Chapter PRP.10 Leasing Code of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians PreambleThis Code is enacted pursuant to the inherent sovereign authority of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians to provide a system for the Tribe to offer long term leasing options on trust land for the members of the Tribe and other individuals and entities that no longer requires the Secretary of Interior approval and restores inherent tribal sovereignty, which predates its Treaties of 1825, 1826, 1837, 1842, 1847, and 1854 with the United States Government. In the implementation of this inherent sovereign authority, the Amended Constitution and Bylaws of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, empowers the Tribal Governing Board to "promulgate and enforce ordinances. . . providing for the maintenance of law and order and the administration of justice…" (Article V, §§1(s)); to "manage, lease, permit or otherwise deal with tribal lands, interests in lands or other assets, and to purchase lands, or interests in lands, within or without the reservation" (Article V, § 1 (f)); and to "delegate to subordinate boards, officers, committees or cooperative associations which are open to all members of the Tribe any of the foregoing powers, reserving the right to review any action taken by virtue of such delegated powers" (Article V, § 1 (m)). Pursuant to this inherent sovereign authority, the Tribal Governing Board hereby enacts this Code which shall establish the purposes, powers and duties of the Land Management Division and the system for leasing tribal trust lands. In any suit, action or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of or relating to any of its leases, the Land Management Division shall be conclusively deemed to have become established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers upon proof of the adoption of this Code. A copy of this Code duly certified by the Secretary/Treasurer of the Tribal Governing Board shall be admissible in evidence in any suit, action, or proceeding.Subchapter PRP.10.1 General Provisions§§ PRP.10.1.010 – PRP.10.1.120Subchapter PRP.10.2 Definitions§§ PRP.10.2.010 – PRP.10.2.010Subchapter PRP.10.3 General§§ PRP.10.3.010 – PRP.10.3.200Subchapter PRP.10.4 Environmental Reviews§§ PRP.10.4.010 – PRP.10.4.060Subchapter PRP.10.5 Enforcement§§ PRP.10.5.010 – PRP.10.5.160
