1.1.4.010 Findings

(a) The Pueblo de San Ildefonso ("Pueblo') is a sovereign and self-governing Tribe, recognized as such by the United States of America;

(b) In 2011, the Pueblo approved a new governing Agreement ("Agreement") that separates the different duties and functions for the Governor, Council, and Courts;

(c) The Agreement places the responsibility to write laws and approve budgets in the Council;

(d) The Agreement requires the Council to pass laws and approve budgets in meetings that are open to the public, and to codify and publish all Council enactments;

(e) The Pueblo enacted a "Law and Order Code" in 1984, and has passed various laws and resolutions since 1984;

(f) The Council finds the need to update the Code to create a master, comprehensive Code to include not only the 1984 Code but also the enactments of the Pueblo since 2012.

(g) The Council hereby enacts the attached law entitled, "Code Reform and Approval Act of 2016."

(h) The Pueblo de San Ildefonso Council hereby approves and adopts this resolution in accordance with the requirements of the Agreement, according to published Council procedures, and authorizes and directs the Governor, or his designee, to take such actions as deemed necessary to carry out the intent of this resolution.