(1) These copies shall be considered the official version of the law of the Spokane Tribe of
Indians.
(b) Maintain 2 matching, complete and current copies of all Regulations.
(1) These copies shall be considered the official version of regulations of the Spokane Tribe of
Indians.
(c) Distribute official versions of all law and regulations to any interested party.
(1) The Legal Revisor shall use the Revisor’s discretion for the need for distribution and the
need for applicable monetary charges for distribution.
(d) Distribute and update the official version of the Revised Law and Order Code of the Spokane
Tribe of Indians to the Spokane Tribal Court.
(e) Publish a listing of any change to the official version of any law or regulation semi-annually and
in accordance with Section 1-12.02(b).
(f) Act under the direction of the Spokane Tribal Council, in good faith, to ensure properly the
satisfaction of the provisions of section 1-12.
1-12.04 New Law and Regulations.
(a) At such time any law or regulation is promulgated or amended, it shall be the duty of the body
enacting the law or regulation to forward immediately a copy of the law or regulation to the
Legal Revisor who in turn shall incorporate the law or regulation into the official version.
(b) Within a reasonable time from the enactment of the law or regulation, the Legal Revisor shall:
(1) post a copy in at least 2 public and conspicuous places on the Reservation; and
(2) distribute the new law or regulations to any interested party.
1-12.05 Prior inconsistent law and regulations.
(a) Any law or regulation that conflicts in any way with the official version held by the Legal Revisor
is presumptively repealed to the extent that it is inconsistent with or is contrary to that of the
official version.
(b) If any law or regulation inconsistent with the official version held by the Legal Revisor is
presented to the Spokane Tribal Court it shall be the burden of the offering party to show why
the law or regulation was not included in the official version.
Section 1-13 Sovereign Immunity
1-13.01 Sovereign Immunity of the Spokane Tribe. The Spokane Tribe of Indians shall be immune from suit
in any civil action unless it is clearly shown that the Spokane Tribe, with the consent of the United States,
has, by specific language, waived its sovereign immunity.
1-13.02 Limited Waiver of Sovereign Immunity.
(a) The Spokane Tribe of Indians provides a limited waiver the sovereign immunity of the Spokane
Tribe or its entities solely as to claims arising from occurrences covered by the Tribe’s liability
insurance policy/policies, and only as to legal damages that do not exceed the limits of the
Tribe’s liability insurance policy/policies.
(b) All disputes arising from occurrences covered by the Tribe’s or any Tribal entity’s liability
insurance policy(ies) shall be adjudicated solely in the Spokane Tribal Court; and no court, other
than the Spokane Tribe Court of Appeals, shall have jurisdiction to review, vacate, set aside,
reverse, revise, correct, amend, or annul any decision of the Spokane Tribal Court in such
matter.
1-13.03 Sovereign Immunity of Tribal Officials.
(a) The sovereign immunity of the Spokane Tribe shall extend to Tribal Council members, the
Executive Director of the Spokane Tribe, Tribal Judges, Chief of Police, Tribal Law Enforcement
Officers, Tribal Attorney, and all other employees, agents, attorneys, or representatives of the
Tribe, acting in their official capacity at the time the acts complained of occurred, if the acts
were not in excess of their authority.
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