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TRIBAL CONSTITUTION
interpretation No. 14-2011
WHEREAS,
Interpretation No. 1-80 provides that the Tribal Executive Committee
(TEC) may at its own motion issue written opinions as to the meaning and
interpretation of the Revised Constitution and Bylaws of the Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe; and
WHEREAS,
Article X, Section 2 of the Revised Constitution and Bylaws provides that a
“Reservation Business Committee by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of its
members shall remove any officer or member of the Committee for the
[causes listed thereafter]" and in accordance with the procedures in Article
X, Section 3; and
from time to time the Tribal Executive Committee has been asked to
WHEREAS,
provide its interpretation of the two-thirds vote provision and did so at a
Special Meeting on January 5, 1998, and
WHEREAS,
the motion that was approved on January 5, 1998, was not memorialized
as a written opinion as to the meaning and interpretation of the
Constitution as required by Interpretation No. 1-80; and
WHEREAS,
in order to conform the interpretation approved on January 5, 1998, to the
requirements of Interpretation No. 1-80, the Tribal Executive Committee
hereby confirms that interpretation; and
NOW
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the two-thirds provision of Article X,
Section 2 of the Revised Constitution and Bylaws of the Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe shall be interpreted as meaning that four affirmative votes
of a five-member RBC (Band governing body) are required to remove one
of its members and the accused member shall be pemnitted to vote.
We do
hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly presented and acted upon
by a vote of
11 For, 0 Against, 0 Silent, at a Regular Meeting of the Minnesota
Chippewa
Tribal Executive Committee, a quorum present, held on January 5, 2011 at
Minnesota.
Onamia,
Michael PZ. Benvo
Norman W.
Deschampe, President Michael J. Bongo, Secretary ~
THE
MINNESOTA CHIPPEWA TRIBE THE MINNESOTA CHIPPEWA TRIBE