Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians Tribal Code

Most Recent Update Received: April 2024

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Table of Contents (11/9/2015)

TITLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS

  Chapter 1-1. Tribal Court (10/25/23)

  Chapter 1-2. Code of Ethics for Tribal Court Judicial Personnel (2/23/11)

  Chapter 1-3. Tribal Police (10/11/20; 12/11/11)

  Chapter 1-4. UCC - Secuirty Interest Granted by the Tribes (5/11/11)

  Chapter 1-5. Civil Rights Act (10/24/12)

  Chapter 1-6. Public Records (10/11/20; 10/24/12)

  Chapter 1-7. Code Amendment-Codification (2/23/11)

  Chapter 1-8. Government to Government Consultation (5/12/11)

  Chapter 1-9. Tribal Council (7/12/20)

  Chapter 1-10. Research Regulation (1/13/02)

  Chapter 1-11. [Reserved]

  Chapter 1-12. [Reserved]

  Chapter 1-13. Code of Judicial Conduct (3/30/11)

  Chapter 1-14. Resolution No. 08-040 - Repealing Chapter 1-14 - Office of Tribal Attorney (4/13/08)

  Chapter 1-15. Executive Management (1/31/24)

  Chapter 1-16. Court of Appeals (3/10/13)

  Chapter 1-17. General Welfare Assistance Policies and Procedures (7/23/20)

  Chapter 1-18. Burial Benefit Fund (8/13/23)


TITLE 2 - RULES OF PROCEDURE

  Chapter 2-1. Administrative Procedures (3/9/14)

  Chapter 2-2. Civil Actions, Limitations & Liability (8/11/13)

  Chapter 2-3. Arbitration (10/24/12)

  Chapter 2-4. Resolution 07-056 Repealing Chapter 2-4 (Enforcement of Certain Judgments of Courts Other than the Tribal Court of the CTCLUSI Code) (5/20/07)

  Chapter 2-5. Civil Judgments (10/24/12)

  Chapter 2-6. Ordinance No. 073B Repealing Ordinance No. 073A (Civil Remedies) (10/24/12)

  Chapter 2-7. Tort Claims (10/11/20; 12/11/11)

  Chapter 2-8. Sale of Tribal Bonds (10/24/12)

 Chapter 2-9. Ordinance No. 058A Repealing Ordinance No. 058 (Evidence) (10/24/12)

  Chapter 2-10. Debt Set-Off (3/30/11)

  Chapter 2-11. [Reserved]

  Chapter 2-12. Small Claims Court (10/27/03)

  Chapter 2-13. Wellness Court (2/15/19)

  Chapter 2-14. Peacegiving Court (11/13/05)

  Chapter 2-15. Juveniles - Purpose and Construction (10/9/05)


TITLE 3 - OFFENSES

  Chapter 3-1. [Reserved]

  Chapter 3-2. [Reserved]

  Chapter 3-3. Violations (5/8/23)

  Chapter 3-4. Hunting, Fishing, Trapping, and Shellfish Gathering (6/26/24)


TITLE 4 - DOMESTIC

  Chapter 4-1. [Reserved]

  Chapter 4-2. Juvenile Justice (11/13/05)

  Chapter 4-3. Resolution No. 23-173 - Rescinding Chapter 4-3 (Child Protection Team) (11/29/23)

  Chapter 4-4. Juvenile Dependency (11/13/05)

  Chapter 4-5. [Reserved]

  Chapter 4-6. [Reserved]

  Chapter 4-7. Marriage (8/10/14)

  Chapter 4-8. Adoptions (5/31/05)

  Chapter 4-9. [Reserved]

  Chapter 4-10. [Reserved]

  Chapter 4-11. Domestic Violence Prevention Act (2/12/06)


TITLE 5 - REGULATORY PROVISIONS

  Chapter 5-1. Liquor Control (10/11/20; 5/29/15)

  Chapter 5-2. Gaming (10/11/20; 8/10/16)

  Chapter 5-3. [Reserved]

  Chapter 5-4. Tobacco (10/11/20; 11/12/14)

  Chapter 5-5. Indoor Air Quality (10/11/20; 7/8/12)

  Chapter 5-6. Endowment Investment Fund (1/9/11)

  Chapter 5-7. [Reserved]

  Chapter 5-8. [Reserved]

  Chapter 5-9. Allocation of Net Tribal Enterprise Revenues (8/8/10)

  Chapter 5-10. Tribal Elders’ Pension and Supplemental Security Income Program (12/27/23)

  Chapter 5-11. [Reserved]

  Chapter 5-12. [Reserved]

  Chapter 5-13. Hotel Occupancy Tax (11/18/12)


TITLE 6 - CORPORATIONS

  Chapter 6-1. Governmental Corporations Act (9/26/00)

  Chapter 6-2. Limited Liability Company Act (6/29/11)

  Chapter 6-3. [Reserved]

  Chapter 6-4. Business Licensing (10/11/20; 10/24/12)


TITLE 7 - ENROLLMENT, COMMITTEES, ELECTIONS AND REFERENDUMS

  Chapter 7-1. Enrollment (7/11/21)

  Chapter 7-2. REPEALED: Committee By-laws (3/30/11)

  Chapter 7-3. Elections (10/11/20; 7/13/14)

  Chapter 7-4. [Reserved]

  Chapter 7-5. General Committee (10/11/20; 9/11/11)

  Chapter 7-6. Community Benefit Fund (8/13/06)

  Chapter 7-7. Resolution 15-054 Approving Ordinance No. 071B Repealing Ordinance No. 071A (Employee Benefits Committee) (9/13/15)

  Chapter 7-8. Gaming Facility Operational Review Board (10/9/22)

  Chapter 7-9. Resolution No. 23-174 - Rescinding Chapter 7-9 (Investment Committee) (11/29/23)

  Chapter 7-10. Budget Committee and Procedures for Adoption of Annual Budget (12/19/12)

  Chapter 7-11. Elders' Committee (7/10/16)

  Chapter 7-12. Resolution No. 23-172 - Rescinding Chapter 7-12 (Tribal Health Committee) (11/29/23)

  Chapter 7-13. Education Committee (12/11/11)

  Chapter 7-14. Cultural Committee (12/11/11)


TITLE 8 - PROPERTY

  Chapter 8-1. [Reserved]

  Chapter 8-2. Donated Property (10/11/20; 4/14/02)

  Chapter 8-3. Eviction (3/11/07)

  Chapter 8-4. CTCLUSI Building Code (10/11/20; 7/8/12)

  Chapter 8-5.[Reserved]

  Chapter 8-6.[Reserved]

  Chapter 8-7. Housing Committee (3/30/22)


TITLE 9 - EMPLOYMENT AND CONTRACTING

  Chapter 9-1. Resolution No. 09-093 Repealing Chapter 9-1 (Tribal Employment Rights Office (TERO)) (10/11/09)

  Chapter 9-2. Tribal Employee Records Confidentiality (8/11/13)

  Chapter 9-3. Tribal Benefits Board (11/8/15)

  Chapter 9-4. REPEALED: Employment Action Review (2020)

  Chapter 9-5. [Reserved]

  Chapter 9-6. Ordinance No. 063C Repealing Ordinance No. 063B (Background Investigations) (8/12/12)

  Chapter 9-7. Workers' Compensation (10/24/12)

  Chapter 9-8. Procurement, Tribally Determined Prevailing Wage Rates, and Authorizatization for Administrative Development of Policies Subject to Council Review (10/11/20; 9/1/12)


TITLE 10 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT

  Chapter 10-1. Water Quality Standards (8/13/23)

  Chapter 10-2 to 10-8. [Reserved]

  Chapter 10-9. Human Remains and Funerary Objects (10/11/20; 5/16/10)


TRIBAL COURT RULES AND ORDERS

See Tribal Court's website for additional information.

Supplemental Court Rules

SCR 2011-2 Procedures for Filing Documents (4/22/11)

SCR 2011-1 Court Fees (4/22/11)

SCR 2003-1 Grounds and Procedures for Excuse from Jury Duty (3/23/03)

SCR 2002-2 Representation in Tribal Court (7/1/02)

Court Orders

Order Establishing Court Days (2/20/24)

Order Establishing Interest (10/22/10)