Section 10-16 Closed Season - Starting Fire Without Permit
10-16.01 Closed Season-Starting Fire Without Permit.
(a) No person shall kindle or cause or permit any fire to be kindled on the Spokane Reservation, at
any place, other than in a building within a receptacle designed for such fire or burning material,
during any period in which the Superintendent of the Spokane Agency shall have prohibited such
fires without first obtaining a written permit to do so from the Superintendent.
(b) The permittee shall comply with all of the terms and conditions of such permit.
(c) Any person violating this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to confinement not to
exceed 30 days or to pay a fine not to exceed $250, or both jail sentence and fine, and costs.
(d) Each day's burning in violation of this section shall be considered a separate offense.
(e) The parent or parents of a minor child under the age of 18 years who is living with the parent or
parents and who shall willfully or maliciously start any fire in violation of this section shall be
liable to the property owner in a civil action in Tribal Court for damages in an amount not to
exceed $1,000.
(f) This section shall in no way limit the amount of recovery against the parent or parents for their
own negligence.
(g) The Spokane Tribe will pay a reward of $150 to anyone providing information leading to the
arrest and conviction of any person or persons responsible for starting a fire on Tribal property
in violation of this section.
Section 10-17 Setting Fire to Wooded Area
10-17.01 Setting Fire to Wooded Areas. Any person who shall willfully set on fire any wooded or grassland
area of the Spokane Reservation shall be deemed guilty of an offense and upon conviction thereof shall be
sentenced to a period of confinement not to exceed 6 months or ordered to pay a fine of not to exceed $500
or both jail sentence and fine, and costs; provided, that this section shall not apply to those persons who
have obtained a Tribal burning permit and have demonstrated efforts on their part of maintaining control of
said fire.
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