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CHAPTER 54-36INDIAN AFFAIRS COMMISSION54-36-01. Commission - Members - Officers - Expenses of members. The NorthDakota Indian affairs commission consists of the governor, three members appointed by the<br>governor from the state at large, two of whom must be of Indian descent, must be enrolled<br>members of a tribe, and must be current voting residents of the state, and the chairperson, or the<br>chairperson's designee, of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe; the Spirit Lake Tribe; the Three<br>Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation; the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians;<br>and the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation.The governor is thechairperson of the commission. The commission shall meet quarterly or as otherwise agreed.<br>Members of the commission or the chairperson's designee are entitled to receive mileage and<br>expenses for attending each meeting as are allowed other state officers.54-36-02. Employees - Duties - Compensation. The governor, after consultation withthe members of the commission, shall appoint an executive director of the Indian affairs<br>commission who must serve at the pleasure of the governor. The governor may employ such<br>other personnel, as the governor deems necessary, and shall prescribe duties and fix<br>compensation.54-36-03.Powers and duties - Continuing appropriation.The Indian affairscommission may assist and mobilize the support of state and federal agencies in assisting Indian<br>individuals and groups in North Dakota, especially the five tribal councils, as the Indian<br>individuals and tribal councils seek to develop their own goals, project plans for achieving those<br>goals, and implement those plans. The commission may accept gifts, grants, donations, and<br>services from any source which are appropriated on a continuing basis for the purposes of the<br>commission. The commission's duties are to:1.Investigate any phase of Indian affairs and to assemble and make available the facts<br>needed by tribal, state, and federal agencies to work effectively together.2.Assist tribal, state, and federal agencies in developing programs whereby Indian<br>citizens may achieve more adequate standards of living.3.Assisttribalgroupsindevelopingincreasinglyeffectiveinstitutionsofself-government.4.Work for greater understanding and improved relationships between Indians and<br>non-Indians.5.Seek increased participation by Indian citizens in local and state affairs.6.Confer with and coordinate officials and agencies of other governmental units and<br>congressional committees with regard to Indian needs and goals.7.Encourage and propose agreements and accords between federal, state, and local<br>agencies and the several tribal governments, and, pursuant to chapter 54-40.2, to<br>assist in monitoring and negotiating agreements and accords when requested by an<br>affected tribe.54-36-04. Public officers to cooperate. All public officers, both state and local, shallupon request furnish the Indian affairs commission such available information as it may require<br>for its purposes.54-36-05. Meetings - Quorum. At any meeting of the commission a majority of themembers constitutes a quorum and a majority of the quorum may act in any matter falling within<br>the jurisdiction of the commission.Page No. 154-36-06. Report and recommendations. The Indian affairs commission may submitits recommendations to the legislative assembly in the form of proposed legislation or resolutions<br>and may submit a report to the governor and the secretary of state in accordance with section<br>54-06-04.54-36-07. Appropriation. Omitted.54-36-08. Indian affairs commission printing fund for publications - Appropriation.There is created a revolving fund known as the Indian affairs commission printing fund.Allmoneys collected by the commission from fees from persons purchasing publications and<br>informal and educational materials produced or distributed by the commission and moneys<br>received from any person for producing and distributing publications and informational and<br>educational materials must be deposited into the Indian affairs commission printing fund. Money<br>in the Indian affairs commission printing fund and earnings on the money in the fund are<br>appropriated on a continuing basis to the commission to defray expenses incurred by the<br>commission in producing and distributing publications and informational and educational<br>materials. This fund is not subject to section 54-44.1-11. If on the first day of July in any year the<br>amount of money in the Indian affairs commission printing fund is more than twenty-five<br>thousand dollars, the amount in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars must be transferred to the<br>general fund.54-36-09.Publications - Fees.The commission may produce and distributepublications and informational and educational materials and may charge a fee for the<br>publication. The fee must be established at an amount equal to the postage and printing costs of<br>the publication.Page No. 2Document Outlinechapter 54-36 indian affairs commission