Tribal Law - Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; National Indian Law Library, Native American Rights Fund

Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico - Tribal Law

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Pueblo de San Ildefonso Code.

8.3.1.010 Selection, Duties and Authority

(a) The Governor, with the approval of the Council, shall appoint Law Enforcement officers, Probation and Parole Officers, Juvenile Officer, Game Wardens and Livestock and Range Inspectors traditional and other officers.

(b) The Council shall approve the qualifications, terms of employment, and compensation of such officers.

(c) The Council shall approve the duties of such officers including their authority to make arrests for violations of this Code for any others issued thereunder, and to carry out official orders of the Court.

(d) With the approval of the Council, Law Enforcement Officers, Probation and Parole Officers, Juvenile Officers, Game Wardens, Livestock and Range Inspectors, and other officers of the Court may accept deputy commissions from city, county, state and Federal agencies.

(e) The Council may issue commissions with power of arrest for violations of this Code to city, county, state and Federal officers, and may deputize Law Enforcement Officers of the State, County; Municipality, and including Livestock and Range Inspectors and other individuals as traditions and customs and the law of the Pueblo of San Ildefonso dictate.