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CONFEDERATED TRIBES of the COOS, LOWER UMPQUA AND SIUSLAW INDIANS TRIBAL CODE
TITLE
8 - PROPERTY
CHAPTER
8-2 DONATED PROPERTY
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Title
This Code shall be known as
the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians (Tribes)
Donated Personal Property Chapter.
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Purpose
The Tribes' Reservation,
because of its status as a federally recognized Indian tribal government, is,
through all of its arms, agencies, corporations and instrumentalities of any
kind or type, entitled to receive surplus or donated personal property from
other governments, governmental and non-governmental agencies and individuals.
This Chapter is intended to govern the acceptance, control and use of
such personal property.
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Definition and Scope
Donated personal property
shall mean and this Chapter shall be applicable to all personal property,
including cash or securities of any type, provided as surplus, excess or
donated, or donated in part, to any agency or instrumentality of the Tribes,
including tribal corporations, by any government, governmental or
non-governmental entity, or person. This
Chapter shall apply to all employees of all arms, instrumentalities or agencies
of the Tribes.
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Donations, Who May Accept
Any arm, instrumentality or
agency of the Tribes may, through its Administrator or other department head,
accept donations of personal property on behalf of the Tribes; provided, that
any conditions which may be attached to the donation are found to be acceptable
to the Tribes by the Tribal Administrator of the Tribes.
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Recording and Registration
All donated tangible
personal property shall be registered and recorded with the Tribes through the
Tribal property system administered by the Tribal Purchasing program.
All donated intangible personal property, including but not limited to
cash and securities, shall be recorded in the Tribal accounting system
administered and approved by the Financial Officer of the Tribes.
Bulk donations of food shall be used as provided by the regulations
governing the Tribes' Food Distribution program.
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Use of Donated Personal Property
Personal property donated
to the Tribes may be used for any tribal governmental purpose which does not
conflict with the federal or state statutory conditions, or other conditions,
under which the donation was made.
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Disposal of Donated Personal Property
Donated personal property
which becomes surplus to the needs of the Tribes may be disposed of under the
rules established by the Tribal Purchasing program for disposal of tangible
property surplus to the needs of the Tribes.
Revenues obtained from disposal of such surplus donated property shall be
distributed to the Tribal department which had the majority of use of the
donated property while it was included in the Tribal inventory of property after
any costs of disposal are reimbursed to the Tribal Purchasing program.
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Violations
Any employee or contract
employee of any Tribal agency, arm or instrumentality, having responsibility for
the obtaining, acceptance or supervision of use of donated personal property,
who shall be found to have failed to follow the provisions of this Chapter
governing the registration, recording, use or disposal of donated personal
property may be terminated from employment.
APPENDIX
A
LEGISLATIVE
HISTORY AND EDITORIAL CHANGES
DONATED
PROPERTY
LEGISLATIVE
HISTORY AND EDITORIAL CHANGES
The Tribal Council of the
Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians enacted the
"Donated Property" Ordinance, Resolution No. 02-037, Ordinance No. 44,
in a regular Tribal Council meeting on April 14, 2002.
Vote was 7 (for), 0 (against) and 0 (abstained).