[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 139 (Tuesday, July 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 43114]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-17906]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

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Omaha Tribe of Nebraska--Amendment to Alcoholic Beverage Control 
Ordinance

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the amendment to the Omaha Tribe of 
Nebraska's Alcoholic Beverage Control Ordinance, Title 8, Section 8-3-1 
of the Omaha Tribal Code, to make the tribal sales tax on the purchase 
of alcoholic beverages consistent with the sales and use tax laws of 
the state. The amended Omaha Tribe of Nebraska's Alcoholic Beverage 
Control Ordinance, Title 8, Section 8-3-1 of the Omaha Tribal Code was 
last published in the Federal Register on February 28, 2006 (71 FR 
10056).

DATES: Effective Date: This code shall become effective 30 days after 
July 21, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Todd Gravelle, Tribal Government 
Officer, Great Plains Regional Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 115 
4th Avenue SE., Aberdeen, SD, 57401; Telephone: (605) 226-7376; Fax: 
(605) 226-7379, or Ms. Laurel Iron Cloud, Chief, Division of Tribal 
Government Services, Office of Indian Services, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, 1849 C Street NW., MS-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 Omaha Tribe of Nebraska adopted 
this amendment to Title 8, Section 8-3-1 of the Omaha Tribal Code by 
Resolution No. 14-10 on October 24, 2013.
    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 Omaha Tribe of 
Nebraska duly adopted this amendment to the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska's 
Alcoholic Beverage Control Ordinance, Title 8, Section 8-3-1 of the 
Omaha Tribal Code on October 24, 2013.

    Dated: July 14, 2015.
Kevin K. Washburn
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
    The amendment to the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska's Alcoholic Beverage 
Control Ordinance, Title 8, Section 8-3-1 of the Omaha Tribal Code 
shall read as follows:
    SECTION 8-3-1. Sales Tax Levied.
    There is hereby imposed a Sales Tax on the purchase of alcoholic 
beverages from any retail licensee licensed under the provisions of 
this title and said Sales Tax shall be consistent with that of the 
prevailing Base Sales and Use Tax Rate of the State in which the 
facility selling alcoholic beverages is located, as that Sales and Use 
Tax Rate may be amended from time to time. A local Sales Tax shall be 
imposed in an amount consistent with those sales and use taxes, if any, 
imposed by local governments in addition to the State Sales and Use 
tax. Such sales tax shall be deposited in a specific fund for use to 
prevent and control substance abuse on the Reservation.
[FR Doc. 2015-17906 Filed 7-20-15; 8:45 am]
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