[Federal Register: March 12, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 47)]
[Notices]
[Page 11049-11050]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
The Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indian
Reservation Amendment to Their Liquor Ordinance
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes an amendment to the Liquor Ordinance of
the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation of
North Dakota (Tribe). This amendment brings the existing Liquor
Ordinance of the Tribe which regulates and controls the possession,
sale and consumption of liquor within the Tribe's reservation into
conformance with a change in state law. The Liquor Ordinance allows for
possession and sale of alcoholic beverages within the Three Affiliated
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, and increases the
ability of the tribal government to control the Tribe's liquor
distribution and possession. At the same time it will provide an
important source of revenue for the continued operation and
strengthening of the tribal government and the delivery of tribal
services.
DATES: Effective Date: This Ordinance is effective on March 19, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Steele, Regional Tribal Government
Officer, Great Plains Regional Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 115
4th Avenue, SE., MC100, Aberdeen, SD 57401, Telephone: (605) 226-7343,
Telefax: (605) 226-7446; or Ralph Gonzales, Office of Indian Services,
1849 C Street, NW., Mail Stop 4513-MIB, Washington, DC 20240;
Telephone: (202) 513-7629.
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 Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort
Berthold Indians Tribal Council adopted this amendment to their Liquor
Ordinance by Resolution No. 06-131-NH on October 12, 2006. The purpose
of this amendment is to bring their current Liquor Control Ordinance
into conformance with a recent change to state law.
This notice is published in accordance with the authority delegated
by the Secretary of the Interior to the Principal Deputy Assistant
Secretary--Indian Affairs. I certify that this amendment to the Liquor
Ordinance of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indians
was duly adopted by the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold
Indians Tribal Council on October 12, 2006.
Dated: March 2, 2007.
Michael D. Olsen,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
The Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indians of North
Dakota Amendment reads as follows:
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Section 5: Dispensing Prohibited on Certain Days
A person may not dispense or permit the consumption of alcohol
beverage on a licensed premise between the hours two a.m. and twelve
noon on Sundays, between the hours of two a.m. and eight a.m. on all
other days of the week, or on Christmas Day or after six p.m. on
Christmas Eve. In addition a person may not provide off-sale after
one a.m. on Thanksgiving Day.
[FR Doc. E7-4366 Filed 3-9-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-4J-P
