PRP.10.1.020 Authority

This Code is enacted pursuant to the inherent sovereign authority of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians and pursuant to and in accordance with the Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Homeowners Act of 2012 (HEARTH Act), 15 U.S.C. § 415. In the implementation of this inherent sovereign authority, the Amended Constitution and Bylaws of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, empowers the Tribal Governing Board to "promulgate and enforce ordinances. . . providing for the maintenance of law and order and the administration of justice…" (Article V, §§1(s)); to "manage, lease, permit or otherwise deal with tribal lands, interests in lands or other assets, and to purchase lands, or interests in lands, within or without the reservation" (Article V, § 1 (f)); and to "delegate to subordinate boards, officers, committees or cooperative associations which are open to all members of the Tribe any of the foregoing powers, reserving the right to review any action taken by virtue of such delegated powers" (Article V, § 1 (m)).