Title 25 — Indians
Chapter 15 — Constitutional Rights of Indians
§ 1326. Special election
Statutory text
State jurisdiction acquired pursuant to this subchapter with respect to criminal offenses or civil causes of action, or with respect to both, shall be applicable in Indian country only where the enrolled Indians within the affected area of such Indian country accept such jurisdiction by a majority vote of the adult Indians voting at a special election held for that purpose. The Secretary of the Interior shall call such special election under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, when requested to do so by the tribal council or other governing body, or by 20 per centum of such enrolled adults.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 90–284 title IV § 406 · 82 Stat. 73
Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 1326
(Pub. L. 90–284, title IV, § 406, Apr. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 80.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 90–284, title IV, § 406, Apr. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 80.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 406. special election State jurisdiction acquired, pursuant to this title, with respect to criminal offenses or civil causes of action, or with respect to both, shall be applicable in Indian country only where the enrolled Indians, within the affected area of such Indian country, accept such jurisdiction by a majority vote of the adult Indians voting at a special election held for that purpose. The Secretary of the Interior shall call such special election under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, when requested to do so by the tribal council, or other governing body, or by 20 per centum of such enrolled adults.
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