Tribal Law - Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; National Indian Law Library, Native American Rights Fund

Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin - Tribal Law

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Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Tribal Code.

4.05.020 Definitions

(a) "Activity" means any unskilled, semi-skilled, technical or professional labor performed by any person, including the employees of a corporation, during any eight-hour period.

(b) "Commission" means the Interim Land Use Commission consisting of the Tribal Planner and two other members of the Bad River Band appointed by the Tribal Chairman.

(d) "Council" means the Tribal Council of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.

(e) "Land Use Change" means any topographical or use change leading to commercial or industrial development, including the commercial logging of lands not held primarily for that purpose on March 4, 1981, and including the construction of any housing built for the occupancy of one other than the owner at the time of construction. If housing is rented or sold within one year of completion of construction it will be presumed to have been built for the occupancy of one other than the owner at the time of construction.

(f) "Reservation" means all lands within the boundaries of the Bad River Indian Reservation.