[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 81 (Wednesday, April 28, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22419-22423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-9802]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Liquor Control Ordinance of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Amended Prairie Band Potawatomi 
Nation Liquor Control Ordinance. The Amended Ordinance regulates and 
controls the possession, sale, and consumption of liquor within the 
Tribal lands and the treatment and reduction of alcohol abuse and 
related social problems on the Reservation. The Tribal lands are 
located in Indian country and this Amended Ordinance allows for 
possession and sale of alcoholic beverages within their boundaries. 
This Amended Ordinance will increase the ability of the Tribal 
government to control the community's liquor distribution and 
possession, and at the same time 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 Amended Ordinance is effective on May 28, 
2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sherry Lovin, Tribal Government 
Services Officer, Southern Plains Regional Office, WCD Office Complex, 
P.O. Box 368, Anadarko, OK 73005, Telephone: (405) 247-1537, Fax (405) 
247-9240; or Elizabeth Colliflower, Office of Indian Services, 1849 C 
Street, NW., Mail Stop 4513-MIB, Washington, DC 20240, Telephone: (202) 
513-7641.

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 Tribal Council of the Prairie Band 
Potawatomi Nation adopted its Amended Liquor Control Ordinance by 
Resolution No. 2009-128A on July 15, 2009. The purpose of this Amended 
Ordinance is to govern the sale, possession, and distribution of 
alcohol within Tribal lands of the Tribe.
    This notice is published in accordance with the authority delegated 
by the Secretary of the Interior to the Assistant Secretary--Indian 
Affairs. I certify that the Tribal Council of the Prairie Band 
Potawatomi Nation adopted its Amended Liquor Control Ordinance by 
Resolution No. 2009-128A on July 15, 2009.

    Dated: April 15, 2010.
Donald Laverdure,
Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.

    The Liquor Control Ordinance of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation 
reads as follows:

Liquor Control Ordinance of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation

Introduction

    Title. This ordinance shall be known as the ``Prairie Band 
Potawatomi Liquor Control Ordinance.''
    Authority. This ordinance is enacted pursuant to the Act of August 
15, 1953, 67 Stat. 586, codified at 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1161, by the 
authority of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Tribal Council under the 
Constitution of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, Article V, Sections 
1(g) and (i).
    General Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to provide civil 
laws for the tribal regulation and control of liquor within the Prairie 
Band Potawatomi Reservation. The enactment of this ordinance governing 
liquor on the Reservation will increase the ability of the tribal 
government to control the sale, distribution and possession of liquor 
and will provide revenue for the continued operation and strengthening 
of the tribal government and the delivery of tribal government services 
for the regulation of liquor and the treatment and reduction of alcohol 
abuse and related social problems on the Reservation. The civil 
penalties, taxes and other liabilities imposed by this ordinance are 
reasonably necessary and related to the expense of governmental 
administration necessary to maintain law and order and public health 
and safety on the Reservation. It is the legislative intent of the 
Tribal Council that all violations of this ordinance, whether committed 
by tribal members, non-member Indians or non-Indians be considered 
civil in nature rather than criminal.

Article I. Declaration of Public Policy and Purposes

    (1) The introduction, possession, and sale of liquor on the Prairie 
Band Potawatomi Reservation are matters of special concern to the 
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation.
    (2) Federal law prohibits the introduction of liquor into Indian 
Country (18 U.S.C. Sec. 1154 and other statutes), except as provided 
therein, and expressly affirms and delegates to Tribes the governmental 
authority to regulate and control liquor on Indian Reservations. (18 
U.S.C. Sec. 1161)
    (3) Legislative Findings. The Tribal Council finds that a need 
exists for strict regulation and control over liquor transactions 
within the Reservation because of the many problems associated with the 
sale, possession, distribution, and consumption of liquor. The Tribal 
Council finds that tribal control and regulation of liquor is necessary 
to address serious social problems relating to alcohol use on the 
Reservation. This ordinance is intended to protect the members of the 
Nation on the Reservation by prohibiting and regulating conduct that 
threatens and directly affects their health, safety and welfare. The 
Tribal Council further finds that:
    (a) Alcohol abuse is a serious problem on the Reservation. Alcohol 
abuse leads to frequent early loss of life and morbidity among tribal 
members and other residents of the Reservation. For example, the 
accident death rates due to homicide, suicide, motor vehicle accidents 
and diseases related to alcohol abuse are several times higher among 
tribal members than among the general population of the United States, 
and a great number of the serious trauma cases treated by the Indian 
Health Service (IHS) on reservations are alcohol related. According to 
the IHS, the rates for the Nation's adults with alcohol

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problems are four times that of non-Reservation residents in northeast 
Kansas.
    (b) Alcohol abuse causes and perpetuates dysfunctional families on 
the Reservation. The vast majority of child abuse, spousal abuse and 
elderly abuse that occurs on the Reservation is alcohol related.
    (c) Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect occur at 
alarming rates among children born within Indian Tribes. Children born 
with prenatal alcohol damage have difficulty caring for themselves all 
of their lives. The Nation has a compelling interest in protecting 
children from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect.
    (d) Unemployment is high among tribal members on the Reservation 
and poverty is widespread. Many tribal members suffer serious economic 
deprivation due to alcohol abuse, ranging from unemployment to 
malnutrition.
    (e) Alcohol abuse contributes to the vast majority of the crime 
which takes place within tribal territory and places heavy burdens on 
the tribal criminal justice system and the tribal courts.
    (f) Alcohol abuse has a devastating impact on our families and the 
Reservation community, and the Tribal Council has a duty to combat 
alcohol abuse.
    (g) Both the Nation and the Federal Government devote tremendous 
resources to prevent and treat problems of alcohol abuse on the 
Reservation, yet even the combined prevention and treatment programs 
sponsored by the Nation and the Federal Government are not sufficient 
to address the problems of alcohol abuse. Far more must be done.
    (h) The Nation must exercise its regulatory authority to combat the 
problems of alcohol abuse on the Reservation through a comprehensive, 
consistent and clearly defined plan to minimize alcohol consumption on 
the Reservation and to discourage unsafe drinking practices. In 
addition, the Nation must raise additional revenue to combat the 
problems of alcohol abuse.
    (4) For the spiritual well-being of our children and families and 
for the survival and strengthening of our people, the Prairie Band 
Potawatomi Nation strives for the elimination of alcohol abuse and its 
associated problems from the Prairie Band Potawatomi Reservation. In 
furtherance of this purpose, the Tribal Council hereby declares that it 
is the policy of the Nation:
    (a) To minimize alcohol consumption on the Reservation;
    (b) To discourage unsafe drinking practices, including, but not 
limited to, driving while intoxicated, alcoholism or chronic 
intoxication, violence related to alcohol abuse, public intoxication 
and drinking during pregnancy;
    (c) To minimize the adverse health effects of drinking alcohol 
through prevention, regulation and treatment;
    (d) To protect unborn children, who are people in their own right, 
from prenatal alcohol damage;
    (e) To control the supply and conditions of availability of liquor 
through regulation, education and taxation;
    (f) To maximize education, prevention and treatment programs to 
fight alcohol abuse; and
    (g) To cause those who sell, consume or promote alcohol on the 
Reservation to bear a greater proportion of the costs associated with 
alcohol use and abuse through civil penalties concerning and taxation 
of liquor and liquor dealers and dedicating the revenue derived for 
alcohol abuse education, enforcement, prevention, regulation and 
treatment.
    (5) It is in the best interests of the Nation to enact a tribal 
ordinance governing liquor sales on the Reservation which provides for 
exclusive purchase, distribution, and sale of liquor only on tribal 
lands within the exterior boundaries of the Reservation. Further, the 
Nation has determined and hereby requires that said purchase, 
distribution, and sale shall take place only at tribally-owned gaming 
facility complexes and other tribally-owned enterprises.

Article II. Definitions

    (1) As used in the title, these words shall have the following 
meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
    (a) ``Alcohol'' means that substance known as ethyl alcohol, 
hydrated oxide of ethyl, alcohol, ethanol, or spirits of wine, from 
whatever source or by whatever process produced.
    (b) ``Bar'' means any establishment with special space and 
accommodations for the sale of liquor by the glass and for consumption 
on the premises.
    (c) ``Beer'' means any alcoholic beverage obtained by the alcoholic 
fermentation of an infusion or decoction of pure hops, or pure extract 
of hops and pure barley malt or other wholesome grain or cereal in 
water.
    (d) ``Liquor'' includes all fermented, spirituous, vinous, or malt 
liquor or combinations thereof, and mixed liquor, a part of which is 
fermented, and every liquid or solid or semisolid or other substance, 
patented or not, containing distilled or rectified spirits, potable 
alcohol, beer, wine, brandy, whiskey, rum, gin, aromatic bitters, and 
all drinks or drinkable liquids and all preparations or mixtures 
capable of human consumption and any liquid, semisolid, solid, or other 
substances, which contain alcohol.
    (e) ``Liquor Store'' means any store at which liquor is sold and, 
for the purpose of this ordinance, including stores only a portion of 
which are devoted to sale of liquor.
    (f) ``Malt Liquor'' means beer, strong beer, ale, stout and porter.
    (g) ``Nation'' means the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation.
    (h) ``Package'' means any container or receptacle used for holding 
liquor.
    (i) ``Person'' means any natural person, firm, partnership, joint 
venture, association, corporation, municipal corporation, estate, 
trust, business receiver, or any group or combination acting as a unit 
and the plural as well as the singular in number.
    (j) ``Public Place'' includes State, county, tribal or Federal 
highways or roads; buildings and grounds used for school purposes; 
public dance halls and grounds adjacent thereto; soft drink 
establishments, public buildings, public meeting halls, lobbies, halls 
and dining room of hotels, restaurants, theaters, gaming facilities, 
entertainment centers, stores, garages, and filling stations which are 
open to and/or are generally used by the public and to which the public 
is permitted to have unrestricted access; public conveyances of all 
kinds and character; and all other places of like or similar nature to 
which the general public has unrestricted right of access, and which 
are generally used by the public.
    (k) ``Reservation'' means all territory within the exterior 
boundaries of the area recognized as the Prairie Band Potawatomi 
Nation's Reservation and all other territory i) which is or in the 
future may be located outside of said boundaries and ii) to which it is 
possible to extend the Nation's jurisdiction or authority, including, 
without limitation, territory within the exterior boundaries of Indian 
country of the Nation or of its members and all property held by the 
United States in trust for the Nation or for a member of the Nation.
    (l) ``Sale'' and ``Sell'' include exchange, barter and traffic, and 
also include the selling or supplying or distributing of liquor, by any 
means whatsoever, by any person to any person.
    (m) ``Spirits'' means any beverage which contains alcohol obtained 
by distillation, including wines exceeding seventeen percent of alcohol 
by weight.
    (n) ``Tribal Council'' means the governing body of the Prairie Band 
of Potawatomi Nation.

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    (o) ``Tribal Court'' means the Prairie Band Potawatomi Tribal 
Court.
    (p) ``Wine'' means any alcoholic beverage obtained by fermentation 
of the natural contents of fruits, vegetables, honey, milk or other 
products containing sugar, whether or not other ingredients are added 
during or after fermentation, and containing not more than seventeen 
percent of alcohol by weight, including sweet wines fortified with wine 
spirits, such as port, sherry, muscatel and angelica, not exceeding 
seventeen percent of alcohol by weight.

Article III. Rules, Regulations and Enforcement

    (1) It shall be a violation of this ordinance for any person:
    (a) To in any manner introduce, sell, offer for sale, distribute, 
transport, consume, use or possess liquor on the Reservation except as 
expressly permitted by this ordinance,
    (b) To buy liquor on the Reservation from any person other than a 
tribally-licensed person,
    (c) Engaged wholly or in part in the business of carrying 
passengers for hire, and every agent, servant, or employee of such 
person, to permit any person to drink liquor in any public conveyance 
or for any person to consume liquor in a public conveyance,
    (d) Under the age of 21 years to consume, acquire or have in 
possession any liquor. No person owning or controlling a premises shall 
permit any other person under the age of 21 to consume liquor on such 
premises except as expressly exempted by this ordinance,
    (e) To sell or provide any liquor to any person under the age of 21 
years,
    (f) To transfer in any manner an identification of age to a person 
under the age of 21 years for the purpose of permitting such person to 
obtain liquor; provided, that there is corroborative testimony of a 
witness other than the underage person,
    (g) To attempt to purchase liquor through the use of false or 
altered identification which falsely purports to show the individual as 
being over the age of 21 years, or
    (h) To possess, introduce or consume liquor at a place or premises 
that is or would be considered a public, common or other nuisance under 
any tribal, State or Federal statutory or common law.
    (2) Any person who promotes any activity or owns or controls land 
on which there is any activity that is a violation of this ordinance 
shall be liable for and subject to the same penalties and proceedings 
as the person who directly commits the violation.
    (3) Any person who commits a violation of this ordinance shall be 
liable to pay the Nation up to $5,000 per violation as civil penalties.
    (4) When requested by the provider of liquor, every person shall be 
required to present official documentation of the bearer's age, 
signature and photograph. Official documentation includes one of the 
following:
    (a) Driver's license or identification card;
    (b) United States Active Duty Military card; or
    (c) Passport.
    (5) Liquor which is possessed contrary to the terms of this 
ordinance is declared to be contraband. Any tribal agent, employee or 
officer who is authorized by the Tribal Council to enforce this 
ordinance shall seize all contraband and preserve it in accordance with 
the provisions established for the preservation of impounded property. 
Upon being found in violation of the ordinance, the party shall forfeit 
all right, title and interest in the items seized which shall become 
the property of the Nation.

Article IV. Abatement

    (1) Any room, house, building, vehicle, structure, land or other 
place where liquor is sold, manufactured, bartered, exchanged, given 
away, furnished, consumed or possessed or otherwise disposed of in 
violation of the provisions of this ordinance or of any other tribal 
law, and all property kept in and used in maintaining such place, is 
hereby declared to be a nuisance.
    (2) The Chairman of the Tribal Council or, if the Chairman fails or 
refuses to do so, by a majority vote, the Tribal Council may institute 
and maintain an action in the Tribal Court in the name of the Nation to 
abate and perpetually enjoin any nuisance declared under this article. 
In addition to other remedies at tribal law, depending upon the 
severity of past offenses, the risk of offenses in the future, the 
effect of the violator's activity on public health, safety or welfare 
and any other appropriate criteria, the Tribal Court may order the 
room, house, building, vehicle, structure, land or place closed or it 
may require the owner, lessee, tenant, or occupant thereof to give bond 
payable to the Nation, of sufficient sum and conditioned that liquor 
will not be thereafter manufactured, kept, sold, bartered, exchanged, 
given away, furnished, possessed, consumed or otherwise disposed of in 
violation of the provisions of this ordinance or of any other 
applicable tribal law and that such person will pay all penalties, 
fees, costs and damages assessed against him for any violation of this 
ordinance or other tribal laws. If any conditions of the bond be 
violated, the bond may be applied to satisfy any amounts due to the 
Nation. No order or injunction closing any business for a violation of 
this ordinance shall be issued without granting the opportunity to have 
a full evidentiary and adversary hearing.
    (3) In all cases where any person has been found in violation of 
this ordinance, an action may be brought to abate as a nuisance any 
real estate or other property involved in the violation of the 
ordinance, and violation of this ordinance shall be prima facie 
evidence that the room, house, building, vehicle, structure, land or 
place against which such action is brought is a public nuisance.

Article V. Powers of Enforcement

    (1) In furtherance of this ordinance, the Tribal Council shall have 
the following powers and duties:
    (a) To publish and enforce rules and regulations governing liquor 
on the Reservation;
    (b) To employ managers, accountants, security personnel, inspectors 
and such other persons as shall be reasonably necessary to allow the 
Tribal Council to perform its functions;
    (c) To issue licenses permitting the sale, manufacture or 
distribution of liquor on the Reservation;
    (d) To bring proceedings in the Tribal Court or other appropriate 
forum to enforce this ordinance as necessary;
    (e) To seek penalties, taxes, damages, fees and other appropriate 
remedies, orders and injunctions for the violation of this ordinance;
    (f) To makes such reports as may be required; and
    (g) To collect taxes and fees levied or set by the Tribal Council 
and to keep accurate records, books and accounts.
    (2) In the exercise of its powers and duties under this ordinance, 
the Tribal Council and its individual members shall not:
    (a) Accept any gratuity, compensation or other thing of value from 
any liquor wholesaler, retailer, or distributor or from any licensee;
    (b) Waive the immunity of the Nation from suit without the express 
written consent and resolution of the Tribal Council.
    (3) Inspection Rights. All premises on which liquor is sold, 
consumed, possessed or distributed shall be open for inspection by the 
Nation at all reasonable times for the purposes of ascertaining whether 
the rules and regulations of the Tribal Council and this ordinance are 
being complied with.

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    (4) Hearings and Appeals. Violations of this ordinance shall be 
deemed a civil offense against the Nation. Civil actions by the Nation 
against violators may proceed in hearings initiated and held by the 
Nation's Tax Commissioner or other hearing officer designated by Tribal 
Council. Any such civil proceeding shall comply with all due process 
requirements of the Indian Civil Rights Act. The Tax Commissioner or 
the designee may impose penalties, damages, costs, taxes and attorneys 
fees and take any other actions reasonably necessary to carry out this 
ordinance. Liabilities imposed under this ordinance shall be a lien 
upon the violator's property located on the reservation until paid and 
may be enforced and executed upon through the Tribal Court. Orders 
issued hereunder may be appealed to Tribal Court and considered under 
the arbitrary and capricious standard of review.

Article VI. Sales of Liquor

    (1) License Required. Sales of liquor on the Reservation may only 
be made at businesses which hold a Prairie Band Potawatomi Liquor 
License.
    (2) Sales for Cash. All liquor sales on the Reservation shall be on 
a cash only basis and no credit shall be extended to any person, 
organization, or entity, except that the provision does not prevent the 
payment for purchases with use of credit cards such as Visa, 
MasterCard, American Express, etc.
    (3) Sale for Personal Consumption. All sales shall be for the 
personal use and consumption of the purchaser. Resale of any liquor on 
the Reservation is prohibited. Any person who is not licensed pursuant 
to this ordinance who purchases liquor on the Reservation and sells it, 
whether in the original container or not, shall violate this ordinance.

Article VII. Licensing

    (1) Procedure. In order to control the consumption of liquor and 
the proliferation of establishments on the Reservation which sell or 
serve liquor by the bottle or by the drink, all persons or entities 
which desire to sell liquor on the Reservation must apply to the Nation 
for a license.
    (2) Application. Any person or entity applying for a license to 
sell or serve liquor on the Reservation must fill in the application 
provided for this purpose by the Nation and pay such application fee as 
may be set from time to time by the Tribal Council for this purpose. 
Said application must be filled out completely in order to be 
considered.
    (3) Issuance of License. The Tribal Council may issue a license if 
it believes that such issuance is in the best interests of the Nation. 
This ordinance permits tribally-licensed liquor sales and consumption 
at gaming facility complexes and other tribally owned enterprises on 
the Reservation. Issuance of a license for any other purposes will not 
be considered to be in the best interests of the Nation.
    (4) Period of License. Each license may be issued for a period not 
to exceed two (2) years from the date of issuance.
    (5) Renewal of License. A licensee may renew its license if the 
licensee has complied in full with this ordinance provided however, 
that the Tribal Council may refuse to renew a license if it finds that 
doing so would not be in the best interests of the health and safety of 
the Nation.
    (6) Revocation of License. The Tribal Council may suspend or revoke 
a license due to one or more violations of this ordinance upon notice 
and hearing at which the licensee is given an opportunity to respond to 
any charges against it and to demonstrate why the license should not be 
suspended or revoked.
    (7) Hearings. Within 15 days after a licensee is mailed written 
notice of a proposed suspension or revocation of the license, of the 
imposition of penalties or of other adverse action proposed by the 
Tribal Council under this ordinance, the licensee may deliver to the 
Tribal Council a written request for hearing on whether the proposed 
action should be taken. A hearing on the issues shall be held before a 
person or persons appointed by the Tribal Council and a written 
decision will be issued. Such decisions will be considered final unless 
an appeal is filed with the Tribal Court within 15 days of the date of 
mailing the decision to the licensee. The Tribal Court will then 
conduct a hearing and will issue an order using an arbitrary and 
capricious standard of review. All proceedings conducted under this and 
any other sections of this ordinance shall be in accord with due 
process of law.
    (8) Non-transferability of Licenses. Licenses issued by the Tribal 
Council shall not be transferable and may only be utilized by the 
person or entity in whose name it was issued.

Article VIII. Taxes

    (1) Sales Tax. The Tribal Council shall have the authority, as may 
subsequently be specified under tribal law, to levy and to collect a 
tax on each retail sale of liquor on the Reservation based upon a 
percent of the retail sales price. All taxes from the sale of liquor on 
the Reservation shall be paid over to the General Treasury of the 
Nation.
    (2) Taxes Due. All taxes for the sale of liquor on the Reservation 
are due on the 15th day of the month following the end of the calendar 
quarter for which the taxes are due or on such other dates as specified 
by tribal regulation.
    (3) Delinquent Taxes. Past due taxes shall accrue interest at 2% 
per month.
    (4) Reports. Along with payment of the taxes imposed herein, the 
taxpayer shall submit a quarterly accounting of all income from the 
sale or distribution of liquor, as well as for the taxes collected.
    (5) Audit. As a condition of obtaining a license, the licensee must 
agree to the review or audit of its book and records relating to the 
sale of liquor on the Reservation. Said review or audit may be done 
periodically by the Nation or through its agents or employees whenever, 
in the opinion of the Tribal Council, such a review or audit is 
necessary to verify the accuracy of reports.

Article IX. Revenue

    (1) Revenue collected under this ordinance, from whatever source, 
shall be expended for administrative costs incurred in the enforcement 
of this ordinance. Excess funds shall be subject to appropriation by 
the Tribal Council for governmental social services, including 
education, prevention and treatment programs to fight alcohol abuse on 
the Reservation.

Article X. Exceptions

    (1) The introduction, distribution, transport, consumption, sale, 
offer for sale, use, consumption and possession of liquor is permitted:
    (a) For consumption at a gaming facility complex or other tribally-
owned enterprise,
    (b) For scientific research or manufacturing products other than 
liquor,
    (c) For medical use under the direction of a physician, medical or 
dental clinic, or hospital,
    (d) For preparations not fit for human consumption such as cleaning 
compounds and toilet products, and for flavoring extracts, or
    (e) For sacramental use such as wines delivered to priests, rabbis, 
and ministers.
    (2) The introduction, distribution, transport, consumption, use and 
possession of liquor for personal consumption by a person legally 
present on private, non-commercial property are permitted, subject to 
applicable tribal law.
    (3) These exceptions shall be narrowly construed.

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Article XI. Severability and Effective Date

    (1) If any provision or application of this ordinance is determined 
by review to be invalid, such determination shall not be held to render 
ineffectual the remaining portions of this ordinance or to render such 
provisions inapplicable to other persons or circumstances.
    (2) This Amended Ordinance is effective as of 30 days after the 
date of publication in the Federal Register.
    (3) Any and all prior liquor control ordinances of the Nation under 
18 U.S.C. Sec. 1161 are hereby amended.

Article XII. Amendment and Construction

    (1) This ordinance may only be amended by a vote of the Tribal 
Council or as otherwise allowed by Tribal law.
    (2) Nothing in this ordinance shall be construed to diminish or 
impair in any way the rights or sovereign powers of the Nation or 
Tribal government.

(Enacted by PBP TC No. 2006-118A, July 12, 2006; PBP TC No. 2009-128, 
PBP TC No. 2009-128A)

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