Federal Register


This notice publishes amendments to the Beverage Control Act of 2007 and the Chickasaw Nation Code, which was originally enacted by the Chickasaw Tribal Legislature and published in the Federal Register on April 2, 2007.

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 September 18, 2015, the Chickasaw Tribal Legislature, by Permanent Resolution 32-008, duly adopted amendments to Title 3, Chapter 2, and Title 5, Chapter 15. This Federal Register notice comprehensively amends and supersedes the existing Title 3, Chapter 2 (the Beverage Control Act of 2007), and Title 5, Chapter 15, Article F, Section 5-1506.35, of the Chickasaw Nation Code, which was enacted by the Chickasaw Tribal Legislature by Permanent Resolutions 24-001 and 24-003 on October 20, 2006, and December 15, 2006, respectively, and published in the Federal Register on April 2, 2007 (72 FR 15716).

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 Chickasaw Tribal Legislature of the Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma, duly adopted these amendments to Title 3, Chapter 2 (Beverage Control Act of 2007), and Title 5, Chapter 15, of the Chickasaw Nation Code on September 18, 2015.