[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 77549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-31875]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Colorado River Indian Tribes--Amendment to Health & Safety Code, 
Article 2. Liquor

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the amendment to the Colorado River 
Tribal Health and Safety Code, Article 2. Liquor, Section 2-403(12). 
The Code regulates and controls the possession, sale and consumption of 
liquor within the Colorado River Indian Tribes' Reservation. The land 
is located on trust land and this Code allows for the possession and 
sale of alcoholic beverages within the Colorado River Indian Tribes' 
Reservation. This Code will increase the ability of the tribal 
government to control the distribution and possession of liquor within 
their reservation, and at the same time will provide an important 
source of revenue, the strengthening of the tribal government and the 
delivery of tribal services.

DATES: Effective Date: This Amendment is effective as of January 12, 
2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharlot Johnson, Tribal Government 
Services Officer, Western Regional Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
2600 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004, Telephone: (602) 379-
6786; Fax: (602) 379-4100; or De Springer, Office of Indian Services, 
Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1849 C Street NW., MS-4513 MIB, Washington, 
DC 20240; Telephone (202) 513-7626.

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 Colorado River Indian Tribal 
Council adopted this amendment to the Colorado River Tribal Health and 
Safety Code, Article 2, Liquor by Ordinance No. 10-03 on December 13, 
2010.
    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 duly adopted this amendment 
to the Colorado River Indian Tribes'--Health and Safety Code, Article 
2--Liquor on December 13, 2010.

    Dated: December 5, 2011.
Jodi Gillette,
Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.

    The amendment to Colorado River Indian Tribes'--Health and Safety 
Code, Article 2--Liquor, Section 2-403(12) reads as follows:
    (12) for a Class 1, Class 2, Class 3, Class 4 licensee, or his 
employee, to sell or give any liquor to any person on the licensed 
premises between the hours of two o'clock a.m. and six o'clock a.m., on 
the Arizona side of the Reservation, or between the hours of two 
o'clock a.m. and six o'clock a.m., Pacific Standard or Daylight time, 
whichever is then generally in effect in California, on the California 
side of the Reservation, or permit the consumption of liquor on the 
licensed premises in those places during those hours and those days;
[FR Doc. 2011-31875 Filed 12-12-11; 8:45 am]
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