[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 221 (Friday, November 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 69239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-29083]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Mooretown Rancheria Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Amendment

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Mooretown Rancheria Alcoholic 
Beverage Control Law Amendment as set forth by Resolution 98-16. The 
Mooretown Rancheria Alcoholic Beverage Control Law was originally 
published in the Federal Register of February 11, 2000. This amendment 
increases the tax on sales of alcoholic beverages from 1 percent of the 
amount actually collected, including payments by major credit cards, to 
an amount equal to the current sales tax rate of the State of 
California. Further, the amendment exempts a tribal enterprise, the 
Feather Falls Mini Mart, from application of the sales tax. This is in 
conformity with the laws of the State of California, where applicable 
and necessary. Although the amendment was adopted on January 3, 2002, 
it does not become effective until published in the Federal Register, 
because the failure to comply with the ordinance may result in criminal 
charges.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This amendment is effective on November 15, 2002.

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, Pub. 
L. 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 
transactions in Indian country. The Mooretown Rancheria Alcoholic 
Beverage Control Law Amendment, Resolution No. 98-16, was duly adopted 
by the Tribal Council of the Mooretown Rancheria on January 3, 2002. 
The Mooretown Rancheria, 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 Mooretown Rancheria.
    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 98-16, the Mooretown Rancheria 
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Amendment was duly adopted by the 
Mooretown Rancheria Tribal Council on January 3, 2002.

    Dated: October 9, 2002.
Neal A. McCaleb,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.

    The Mooretown Rancheria Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Amendment, 
Resolution No. 98-16, reads as follows:

Chapter VII--Taxes

    Section 701. Sales Tax. There is hereby levied and shall be 
collected a tax on each sales of alcoholic beverages on the Rancheria 
in the amount equal to the current sales tax rate of the State of 
California. The tax imposed by this section shall apply to all retail 
sales of liquor on the Rancheria (except at Feather Falls Mini Mart) 
and shall preempt any tax imposed on such liquor sales by the State of 
California.

[FR Doc. 02-29083 Filed 11-14-02; 8:45 am]
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