance -- 1. Applications for enrollment. 2. Processing of the applications. 3. Appeals. [Missing pages with the remaining sections]: 4. Records. 5. Computing of the Akiak native blood. 6. Loss of membership. 7. Amendments. [NILL's copy is missing part of section 3 and sections 4-7] (4 pgs).
03-08-17. ... to adopt tribally determined prevailing wage rates within the AVCP [Association of Village Council Presidents] / Calista region for NAHASDA [Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act] funded projects -- 1. Title and introduction. 2. Purpose and authority. 3. Tribally determined wage rates for NAHASDA funded projects. 4. Amendment clause. 5. Tribal certification. (September 3, 2003) -- Resolution 03-08-13. (September 3, 2003) (4 pgs).