[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 47 (Monday, March 12, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11049-11050]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-4366]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


The Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indian 
Reservation Amendment to Their Liquor Ordinance

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice publishes an amendment to the Liquor Ordinance of 
the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation of 
North Dakota (Tribe). This amendment brings the existing Liquor 
Ordinance of the Tribe which regulates and controls the possession, 
sale and consumption of liquor within the Tribe's reservation into 
conformance with a change in state law. The Liquor Ordinance allows for 
possession and sale of alcoholic beverages within the Three Affiliated 
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, and increases the 
ability of the tribal government to control the Tribe's liquor 
distribution and possession. At the same time it will provide an 
important source of revenue for the continued operation and 
strengthening of the tribal government and the delivery of tribal 
services.

DATES: Effective Date: This Ordinance is effective on March 19, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Steele, Regional Tribal Government 
Officer, Great Plains Regional Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 115 
4th Avenue, SE., MC100, Aberdeen, SD 57401, Telephone: (605) 226-7343, 
Telefax: (605) 226-7446; or Ralph Gonzales, Office of Indian Services, 
1849 C Street, NW., Mail Stop 4513-MIB, Washington, DC 20240; 
Telephone: (202) 513-7629.

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 
transactions in Indian country. The Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort 
Berthold Indians Tribal Council adopted this amendment to their Liquor 
Ordinance by Resolution No. 06-131-NH on October 12, 2006. The purpose 
of this amendment is to bring their current Liquor Control Ordinance 
into conformance with a recent change to state law.
    This notice is published in accordance with the authority delegated 
by the Secretary of the Interior to the Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary--Indian Affairs. I certify that this amendment to the Liquor 
Ordinance of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indians 
was duly adopted by the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold 
Indians Tribal Council on October 12, 2006.

    Dated: March 2, 2007.
Michael D. Olsen,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.

    The Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indians of North 
Dakota Amendment reads as follows:


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Section 5: Dispensing Prohibited on Certain Days

    A person may not dispense or permit the consumption of alcohol 
beverage on a licensed premise between the hours two a.m. and twelve 
noon on Sundays, between the hours of two a.m. and eight a.m. on all 
other days of the week, or on Christmas Day or after six p.m. on 
Christmas Eve. In addition a person may not provide off-sale after 
one a.m. on Thanksgiving Day.

[FR Doc. E7-4366 Filed 3-9-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-4J-P