Resolution No. 2023-12 — Amended: Establishment of Prp.10 Leasing Ordinance of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians and Application to the Secretary of Interior for Approval of Same
WHEREAS, the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians is a federally recognized Indian tribe ("Tribe") organized pursuant to the provisions of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, 25 U.S.C. §5101, et seq.; and,
WHEREAS, the Tribal Governing Board serves as the governing body of Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians pursuant to Article III, § 1 of the Amended Constitution and Bylaws of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article V, § 1(s), the Amended Constitution and By-laws 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;" and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article V, § 1(f), the Amended Constitution and By-laws of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians empowers the Tribal Governing Board "to manage, lease, permit, or otherwise deal with tribal lands, interests in lands or assets, or to purchase lands or to otherwise acquire lands, or interests in lands within or without the Reservation"; and
WHEREAS, a Leasing Code was approved by the Tribal Governing Board on April 25, 2022, pursuant to Resolution 2022-41 and the Tribe sought review of the Leasing Code with the Bureau of Indian Affairs pursuant to the Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Home Ownership (HEARTH) Act, 25 U.S.C. § 415(h); however, the Leasing Code was not codified by Open Law Library.
WHEREAS, the Tribal Governing Board has determined that it is in the best interest of the Tribe to amend the Leasing Code, and pursuant to the HEARTH Act, approves the application to the Secretary of the Interior for approval of the Amended Leasing Code.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Tribal Governing Board hereby enacts and establishes PRP.10 Leasing Code of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians as attached. Further, the Tribal Governing Board hereby requests that the Secretary of Interior approve the same and authorizes the Tribal Chairman to file such application.
CERTIFICATION
I, the undersigned, as Secretary/Treasurer of the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Governing Board, hereby certify that the Tribal Governing Board is composed of seven (7) members, of whom 6 being present, constituted a quorum at a meeting thereof, duly called, convened, and held on this 30th day of January, 2023, that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at said meeting by an affirmative vote of 5 members, 0 against, 0 abstaining, and that said Resolution is a lawful act of the Tribe.
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Tweed Shuman, Secretary/Treasurer
Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Governing Board