Amendment (Title 8 of the Tribal Code) to Omaha Tribe's Beverage Control Ordinance, 10056-10061 [E6-2764]

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• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• Bureau of Indian Affairs
• Indian Affairs Bureau

[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 28, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10056-10061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2764]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Amendment (Title 8 of the Tribal Code) to Omaha Tribe's Beverage 
Control Ordinance

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice publishes an Amendment to Title 8 of the Omaha 
Tribe's Beverage Control Ordinance. The Ordinance regulates and 
controls the possession, sale and consumption of liquor within the 
Omaha Tribe's Reservation. The Reservation is located on trust land and 
this Ordinance allows for the possession and sale of alcoholic 
beverages within the exterior boundaries of the Omaha Tribe's Indian 
Reservation. This Ordinance will increase the ability of the tribal 
government to control the community's liquor distribution and 
possession, and at the same time will provide an important source of 
revenue for the continued operation and strengthening of the tribal 
government and the delivery of tribal services.

DATES: Effective Date: This Ordinance is effective on February 28, 
2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Steele, Sr., Tribal Government 
Officer, Great Plains Regional Office, 115 Fourth Avenue SE, Aberdeen, 
SD 57401, Telephone (605) 226-7376; or Ralph Gonzales, Office of Tribal 
Services, 1951 Constitution Avenue, NW., Mail Stop 320-SIB, Washington, 
DC 20240, Telephone (202) 513-7629.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Act of August 15, 1953, 
Public Law 83-277, 67 Stat. 586, 18 U.S.C. 1161, as interpreted by the 
Supreme Court in Rice v. Renner, 463 U.S. 713 (1983), the Secretary of 
the Interior shall certify and publish in the Federal Register notice 
of adopted liquor ordinances for the purpose of regulating liquor 
transactions in Indian country. The Omaha Tribal Council adopted this 
Amendment to Title 8 of the Omaha Tribe's Beverage Control Ordinance by 
Ordinance No. 04-54 on June 15, 2004. The purpose of this Ordinance is 
to govern the sale, possession and distribution of alcohol within the 
Omaha Tribe's Indian Reservation.
    This notice is published in accordance with the authority delegated 
by the Secretary of the Interior to the Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary--Indian Affairs. I certify that the Tribal Council duly 
adopted this Amendment to Title 8 of the Omaha Tribe's Beverage Control 
Ordinance of the Omaha Tribe on June 15, 2004.

    Dated: February 22, 2006.
Debbie L. Clark,
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
    The Amendment to Title 8 of the Omaha Tribe's Beverage Control 
Ordinance reads as follows:

    The Omaha Tribal Code (2003), Title 8, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE 
CONTROL, shall be, and hereby is, amended to delete reference to 
``in the State of Iowa'' at Sections 8-1-1(m), 8-1-8, 8-2-14, and by 
such amendment, specifically makes such Omaha Tribal Code (2003), 
Title 8 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL applicable to any and all 
territory within the confines of the Omaha Indian Reservation, and 
to any and all future additions of land acquired within or without 
said boundary lines by the Secretary of the Interior for the Tribe 
or by the Tribe, and,

    The Omaha Tribal Code (2003), Title 8, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL, 
shall now read as follows:

Omaha Tribal Code (2003): Title 8. Alcoholic Beverage Control

    Source: Omaha Tribal Council Resolution No. 92-88 (6-1-92); 
repealing 92-48 (12-17-91); repealing in part 85-89 (11-7-85). See 58 
FR 8888-01 (2-17-93), 1993 WL 37754 (FR)

Chapter 1. Alcoholic Beverages

Section 8-1-1. Definition of Terms
    Terms used in this Title, unless the context otherwise plainly 
requires, shall mean as follows:
    (a) ``Alcoholic Beverages'' shall mean any intoxicating liquor, 
beer or any wine as defined under the provisions of this Title.
    (b) ``Application'' shall mean a formal written request for the 
issuance of a license supported by a verified statement of facts.
    (c) ``Intoxicating Liquor'' shall mean any liquid either commonly 
used, or reasonable adopted to use for beverage purposes, containing in 
excess of three and two-tenths percentum of alcohol by weight. This 
shall include any type of wine, regardless of alcohol content.
    (d) ``Legal Age'' shall mean the age requirements as defined by 
Chapter 4.
    (e) ``Liquor Store'' shall mean any store, established for the sale 
of alcoholic beverages.

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    (f) ``On-Sale Dealer'' shall mean the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, 
Tribal Citizen or other person, firm or entity that sells, or keeps for 
sale, any alcoholic beverages authorized under this Title for 
consumption on the premises where sold.
    (g) ``On-Sale'' shall mean the sale of any alcoholic beverage for 
consumption only upon the premises where sold.
    (h) ``Off-Sale'' shall mean the sale of any alcoholic beverage for 
consumption off the premises where sold.
    (i) ``Package'' shall mean the bottle or immediate container of any 
alcoholic beverage.
    (j) ``Package Dealer'' shall mean the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, 
Tribal Citizen or any person, firm or entity as distinguished from a 
distiller, manufacturer, or wholesaler, that sells, or keeps for sale, 
any alcoholic beverage authorized under the Title for consumption off 
the premises where sold.
    (k) ``Public Place'' shall mean any place, building, or conveyance 
to which the public has or is permitted access.
    (l) ``Retailer'' shall mean Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, Tribal Citizen 
or any person, firm or entity that sells alcoholic beverages authorized 
under this Title for other than resale.
    (m) ``Reservation'' shall mean all lands located within the 
exterior boundaries of the Reservation of the Tribe, and such other 
lands over which the Tribe exercises governmental authority.
    (n) ``Sacramental Wine'' shall mean wines for sacramental purposes 
only and used by ordained Rabbis, Priests, Ministers, or Pastors, or 
any church or established religious organization.
    (o) ``Sale'' shall mean the transfer of bottled or canned liquor 
for any consideration and of title to any alcoholic beverage.
    (p) ``Tribal Citizen'' or ``Citizen of the Tribe'' shall mean an 
enrolled member of the Tribe and persons eligible for enrollment.
    (q) ``Tribal Council'' shall mean the governing body of the Omaha 
Tribe of Nebraska.
    (r) ``Tribe'' shall mean the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska.
    (s) ``Vendor'' shall mean, in the case of a Tribal Citizen, any 
person employed and under the direct supervision of such Tribal citizen 
to conduct and manage Tribal Citizen's liquor stores, and in the case 
of other persons, firms or entities, a vendor shall mean such person, 
firm or entity and any person employed and under the direction 
supervision of such person, firm or entity.
    (t) ``Wholesaler'' shall mean any person other than a brewer or 
bottler of beer, who shall sell, barter, exchange, offer for sale, have 
in possession with intent to sell, deal or traffic in intoxicating 
liquor or beer; no wholesaler shall be permitted to sell for 
consumption upon the premises.
    (u) ``Wine'' shall mean any beverage containing alcohol obtained by 
the fermentation of the natural sugar content of fruits or other 
agricultural products, and containing not more than seventeen percent 
of alcohol by weight, including sweet wines fortified with wine 
spirits, such as port, sherry, muscatel and other fortified wines.
    (v) The Terms, ``the provisions of this Title'' ``as provided in 
this Title'' or similar terms shall include all rules and regulations 
of the Tribe adapted to aid in the administration or enforcement of 
this Title.
Section 8-1-2. Public Policy Declared
    This Title shall be cited as the ``Alcoholic Beverage Control 
Title'' and under the inherent sovereignty of the Omaha Tribe of 
Nebraska, shall be deemed an exercise of the Tribe's power, for the 
protection of the welfare, health, peace, morals, and safety of the 
people of the Tribe, and all its provisions shall be liberally 
construed for the accomplishment of that purpose, and it is declared to 
be public policy that the traffic in alcoholic beverages if it affects 
the public interest of the people, should be regulated to the extent of 
prohibiting all traffic of liquor, except as provided in this Title.
Section 8-1-3. General Prohibition
    It shall be unlawful to manufacture for sale, sell, offer, or keep 
for sale, possess or transport intoxicating liquor or beer except upon 
the terms, conditions, limitations, and restrictions specified in this 
Title.
Section 8-1-4. Director Appointed
    The Omaha Tribal Council shall appoint one of its members to serve 
as Director of Liquor Control. The Director shall not have an interest 
directly or indirectly in the transportation or sale of intoxicating 
liquor or beer, or in any building or property used in connection with 
such a business. The Director shall review liquor licenses, 
applications for liquor licenses and shall report to the Council on 
such matters. The Director shall serve at the pleasure of the Tribal 
Council.
Section 8-1-5. Removal
    The Director may be removed for cause by the Omaha Tribal Council 
and such removal shall not be in lieu of any other punishment that may 
be prescribed by the laws of the Tribe or the United States. The 
Director so removed shall be entitled to an opportunity to be heard 
before the Omaha Tribal Council before removal.
Section 8-1-6. Tribal Control of Importation of Liquor
    The Tribal Council shall have the sole and exclusive right of 
authorizing importation, into the Reservation, of all forms of 
intoxicating liquor and beer, except as otherwise provided in this 
Title, and no person or organization shall so import any such 
intoxicating liquor or beer into the Reservation, unless authorized by 
the Tribal Council by the issuance of a Class C wholesaler's license. 
No licensed wholesaler or distillery shall sell any intoxicating liquor 
or beer within the Reservation to any person or organization unless 
authorized by the Tribal Council and except as otherwise provided in 
this Title. It is the intent of this section to retain in the Tribal 
Council, exclusive control within the Reservation both as authorizer 
and controller of all alcoholic beverages sold by licensed wholesalers 
or distilleries within the Reservation or imported therein, and except 
as otherwise provided in this Title.
Section 8-1-7. Individual and Firms To Hold License
    An individual person, as well as firms, corporations or other 
entities may hold a liquor license under the provisions of this Title. 
It is the intent of this Title to allow individuals as well as firms, 
corporations or other entities to hold liquor licenses, as provided by 
this Title.
Section 8-1-8. Tribal Liquor Stores or Lounges
    Subject to the provisions of Chapter 2, the Tribal Council may 
establish and maintain anywhere on the Reservation the Tribal Council 
may deem advisable, a Tribal liquor store, lounge or stores or lounges 
for storage and sale of alcoholic beverages in accordance with the 
provisions of this Title.
Section 8-1-9. Vendor-Cash Sales
    In the conduct and management of Tribal liquor stores and lounges, 
the Tribal Council is empowered to employ a person who shall be under 
the direct supervision of the Director, who shall be known as a 
``vendor'' and who shall observe all provisions of this Title and rules 
and regulations that may be prescribed by the Tribal Council under this 
Title. No vendor shall sell alcoholic beverages to any person or 
organization except for cash, check, or credit card

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transaction, except where the purchaser is a bona fide registered guest 
in a hotel or motel.
Section 8-1-10. Storage of Beverages
    The Omaha Tribe of Nebraska and all licensees under this Title 
shall not keep or store any alcoholic beverages at any place within the 
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska Reservation other than on the premises where 
they are authorized to operate and except as otherwise provided by this 
Title.
Section 8-1-11. Payment of Fee
    There shall be a filing fee on applications for any licenses under 
this Title, as established by the Tribal Council.
Section 8-1-12. Request for Notice of Hearing
    If any Tribal Citizen shall file with the Tribal Council, a written 
request that he or she be notified of the time and place of hearing 
upon any specified application or applications for licenses for the on 
or off sale at retail of alcoholic beverages, the Director shall give 
notice to such person by certified mail and within a sufficient length 
of time prior to the hearing upon such application as to allow such 
person a reasonable opportunity to be present. For the purpose of this 
section, the certified letter must be deposited with the U.S. Post 
Office at least five (5) days before the scheduled date of the hearing.
Section 8-1-13. Time and Place for Hearing
    The Tribal Council shall fix a time and place for hearing upon all 
such applications which may come before the Tribal Council, and the 
Director shall publish notice once in a newspaper of general 
circulation within the Reservation which notice shall be headed 
``Notice of Hearing Upon Application for Sale of Alcoholic Beverage'' 
and shall state the time and place, when and where such applications 
will be considered by the Tribal Council and that any person interested 
in the approval or rejection of any such application may appear and be 
heard, which notice shall be published at least one week prior to such 
hearing. At the time and place so fixed, the Tribal Council shall 
consider such applications and all objections thereto, if any, prior to 
final decision thereon.
Section 8-1-14. Transfer of License
    No license granted pursuant to the provisions of this Title shall 
be transferred to another person or organization. If a transfer to a 
new location is requested by a licensee, the licensee must make 
application showing all the relevant facts as to such new application, 
which application shall take the same course and be acted upon as if an 
original application. No fee shall be required of a licensee who 
desires to transfer to a new location; however, such licensee must pay 
the actual costs involved in the Notification of Hearing as published 
in the official newspaper.
Section 8-1-15. Sale of Stock on Termination
    Any license authorized to deal in alcoholic beverages upon 
termination of its license may at any time within twenty (20) days 
thereafter sell the whole or any part of the alcoholic beverages 
included in its stock in trade at the time of termination, to any 
licensed wholesaler approved under the provisions of the Title to deal 
in alcoholic beverages as a wholesaler. A complete report of such 
purchase and sale must be made by both the wholesaler and licensee to 
the Tribal Council. At the discretion of the Tribal Council, an 
additional twenty (20) days extension to sell may be granted to the 
licensee by the Tribal Council.
Section 8-1-16. Complaints Authorized
    Any person may file with the Tribal Council, a duly notarized 
complaint as to any violations of the provisions of this Title and 
immediately upon receipt thereof, the Tribal Council shall cause the 
Director to make a thorough investigation and, if there is evidence to 
support the charge made in such complaint, the Tribal Council may 
revoke or suspend the license in question and/or take other appropriate 
action.
Section 8-1-17. Revocation Proceedings
    The Tribal Council shall on due notice to such licensee, conduct a 
hearing and on the basis thereof determine whether such license should 
be revoked or suspended.
Section 8-1-18. Subpoena by Tribal Council
    For the purpose of conducting the hearing as prescribed above, the 
Tribal Council shall have the power to subpoena witnesses and to 
administer oaths. Witnesses so subpoenaed may be paid at the then 
prevailing witness rate which is established by the Tribal Council from 
time-to-time. Said witness fee may be paid from the Tribal Liquor 
Control Fund. The initial witness fee shall be $20.00 per day. Criminal 
proceedings must be filed in the Tribal Court and may be instituted by 
the Tribal Council as Complainant against any violator except the Omaha 
Tribe of Nebraska.
Section 8-1-19. Dismissal or Acceptance of Complaint
    If the Tribal Council determines the license should not be revoked 
or suspended, it shall dismiss the complaint. If the Tribal Council 
determines the license should be suspended or revoked and suspends or 
revokes such license, it must make in writing, findings of fact as to 
every such violation alleged in such complaint before it revokes or 
suspends such license, and must within thirty (30) days following the 
hearing, make a report available to the membership of the Tribe 
consisting of a transcript of the proceedings had, and all findings as 
to every such violation alleged in such complaint.
Section 8-1-20. Suspension in Lieu of Revocation
    The Tribal Council may, if the facts warrant, mitigate the 
revocation to a suspension. When in any proceedings upon verified 
complaint, the Tribal Council is satisfied that the nature of such 
violation and the circumstances thereof were such that a suspension of 
license would be adequate, it may suspend the license for a period not 
exceeding sixty (60) days, which suspension shall become effective 
twenty-four (24) hours after service of notice thereof upon the 
license. During the period of such suspension, such licensee shall 
exercise no rights or privileges whatsoever under the license.
Section 8-1-21. Public Hearing Required
    All hearings under the provisions of this Title shall be public, 
and place of hearing shall be specifically designated in the notice of 
hearing.
Section 8-1-22. Order of Revocation
    In any case where the Tribal Council approves a revocation of a 
license, it shall forthwith make an order for such revocation and upon 
service of notice thereof on the licensee, all of such licensee's 
rights under such license shall terminate three (3) days after such 
notice, except in the event of a Stay of Appeal.
Section 8-1-23. Waiting Period for New License
    Any licensee, except the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, whose license is 
revoked, shall not for a period of two (2) years thereafter, be granted 
any license under the provisions of this Title.

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Section 8-1-24. Appeal to the Omaha Tribal Court
    Any licensee whose license is revoked or suspended by the Tribal 
Council regardless of how the proceedings were instituted, may appeal 
from such revocation or suspension, to the Omaha Tribal Court within 
five (5) days after notice to the licensee of such revocation or 
suspension, and such appeal operate to stay all proceedings for a 
period of fifteen (15) days thereafter. Upon good cause shown, the 
Tribal Court may extend the stay an additional period of time but not 
to exceed thirty (30) additional days. The Tribal Council shall 
forthwith, upon such appeal being made, prepare a complete record in 
the proceedings and shall thereupon fix a time and place for hearing 
before the Tribal Court, due notice of such hearing shall be given to 
all concerned parties involved in the appeal. The Tribal Court shall 
review the proceeding before the Tribal Council on the record made 
before the Tribal Council utilizing the clearly erroneous standard of 
review for findings of fact.
Section 8-1-25. Bootlegging
    Any person, who by himself, or through another acting for him, 
shall keep or carry on his person, or in a vehicle, or leave in a place 
for another to secure, any alcoholic liquor or beer with intent to sell 
or dispense of such liquor or beer or otherwise in violation of law, or 
who shall, within this Reservation in any manner, directly or 
indirectly solicit, take, or accept any order for the purchase, sale, 
shipment, or delivery of such alcoholic liquor or beer in violation of 
law, or aid in the delivery and distribution of any alcoholic liquor or 
beer so ordered or shipped, or who shall in any manner procure for, 
sell, or give any alcoholic liquor or beer to any person under legal 
age, for any purpose except as authorized and permitted in this Title, 
shall be guilty of bootlegging and upon conviction thereof shall be 
subject to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor 
more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), and to a jail sentence of not 
less than three (3) months, nor more than six (6) months, or both such 
fine and jail sentence plus costs. Proceedings under this Section 
involving Tribal Citizens shall be criminal in nature and heard before 
the Omaha Tribal Court.
    Proceedings under this Section involving non-Tribal Citizens shall 
be deemed an administrative exercise of the Tribe's regulatory power 
and the fine for any one offense cannot exceed $10,000.00 and no jail 
sentence may be imposed.
Section 8-1-26. Sacramental Wines
    The provisions of this Title, except as otherwise provided, shall 
not apply to the purchase and sale of sacramental wines. Ordained 
rabbis, priests, ministers, or pastors of any church or established 
religious organizations within the Omaha Tribe Reservation may buy 
sacramental wines from any person in such quantities as necessary for 
their religious purposes only.

Chapter 2. Liquor Licenses and Sales

Section 8-2-1. Power to License and Tax
    The power to establish licenses and levy taxes under the provisions 
of this Title is vested exclusively with the Tribal Council. The Tribal 
Council may levy an administrative fine for violations of this Title by 
those who are not Citizens of the Tribe, but such fines shall not 
exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) per violation.

Section 8-2-2. Classes of Licenses

    Classes of licenses under this Chapter with the fee for each class 
as established by the Tribal Council from time-to-time shall be as 
follows:

    (a) Class A Package Dealers: $1,000.00
    (b) Class B On Sale Dealers: $1,500.00
    (c) Class C Wholesalers: $500.00
Section 8-2-3. Acceptance or Rejection of License
    In accepting or rejecting a request for a license, the Tribal 
Council shall consider the need of the area to be served for such 
liquor sales, the number of existing licensed businesses covering the 
area, the desires of the community within the area to be served, any 
law enforcement problem which may arise because of the sale of liquor, 
the character and reputation of the person seeking the license, 
suitability of the physical premises and plan of operation of the 
person seeking the license, and any other consideration relevant to the 
request.
Section 8-2-4. Domestication Requirement for Corporated Licenses
    Any corporate, partnership or other entity applying for a Class A 
or Class B license under this chapter must be a corporation, 
partnership or entity organized under the laws of the Omaha Tribe of 
Nebraska, provided that if the applicant is a foreign corporation, 
partnership or entity, the applicant shall be deemed eligible if, prior 
to the application, it has complied with all the laws of the United 
Sates and the Tribe concerning doing business within the Omaha 
Reservation and submitted to the jurisdiction of the Tribe by 
appointing a resident agent for service of process. Individuals, 
partnerships, and other forms of business association shall be eligible 
to obtain all classes of licenses under this chapter.
Section 8-2-5. Discretion of the Tribal Council
    Application for licenses under this chapter shall be submitted to 
the Tribal Council as specified in Chapter 1 of this Title and the 
Tribal Council shall have absolute discretion to approve or disapprove 
the same in accordance with the provisions of this Title.
Section 8-2-6. Cancellation of Surety Bond
    Any surety may cancel any bond required under this Title as to 
future liability by giving thirty (30) days notice to the Tribal 
Council. Unless the licensee gives other sufficient surety by the end 
of the thirty (30) day period, the license shall be revoked 
automatically at the end of the thirty (30) days.
Section 8-2-7. Surety Bond
    (a) Every application for a license under this Title, unless 
exempted by the Tribal Council, must be accompanied by a bond, which 
shall become operative and effective upon the issuing of a license 
unless the licensee already has a continuing bond in force. The bond 
shall be in the amount of $10,000.00 and must be in a form approved by 
the Tribal Council and it shall be conditioned that the licensee will 
faithfully obey and abide by all the provisions of this Title and all 
existing laws relating to the conduct of its business and will promptly 
pay to the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska when due, all taxes and license fees 
payable by it under the provisions of this Title and also any costs and 
cost penalty assessed against it in any judgment for violation of the 
terms of this Title.
    (b) All bonds required by this Title shall be with a corporate 
surety as surety, or shall be by cash deposit. If said bond is placed 
by cash, it shall be kept in a separate escrow account within a legally 
chartered bank.
Section 8-2-8. Action of Bond for Injury
    Any person injured by reason of the failure of any licensee to 
faithfully obey and abide by all the provisions of this Title shall 
have a direct right of acting upon the bond before the Tribal Council, 
and if the Tribal Council or the Tribe is the Complainant, before the 
Tribal Court, for the purpose of recovering the damage sustained by

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such person, which action may be prosecuted in the name of the injured.
Section 8-2-9. Agreement by Licensee To Grant Access
    Every application for a license under this Title must include an 
agreement by the applicant that his premises, for the purpose of search 
and seizure laws shall be considered public premises, and that such 
premises and all buildings, safes, cabinets, lockers, and store rooms 
thereon will at all times on demand of the Tribal Council or a duly 
appointed Tribal or Federal policeman, be open to inspection, and that 
all its books and records dealing with the sale of ownership of 
alcoholic beverages shall be open to said person or persons for such 
inspection, and that the application and the license issued thereon 
shall constitute an irrevocable contract between the licensee and the 
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska entitling the Tribe for the purpose of 
enforcing the provisions of this Title to inspect the premises and 
books at any time.
Section 8-2-10. Duration of Licenses
    The period covered by the licenses under this Title shall be from 
12:00 o'clock midnight on the 31st day of December to 12 o'clock 
midnight on the 31st of the following December, except that the license 
shall be valid for an additional thirty (30) days provided that proper 
application for a new license is in the possession of the Tribal 
Council prior to midnight on the 31st day of December when the license 
for a portion of such period, unless otherwise provided by this Title.
Section 8-2-11. Refilling Prohibited
    No licensee shall buy or sell any package which has previously 
contained alcoholic beverages sold under the provisions of this Title 
or refill any such package.
Section 8-2-12. Deliveries
    No licensee under this Title shall make any delivery of alcoholic 
beverages outside the premises described in the license.
Section 8-2-13. Prohibited Sales
    No vendor shall sell any intoxicating liquor:
    (a) To any person under legal age;
    (b) To any person who is intoxicated at the time, or who is known 
to the vendor to be a habitual drunkard;
    (c) To any person to whom the vendor has been requested in writing 
not to make such sale, where such request is by the Tribal Council, any 
police or peace officer, or the husband or wife of the person; or
    (d) To any mentally ill or mentally retarded person.
    Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section shall 
be guilty of an offense and punished by a fine of not less than one 
hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500,00), 
or by both such fine and imprisonment with costs.
Section 8-2-14. After Hours Sales
    No vendor shall sell, serve or allow to be consumed on the premises 
covered by the license, alcoholic beverages other than in the hours 
permitted by its license. The Tribal Council shall specify the hours of 
sale in the license issued to the vendor, provided that such hours of 
sale shall not be more extensive than those permitted from time to 
time.
Section 8-2-15. Prohibited Sales
    No Class B licensed On-Sale establishment shall allow to be sold 
any alcoholic beverages in a package, whether sealed or unsealed, or 
whether full or partially full.
Section 8-2-16. Unsealed Packages in Public
    No person shall have an unsealed package containing intoxicating 
liquor in his possession in any public place, other than in a duly 
licensed facility authorizing such broken seal.
Section 8-2-17. Prohibited Use
    No person shall be permitted either to consume any intoxicating 
liquor or to mix or blend any intoxicating liquor or alcohol with any 
other beverage whether or not such other beverage is an alcoholic 
beverage, in any public place other than upon the premises of a 
licensed on-sale dealer as defined and authorized by this Title, and 
any vendor who knowingly permits such violation to occur upon the 
premises shall be equally responsible with the person performing the 
act for the violation of the terms thereof.
Section 8-2-18. Cash Sales Only
    All sales of alcoholic beverage shall be made for cash, check or by 
credit card transaction except where the purchaser is a bona fide 
registered guest in a hotel or motel. No Licensee may extend credit for 
the purchase of alcoholic beverages or engage in any pawn business of 
any type.

Chapter 3. Sales Tax

Section 8-3-1. Sales Tax Levied
    There is hereby imposed a sales tax on the purchaser of alcoholic 
beverages from any retail licensee licensed under the provisions of 
this Title in the amount of ten percentum (105) of the retail selling 
price. Such sales tax shall be deposited in a specific fund for use to 
prevent and control substance abuse on the Reservation.

Chapter 4. Age Requirements

Section 8-4-1. Sales to Persons Under 21
    It shall be unlawful to sell or give any alcoholic beverage to any 
person under the age of twenty-one (21) years. Any Tribal Citizen who 
violates this section shall be guilty of an offense and upon conviction 
thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred 
dollars ($100.00) or more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by 
imprisonment in jail for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than 
one hundred eighty (180) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment 
with costs. Violations of this Section by persons or entities which are 
not Tribal Citizens may be regulated by the levy of an administrative 
fine not in excess of $2,000.00 per violation following an opportunity 
for a hearing before the Tribal Council. The levy of an administrative 
fine by the Tribal Council under this Section is in addition to the 
power to suspend or revoke any license.
Section 8-4-2. Purchase, Possession by Minor
    It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of twenty-one 
(21) years of age to purchase, attempt to purchase or possess or 
consume intoxicating liquor, or to misrepresent his age for the purpose 
of purchasing or attempting to purchase such intoxicating liquor. Any 
person who violates any of the provisions of this section shall be 
guilty of an offense and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a 
fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or more than Five 
Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the jail for a period 
of not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one hundred twenty 
(120) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment with costs. Violating 
this Section by persons who are not Citizens of the Tribe may be 
regulated by the levy of an administrative fine not in excess of 
$1,000.00 per violation following an opportunity for a hearing before 
the Tribal Council.
Section 8-4-3. Evidence of Legal Age Demanded
    Upon attempt to purchase any alcoholic beverages in any liquor 
store licensed pursuant to this Title by any person who appears to the 
vendor to be under legal age, such vendor shall

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demand, and the prospective purchaser upon such demand, shall display 
satisfactory evidence that he or she is of legal age. Any person under 
legal age who presents to any vendor falsified evidence as to his age 
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be subject 
to the penalties specified in Section 8-4-1 above.

Chapter 5. Revision

Section 8-5-1. Severability
    If any section of any chapter of this Title or the application 
thereof to any party or class, or to any circumstances, shall be held 
to be invalid for any cause whatsoever, the remainder of the chapter or 
Title shall not be affected thereby and shall remain in full force and 
effect as though no part thereof had been declared to be invalid.
Section 8-5-2. All Prior Ordinances and Resolutions Repealed
    All prior Ordinances and Resolutions thereof that are repugnant or 
inconsistent to any provision of this Title are hereby repealed.
Section 8-5-3. Amendment or Repeal of Title
    This Title may be amended or repealed only by majority vote of the 
Tribal Council in regular session.
    History: Omaha Tribal Council Resolution No. 85-89 (11-7-85) 
forbids the sale of alcohol within the exterior boundaries of the Omaha 
Tribal Reservation, but it is now repealed.

 [FR Doc. E6-2764 Filed 2-27-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-4J-P