[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 54 (Wednesday, March 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13007-13008]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-6738]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Navajo Nation Liquor Ordinance

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Navajo Nation Liquor Ordinance. The 
Ordinance is enacted as an amendment to the Navajo Nation Code 
Sec. 412. The Ordinance regulates the control, possession, and sale of 
liquor on the Navajo Nation Indian trust lands, in conformity with the 
laws of the State of Arizona, where applicable and necessary. Although 
the Ordinance was adopted on July 20, 2001, it does not become 
effective until published in the Federal Register because the failure 
to comply with the Ordinance may result in criminal charges.

DATES: This Ordinance is effective on March 20, 2002.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kaye Armstrong, Office of Tribal 
Services, 1849 C Street, NW., MS 4631-MIB, Washington, DC 20240-4001; 
telephone (202) 208-4400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Act of August 15, 1953, 
Public Law 83-277, 67 Stat. 586, 18 U.S.C. 1161, as interpreted by the 
Supreme Court in Rice v. Rehner, 463 U.S. 713 (1983), the Secretary of 
the Interior shall certify and publish in the Federal Register notice 
of adopted liquor ordinances for the purpose of regulating liquor 
transaction in Indian country. The Navajo Nation Liquor Ordinance, 
which amends the Navajo Nation Code Sec. 412, as authorized by 
Resolution No. CJY-62-01, was duly adopted by the Navajo Nation Council 
on July 20, 2001. The Navajo Nation, in furtherance of its economic and 
social goals, has taken positive steps to regulate retail sales of 
alcohol and use revenues to combat alcohol abuse and its debilitating 
effects among individuals and family members within the Navajo Nation.
    This notice is published in accordance with the authority delegated 
by the Secretary of the Interior to the Assistant Secretary--Indian 
Affairs by 209 Departmental Manual 8.1.
    I certify that by Resolution No. CJY-62-01, the Navajo Nation 
Liquor Ordinance, amending the Navajo Nation Code Sec. 412, was duly 
adopted by the Navajo Nation Council on July 20, 2001.

    Dated: March 11, 2002.
Neal A. McCaleb,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.

    The Navajo Nation Liquor Ordinance, amending the Navajo Nation Code 
Sec. 412, reads as follows:

Amendment to Navajo Nation Code Sec. 412

    1. The Navajo Nation Council hereby amends 17 N.N.C. Sec. 412 in 
the following manner:
    (c) It shall not be unlawful for any person, Indian or non-Indian, 
to sell, deliver, transport or consume intoxicating liquor in that part 
of the Navajo Nation covered by the Antelope Point Resort and Marina 
Business Site Lease provided that the transportation, sale, delivery 
and consumption of alcoholic beverages is in conformity with applicable 
state regulatory liquor law, specifically excluding any state 
regulatory liquor laws which would require the Navajo Nation and/or its 
Lessee to be licensed by the State of Arizona, or to be in any way 
subject to the administrative, executive, judicial or legislative 
jurisdiction of the State of Arizona, and that all sales of alcoholic 
beverages be at prices no less than the prices charged for similar 
products in adjoining areas of the State of Arizona. The Economic 
Development Committee of the Navajo Nation Council is hereby authorized 
to approve such rules and regulations as are necessary and appropriate 
to ensure the proper transportation, sale, delivery and consumption of 
alcoholic beverages within the area of the Antelope Point Business Site 
Lease.
    2. The Navajo Nation Council further stipulates that at the end of 
the term of the Antelope Point Resort and Marina Business Site Lease, 
and any options granted thereto, this legislation shall be subject to 
review and reauthorization by the Navajo Nation Council.

[FR Doc. 02-6738 Filed 3-19-02; 8:45 am]
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