NOTICE OF PROPOSED CODE AMENDMENTS

 

1. Emergency Amendment Chapter 6-11, Sales Tax Ordinance, section 6-11-3(c) Exemptions from Sales Tax.  Comments due 11/11/11

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EMERGENCY AMENDMENT TO THE NEZ PERCE TRIBAL CODE

Emergency Amendment effective October 25, 2011, authorized by NPTEC

This notice is being posted October 20, 2011, according the Nez Perce Tribal Code (NPTC) § 1-4-2 to request written comments for the following proposed amendment:

Amend Chapter 6-11, Sales Tax Ordinance, § 6-11-3 Exemptions from Sales Tax delete subsection (c):

(c) The sales of tobacco products otherwise taxed by the Nez Perce Tribe shall not be subject to the tax imposed by Section §6-11-2 of this ordinance.

　

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: the FY 2012 budget was based on the enactment of a sales tax that included the taxation of tobacco products and there is an immediate need to delete the exemption set forth in § 6-11-3(c).

COMMENT PERIOD

The Law and Order & Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee will be accepting written comments on the proposed amendment becoming a permanent change to the Code. Please submit written comments to: Larry Greene, Chair, Law and Order Subcommittee, P.O. Box 305, Lapwai, ID, 83540; email to lgreene@nezperce.org, fax to (208) 843-7354 or hand deliver to the NPTEC offices in Lapwai. The deadline for receipt and consideration of such comments is, November 11, 2011, at 4:30 p.m.

 

2.  Proposed amendment to Chapter 3-1, Fish and Wildlife § 3-1-23 Unlawful Bow Hunting.  Comments due October 14, 2011.

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AMENDMENTS TO THE NEZ PERCE TRIBAL CODE

This notice is being posted September 14, 2011, according to the Nez Perce Tribal Code § 1-4-2 to request written comments for the following proposed amendments (see attached):

Amend Chapter 3-1 Fish and Wildlife § 3-1-23 as follows:

§ 3-1-23 Unlawful Bow Hunting

　　　A person commits the infraction of unlawful bow hunting if he hunts with a crossbow, utilizes explosive devices or poison on arrows, or violates any other regulations adopted by the Fish & Wildlife Commission related to bow hunting.

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: to amend language to allow hunting with a crossbow.

WRITTEN COMMENT PERIOD:

The Law and Order & Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee will be accepting written comments on the proposed amendment being applied to the Code. Please submit written comments to: Larry M. Greene, Jr., Chair, Law and Order Subcommittee, P.O. Box 305, Lapwai, ID, 83540; email to lgreene@nezperce.org, fax to (208) 843-7354 or hand deliver to the NPTEC offices in Lapwai. The deadline for receipt and consideration of such comments is October 14, 2011, at 4:30 p.m.