25.01.160 Tgra Staff and Authority to Hire Attorneys and Necessary Consultants

(a) The TGRA shall adhere to standardized tribal Human Resource Laws and administrative practices in regard to any staff recruitment, employment reduction in force, promotion training and related employment actions to a publicly announced policy and practice of extending preferential treatment to Indians living on or near the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Reservation.

(b) The Commission is empowered to employ non-Indians when no qualified Indian living on or near the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Reservation can be recruited, trained or upgraded to fill the given hiring need of the Commission.

(c) The Commission shall hire a general counsel and other person as necessary for purposes of consultation investigations, or operational support of the Commission and shall compensate such persons at amounts within funding or budgets approved by the Tribal Council.

(d) The Commission may contract for the technical expertise of outside consultants in carrying out its authorized functions; provided such contracting conforms to standard tribal contracting administrative procedures.