[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 92 (Thursday, May 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29175-29176]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10207]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

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Cabazon Band of Cahuilla Indians; Amended Alcoholic Beverages 
Ordinance

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the amended Alcoholic Beverages 
Ordinance of the Cabazon Band of Cahuilla Indians. The Cabazon Band of 
Cahuilla Indian amended Alcoholic Beverages Ordinance regulates and 
controls the possession, sale, manufacture, and distribution of alcohol 
in conformity with the laws of the State of California.

DATES: This ordinance shall become effective June 13, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Felix Kitto, Deputy Regional 
Director, Indian Services, Pacific Regional Office, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, 2800 Cottage Way, Room W-2820, Sacramento, California 95825, 
Telephone: (916) 978-6000, Fax: (916) 978-6099.

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. The Cabazon Band of Cahuilla 
Indian adopted the amended Alcoholic Beverages Ordinance on May 13, 
2021.
    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 Business Committee of the Cabazon Band of 
Cahuilla Indians duly adopted the amended Alcoholic Beverages Ordinance 
on May 13, 2021.

Bryan Newland,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.

    Cabazon Band of Cahuilla Indians' amended Tribal Alcoholic 
Beverages Ordinance shall read as follows:

Cabazon Band of Cahuilla Indians

Title 10

Amended Alcoholic Beverages Ordinance

Ch. 1. Regulation and Taxation of Alcoholic Beverages

Chapter 1. Regulation and Taxation of Alcoholic Beverages

Section 10-101--Authority

    This chapter is enacted pursuant to the act of August 15, 1953 
(Pub. L. 83-277, 67 Stat. 586, 18 U.S.C. 1161) which provides that 
Federal Indian liquor laws shall be inapplicable to any act or 
transaction within any area of Indian Country, provided such act or 
transaction is in conformity both with the laws of the state in which 
such act or transaction occurs and with an ordinance duly adopted by 
the tribe having jurisdiction over such area of Indian Country, 
certified by the Secretary of the Interior, and published in the 
Federal Register.

Section 10-102--Sale, Possession, etc. To Comply With Chapter 
Provisions

    The introduction, sale or possession of alcoholic beverages shall 
be lawful on and within the Indian Country of the Cabazon Band of 
Cahuilla Indians (hereafter the ``Cabazon Indian

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Reservation''), provided that such introduction, sale or possession is 
in conformity both with the laws of the State of California and with 
this chapter.

Section 10-103--Retail Sales

    All retail sales of alcoholic beverages on the Cabazon Indian 
Reservation shall be conducted through one (1) or more retail outlets 
created, owned, established and operated by the Cabazon Band of 
Cahuilla Indians (the ``Cabazon Band''). The Cabazon Band may form a 
tribal corporation or other tribal enterprise to engage in such retail 
sales activities. No other person or entity may engage in the retail 
sale of alcoholic beverages on or within the Cabazon Indian 
Reservation.

Section 10-104--Excise Tax

    The Cabazon Band is hereby empowered to establish, levy and collect 
an excise tax upon the distribution of alcoholic beverages within the 
exterior boundaries of the Cabazon Indian Reservation.

Section 10-105--Sales Tax

    The Cabazon Band is hereby empowered to establish, levy and collect 
a sales tax upon the purchase, use, consumption, handling or possession 
by a consumer of alcoholic beverages within the exterior boundaries of 
the Cabazon Indian Reservation.

Section 10-106--Repeal of Conflicting Legislation

    Any law, resolution or ordinance heretofore enacted by the Cabazon 
Band which prohibits the introduction, sale or possession of alcoholic 
beverages on or within the Cabazon Indian Reservation is hereby 
repealed.

Section 10-107--Effective Date

    This chapter shall be effective upon its certification by the 
Secretary of the Interior and its publication in the Federal Register.

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