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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 712b. Organization of tribe
(a) Organization and organic governing document
The tribe may organize for its common welfare and adopt an
appropriate instrument, in writing, to govern the affairs of the
tribe when acting in its governmental capacity. The tribe shall
file with the Secretary of the Interior a copy of its organic
governing document and any amendments thereto.
(b) New governing document or amendments or revisions of interim
governing document; tribal election
Not less than one year following October 26, 1987, the tribe's
governing body may propose a new governing document or amendments
or revisions to the interim governing document, and the Secretary
shall conduct a tribal election as to the adoption of that proposed
document within one hundred twenty days from the date it is
submitted to the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
(c) Approval of new governing document
The Secretary shall approve the new governing document if
approved by a majority of the tribal voters unless he or she
determines that such document is in violation of any laws of the
United States.
(d) Interim governing document pending approval
Until the tribe adopts and the Secretary approves a new governing
document, its interim governing document shall be the tribal bylaws
entitled "By-Laws of Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians"
which bear an "approved" date of "9-10-78,".
(e) Governing body pending adoption of final document
Until the tribe adopts a final governing document, the tribe's
governing body shall consist of its current board of directors
elected at the tribe's annual meeting of August 10, 1986, or such
new board members as are selected under election procedures of the
interim governing document identified at subsection (d) of this
section.
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