CTZ.1.7.060 Enrollment Committee to Review Petitions and Initiate Renunciation Proceedings

The Citizenship (Enrollment) Committee shall have the authority to initiate disenrollment proceedings upon its own petition or upon receipt of a renunciation petition filed by a Citizen (Member). The Citizenship (Enrollment) Committee shall accept all petitions for renunciation of citizenship filed by a member or may initiate renunciation proceedings upon its own petition. The Citizenship Committee shall review all renunciation petitions and shall consider the information provided in such petitions and all other relevant information pertaining to the citizen's evidence of eligibility pursuant Section CTZ.1.6.060 of this ordinance concerning such petitions. Other relevant information may include certified documentary evidence as defined in Section CTZ.1.2.010(e), and be limited to: birth certificates as defined in Section CTZ.1.2.010(c); genealogical records as defined in Section CTZ.1.2.010(l) and as further explained in Section CTZ.1.2.010(k), Section CTZ.1.2.010(m), Section CTZ.1.2.010(n); sworn affidavits as defined in Section CTZ.1.2.010(v) from persons having personal knowledge of the facts at issue; and the records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs as defined in Section CTZ.1.2.010(d) of this ordinance. The Citizenship (Enrollment) Committee shall make a written recommendation to the Tribal Governing Board as to whether the petition should be approved or rejected. Where the Citizenship (Enrollment) Committee determines that additional information is needed, it may request such information from the petitioner or affected Citizen (Member).