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CSV.2.3.020 Permits and Identification

(a) No member shall engage in the exercise of off-reservation treaty rights regulated by this ordinance without a validly issued tribal off-reservation natural resources harvesting permit or such other permit as this ordinance may require validated for the particular type of activity to be engaged in for the particular season in question.

(b) No member shall engage in the exercise of off-reservation treaty rights regulated by this ordinance except while carrying a valid color picture identification card issued by the Tribe.

(c) The tribal conservation department is authorized to issue to members permits required by this ordinance. Except as otherwise required by this ordinance, the form of such permits shall be left to the discretion of the tribal conservation department provided such form shall require the name, address and the member's tribal identification number.

(d) The tribal conservation department may issue such harvesting permits to members of a signatory tribe, provided such other tribe has adopted an ordinance or other regulations essentially in conformance with the provisions of this ordinance for the particular season or activity involved.

(e) No member shall refuse to display his or her identification documents or any other document or permit required by this ordinance to any tribal, state, local or federal law enforcement officer upon request by such officer.

(f) No member to whom any permit has been issued under this ordinance shall fail or refuse to provide harvest reports and data, and such other relevant information, as may be requested by tribal, state, local and federal law enforcement officers or by the Commission's Biological Services Division.

(g) Permits, carcass tags and registration tags issued or used pursuant to this ordinance in connection with any species for which a harvest quota is established shall be numbered sequentially and shall be indexed by number making information regarding the identity of the person who has been issued a tag or permit promptly accessible.

(h) The tribal conservation department may issue individual tribal member hunting, trapping and/or fishing identification numbers as part of its ceded territory-wide automated system for issuing permits.