[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 223 (Tuesday, November 21, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55392-55393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-25109]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

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Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community; Amendment to Alcoholic 
Beverage Control Ordinance

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice publishes an amendment to the Salt River Pima-
Maricopa Indian Community's Chapter 14, Alcoholic Beverage Control 
Ordinance.

DATES: This amendment shall be applicable December 21, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 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.

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 control ordinances for the purpose of regulating 
liquor transactions in Indian country. On June 7, 2017, the Salt River 
Pima-Maricopa Community Council duly adopted the amendment to the 
Community's Chapter 14, Alcoholic Beverage Control Ordinance by 
Ordinance SRO-492-2017. This Federal Register notice amends the 
existing Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community's Chapter 14, 
Alcoholic Beverage Control Ordinance, enacted by the Salt River Pima-
Maricopa Indian Community Council, which was published in the Federal 
Register on January 21, 2016 (81 FR 3453). By the delegated authority 
contained in 3 IAM 4.4, the Western Regional Director, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, approved the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community's 
amendment on August 9, 2017.
    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 Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community 
of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona, duly adopted this amendment to 
the Community's Chapter 14, Alcoholic Beverage Control Ordinance on 
June 7, 2017.

    Authority: 18 U.S.C. 1161

    Dated: October 19, 2017.
John Tahsuda,
Acting Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs.

    The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community's Chapter 14, 
Alcoholic Beverage Control Ordinance, Section 14-25, is amended to add 
the new subsection (f) as follows:
    (f) Alcoholic beverages may be possessed and consumed (and not 
sold) at a private event of a bona fide commercial entity who is a 
lessee within the Community's designated area as defined by Section 14-
54, one-time a calendar year, if the following conditions are met:
    (1) The host is serving alcohol beverages free of charge and there 
is no fee to be admitted into the private event;
    (2) the event is private and only open to a known group of guests 
(and not the public)
    (3) the host is a commercial tenant within the Community;
    (4) the host has a Business License with the Community;
    (5) the host notifies the Office at least 30 days prior to the 
event by the filing of a notification form as prescribed by the Office, 
and that provides specifics as to the private event, agrees in writing 
to follow all applicable Community laws and Arizona State alcoholic 
beverage laws, and also agrees to assumes all risk and liability for 
any damages that may occur as a result of this event;
    (6) the Office is aware in writing of the event at least 30 days 
prior to it being held and is able to provide notice of the event to 
the SRPD and any other necessary departments; and
    (7) the host agrees to obtain a special use permit or other 
licensing depending on the size and nature of the event (including any 
additional costs to provide police or other staffing), at the direction 
of the Office.
    The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community's Chapter 14, 
Alcoholic Beverage Control Ordinance, Section 14-55(6)(b)(1)-(3) shall 
be repealed and replaced with new Sections 14-55(6)(b)(1)-(5) as 
follows:
    1. A special event license is a temporary license and authorizes 
the sale of liquor for a limited time in the Community;
    2. An applicant may be issued a special event license for no more 
than 10 consecutive days per license during the course of a calendar 
year;
    3. An unlicensed premises may hold up to 12 special events per 
calendar year, and a licensed location or government owned location may 
hold unlimited events per year;
    4. A special event license shall only be available to a business 
that is not in the primary business of selling food or alcohol;
    5. Special Event licenses shall only be issued if it also meets the 
requirements of the Arizona liquor law requirements.
    The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community's Chapter 14, 
Alcoholic Beverage Control Ordinance, Section 14-64(5) shall add the 
following category as (h):

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                   Licenses                       Original     Renewal
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h. Sports Stadium/Entertainment Venue.........    $2000.00      $500.00
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    The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community's Chapter 14, 
Alcoholic Beverage Control Ordinance, Section 14-102(f)'s first 
sentence shall be amended to read as follows (subsections (f)(1)-(4) 
shall remain the same).
    It shall be unlawful for a licensee or an employee of the licensee 
to consume alcoholic beverages on or about the licensed premises, or to 
be intoxicated or in a disorderly condition during such periods as when 
such person is working at the licensed premises, except that:
    The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community's Chapter 14, 
Alcoholic Beverage Control Ordinance, Section 14-102 shall have the 
following 102(cc)-(mm) added.
    (cc) It is unlawful for a person to take or solicit orders for 
alcoholic beverages unless the person is a salesman or solicitor of a 
licensed wholesaler, a salesman or solicitor of a distiller, brewer, 
vintner, importer or broker or a registered retail agent.
    (dd) It is unlawful for any retail licensee to purchase alcoholic 
beverages from any person other than a solicitor or salesman of a 
wholesaler licensed by the State of Arizona.
    (ee) It is unlawful for a retailer to acquire an interest in 
property owned, occupied or used by a wholesaler in the wholesaler's 
business, or in a license with respect to the premises of the 
wholesaler.
    (ff) It is unlawful for an on-sale retailer to permit an employee 
or for an

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employee to solicit or encourage others, directly or indirectly, to buy 
the employee drinks or anything of value in the licensed premises 
during the employee's working hours. No on-sale retailer shall serve 
employees or allow a patron of the establishment to give alcoholic 
beverages to, purchase liquor for or drink liquor with any employee 
during the employee's working hours.
    (gg) It is unlawful for a person to have possession of or to 
transport alcoholic beverages which are manufactured in a distillery, 
winery, brewery or rectifying plant contrary to the laws of the United 
States, the Community and the State of Arizona. Any property used in 
transporting such alcoholic beverages shall be forfeited, seized and 
disposed of.
    (hh) It is unlawful for a person who is obviously intoxicated to 
buy or attempt to buy alcoholic beverages from a licensee or employee 
of a licensee or to consume alcoholic beverages on a licensed premises.
    (ii) It is unlawful for a licensee to use a vending machine for the 
purpose of dispensing alcoholic beverages.
    (jj) It is unlawful for a retailer to knowingly allow a customer to 
bring alcoholic beverages onto the licensed premises.
    (kk) It is unlawful for a person to purchase, offer for sale or use 
any device, machine or process which mixes alcoholic beverages with 
pure oxygen or another gas to produce a vaporized product for the 
purpose of consumption by inhalation or to allow patrons to use any 
item for the consumption of vaporized alcoholic beverages.
    (ll) It is unlawful for a retail licensee or an employee of a 
retail licensee to sell alcoholic beverages to a person if the retail 
licensee or employee knows the person intends to resell the alcoholic 
beverages.
    (mm) It is unlawful for a person to reuse a bottle or other 
container authorized for use by the laws of the United States or any 
agency of the United States for the packaging of distilled spirits or 
for a person to increase the original contents or a portion of the 
original contents remaining in a liquor bottle or other authorized 
container by adding any substance.

[FR Doc. 2017-25109 Filed 11-20-17; 8:45 am]
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