Tribal Law - Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; National Indian Law Library, Native American Rights Fund

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota - Tribal Law

Disclaimer: Although every effort is made to present current and accurate information, if you need an official version of the tribe’s laws, please contact the tribe.

To contact the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, visit the tribe's website. The tribe also publishes their laws through the law library on their website.

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians Tribal Code.

22.06.010 Written and Oral Submission

(a) The Tribal Council or an authorized agency shall fully consider written and oral submissions made with regards to a proposed rule. Upon adoption of a rule the affected agency shall issue a concise statement of the principal reason for and against it adoption, including the reasons given by the Tribal Council or the authorized agency for overruling the considerations urged against its adoption, which statement shall be provided without charge to any person requesting the same. When no written or oral submissions have been received the statement or reasons may be omitted.

(b) To be effective, each substantive rule adopted must implement a Tribal Ordinance and be in accordance with standards prescribed by the Tribal Constitution and applicable Federal law.

(c) No rule is valid unless adopted in compliance with the notice and publication provisions of this title, with the exception as stated for "Emergency Rules" in Section 22.05.030.