S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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11023--A
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 31, 2018
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Jaffee,
Thiele) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary --
reported and referred to the Committee on Rules -- Rules Committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the Indian law, in relation to requiring the department
of state to promulgate rules and regulations providing for the recog-
nition of Indian tribes as Indian Nations
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 2 of the Indian law, as added by chapter 174 of the
laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
§ 2. New York state Indian nations and tribes. 1. The term "Indian
nation or tribe" means one of the following New York state Indian
nations or tribes: Cayuga Nation, Oneida Nation of New York, Onondaga
Nation, Poospatuck or Unkechauge Nation, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, Sene-
ca Nation of Indians, Shinnecock Indian Nation, Tonawanda Band of Seneca
and Tuscarora Nation.
2. A. THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS
PROVIDING FOR A PROCESS FOR INDIAN TRIBES TO APPLY TO BE RECOGNIZED AS
INDIAN NATIONS. RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO THIS
SUBDIVISION SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, ANY ESTABLISHED CRITE-
RIA NECESSARY FOR RECOGNIZING DOMESTIC INDIAN TRIBES, THE EVALUATION
PROCESS BY WHICH AN INDIAN TRIBE CAN SEEK TO BE RECOGNIZED AS AN INDIAN
NATION, AND THE TIMELINE WITHIN WHICH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE WILL PROC-
ESS SUCH APPLICATIONS.
THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SHALL PROMULGATE ALL APPLICABLE RULES AND
REGULATIONS REQUIRED BY THIS SUBDIVISION NO LATER THAN JANUARY FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN.
B. THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SHALL ISSUE AN ANNUAL REPORT AND RECOMMEN-
DATIONS TO THE LEGISLATURE. THE ANNUAL REPORT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT
NECESSARILY BE LIMITED TO, A SUMMARY OF THE APPLICATIONS RECEIVED BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF STATE FOR TRIBAL RECOGNITION, THE STATUS OF EACH APPLICA-
TION RECEIVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHETHER
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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LEGISLATION SHOULD BE ENACTED TO GRANT STATE RECOGNITION TO ANY SUCH
APPLICANT TRIBE AND ALL MATERIAL, ANALYSIS, LAW AND REASONING USED IN
REACHING SUCH RECOMMENDATION. ANNUAL REPORTS TO THE LEGISLATURE SHALL BE
ISSUED NO LATER THAN JANUARY THIRTY-FIRST OF EACH YEAR.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.