Sec. 47-66. Tribal funds.
Sec. 47-66. Tribal funds. Tribal funds shall be under the care and control of the
Commissioner of Environmental Protection with the advice of the Indian Affairs Council and may be used for the purposes set forth in section 47-65. Said commissioner shall
annually settle his accounts of the affairs of each tribe with the Comptroller, and his
report to the Governor shall furnish, with respect to each tribe, a statement of the amount
and condition of its fund, an estimate of the value of its lands and the income annually
received and the expenditures made by said commissioner from such fund. Said commissioner may maintain an action in his name to recover any property misappropriated from
a reservation.
(1961, P.A. 304, S. 5; P.A. 73-660, S. 5, 11.)
History: P.A. 73-660 placed funds under control of environmental protection commissioner and Indian Affairs Council
rather than under control of welfare commissioner.
Cited. 176 C. 318. Cited. 180 C. 474. Cited. 217 C. 612.
Preempted and rendered invalid by federal law. 22 CA 229; judgment reversed and case remanded to appellate court
with direction to remand it to trial court for further proceedings, see 217 C. 612.