[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 133 (Tuesday, July 13, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39969-39971]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-16999]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Liquor Control Ordinance for the Manchester Band of Pomo Indians 
of the Manchester-Point Arena Rancheria

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Liquor Control Ordinance of the 
Manchester Band of Pomo Indians of the Manchester-Point Arena 
Rancheria. The

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Ordinance regulates and controls the possession, sale and consumption 
of liquor within the Manchester-Point Arena Rancheria tribal land. The 
tribal land is located on trust land and this Ordinance allows for the 
possession and sale of alcoholic beverages. This Ordinance will 
increase the ability of the tribal government to control the 
distribution and possession of liquor within their tribal land, and at 
the same time will provide an important source of revenue and 
strengthening of the tribal government and the delivery of tribal 
services.

DATES: Effective Date: This Ordinance is effective July 13, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Doka Jr., Tribal Operations 
Officer, Pacific Regional Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 
95825, Telephone (916) 978-6067; or Elizabeth Colliflower, Office of 
Tribal Services, 1849 C Street, NW., Mail Stop 4513-MIB, Washington, DC 
20240; Telephone (202) 513-7641; Fax (202)-501-0679.

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 Business Committee for the 
Manchester Band of Pomo Indians adopted this liquor control ordinance 
on May 30, 2009. The purpose of this Ordinance is to govern the sale, 
possession and distribution of alcohol within the Manchester-Point 
Arena Rancheria tribal land. 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 this Liquor Control 
Ordinance of the Manchester Band of Pomo Indians of the Manchester-
Point Arena Rancheria was duly adopted by Resolution No. 2009-502-30-09 
by the Tribe's Business Committee on May 30, 2009.

    Dated: July 2, 2010.
Del Laverdure,
Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
    The Liquor Control Ordinance for the Manchester Band of Pomo 
Indians of the Manchester-Point Arena Rancheria reads as follows:

ORDINANCE GOVERNING THE SALE, CONSUMPTION, AND POSSESSION OF ALCOHOLIC 
BEVERAGES AT THE TRIBE'S CASINO

Sale, Possession, and Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages

    The Business Committee of the Manchester Band of Pomo Indians 
(hereinafter ``Tribe''), hereby enacts this Ordinance to govern the 
sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages on Rancheria lands in 
Mendocino County, California.

Preamble

    A. Title 18, United States Code, Section 1161, provides Indian 
tribes with authority to enact ordinances governing the consumption 
and sale of alcoholic beverages on their Reservations provided such 
ordinance is certified by the Secretary of the Interior and 
published in the Federal Register and such activities are in 
conformity with state law.
    B. Pursuant to Article III of the Tribe's Constitution, the 
Community Council is the governing body of the Tribe. Pursuant to 
Resolution 0025 of the Community Council, dated 12-17-81, 
the Community Council delegated to the Business Committee full 
authority to promulgate ordinances as it finds necessary to the safe 
and productive environment on the Rancheria and for the Tribe's 
members, its economic development projects. Pursuant to that 
delegation of authority, and to the inherent authority of the Tribe 
and its members, the Business Committee is empowered to promulgate 
and enforce tribal laws exercising the Tribe's regulatory authority, 
to manage all economic affairs and enterprises of the Tribe for the 
protection of public health and safety, to administer all lands and 
assets and manage all economic affairs, planning and enterprises of 
the Tribe, and to regulate the conduct of all persons who enter the 
jurisdiction of the Tribe.
    C. Pursuant to Article I of the Tribe's Constitution, the 
territorial jurisdiction of the Tribe includes the territory within 
the confines of the Manchester Rancheria, and such other lands as 
may hereafter be added thereto under any law of the United States.
    D. The Casino will be an integral and indispensable part of the 
Tribe's economy, providing income to the Tribe and training and 
employment to its members. The Tribe has determined that it is in 
the Tribe's best interest to offer alcoholic beverages for sale and 
consumption in the Casino.
    E. It is the purpose of this Ordinance to set out the terms and 
conditions under which the sale and consumption of said alcoholic 
beverages may take place at the Casino.

General Terms

    1. The sale of alcoholic beverages within the Casino, for on-
Premises (within the Casino) consumption only, is hereby authorized.
    2. No alcoholic beverages may be sold at any location on the 
Rancheria other than inside the Casino.
    3. The sale of said alcoholic beverages authorized by this 
Ordinance shall be in conformity with all applicable laws of the 
State of California, and the sale of said beverages shall be subject 
to state sales tax, federal excise tax and any fees required by the 
Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms. This includes but is 
not limited to the following examples:
    a. No person under the age of 21 years shall consume, acquire or 
have in his or her possession at the Casino any alcoholic beverage.
    b. No person shall sell alcohol to any person under the age of 
21 at the Casino.
    c. No person shall sell alcohol to a person apparently under the 
influence of alcohol at the Casino.
    4. Where there may be a question of a person's right to purchase 
alcohol by reason of his or her age, such person shall be required 
to present any one of the following types of identification which 
shows his or her correct age and bears his or her signature and 
photograph: (1) Driver's license or identification card issued by 
any state Department of Motor Vehicles; (2) United States Active 
Duty Military card; (3) passport.
    5. All alcohol sales within the Casino shall be on a cash only 
basis and no credit shall be extended to any person, organization or 
entity, except that this provision does not prevent the use of major 
credit cards.

Posting

    6. This Ordinance shall be conspicuously posted within the 
Casino at all times it is open to the public.

Enforcement

    7. This Ordinance may be enforced by the Business Committee and 
by any additional tribal government agencies to which the Business 
Committee or Community Council may from time to time by resolution 
delegate such enforcement powers. Enforcement sanctions may include, 
but are not limited to, the assessment of monetary fines not to 
exceed $500 and revocation of authorization to sell alcohol at the 
Casino. Prior to any enforcement action, any alleged violator of 
this Ordinance shall be provided with at least three (3) days notice 
in writing of an opportunity to be heard during a hearing at which 
due process is provided. The decision of the Business Committee or 
other agency with delegated authority after such hearing shall be 
final.

Severability

    8. If any provision or application of this Ordinance is 
determined by the Business Committee, Community Councilor other 
agency with delegated authority to be invalid, such adjudication 
shall not be held to render ineffectual the remaining portions of 
this Ordinance or to render such provisions inapplicable to other 
circumstances.

Amendment

    9. This Ordinance may only be amended by a majority vote of the 
Business Committee or Community Council and such amendment shall be 
subject to the provisions of Title 18, United States Code, Section 
1161.

Sovereign Immunity

    10. Nothing in this Ordinance in any way limits, alters, 
restricts or waives the Tribe's sovereign immunity from unconsented 
suit, claim, or action.

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Effective Date

    11. This Ordinance shall not be effective until it is certified 
by the Secretary of the Interior and published in the Federal 
Register.

CERTIFICATION

    The foregoing Ordinance was adopted by a vote of 1 for, and 0 
against and 0 abstentions, at a duly called meeting of the Business 
Committee of the Manchester Band of Pomo Indians of the Manchester 
Rancheria at which a quorum was present, on this 30th day of May, 
2009.

s/Nelson Pinola, Tribal Chair

ATTEST

s/Eloisa Oropeza, Tribal Secretary

[FR Doc. 2010-16999 Filed 7-12-10; 8:45 am]
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