Section ENV.04.03 — Environmental Protection Commission

(a) There is hereby created a Tribal Environmental Protection Commission, as a division of the tribal government under the direction of the Tribal Council and the Commission shall exercise its power and perform its duties and functions specified in this article, said Commission shall consist of six (6) persons. It shall include the heads of the Tribal Department of Forestry, Fish and Game, Human Services, and the Tribal Health Board, and two (2) reservation residents appointed by the Tribal Chairperson with the consent of the Tribal Council. Appointments must be made so as to include appropriate agricultural, wildlife, industrial, and cultural training within its own membership; although no specific number of its members shall be required to be so trained. A majority of members must be officially enrolled members of the Tribe.

(b) Of the two (2) members appointed by the Tribal Chairperson, both shall serve four year terms, except of those first two appointed, one shall be appointed for three years, and one shall be for four years. The Tribal Chairperson may fill any vacancy in the appointed membership of the Commission, and may remove any appointed member for cause. The heads of tribal departments may designate an administrative staff member to perform the duties of the member making the designation.

(c) All members of the Commission shall have a vote. Four (4) members shall constitute a quorum, and the concurrence of a majority of a quorum of the Commission in any matter within its powers and duties shall be required for any determination made by the Commission.