Prairie Island Indian Community Alcohol and Controlled Substance Ordinance
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This ordinance tightens rules on alcohol and controlled substances on the Prairie Island Indian Community Reservation. It bans alcohol use by people under 21, restricts alcohol possession and use at community events, and prohibits the purchase, possession, manufacture, delivery, or use of controlled substances and drug paraphernalia unless there is a valid prescription or pharmacist license. It also gives Tribal Court exclusive enforcement power, sets civil fines up to $500 or $1,000, and allows extra penalties such as garnishing per capita payments, trespass orders for nonmembers, and mandatory assessments for repeat or drug-related violations.
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Key Changes
- Sets a new community-wide alcohol rule for people under 21 and for alcohol use at major community events.
- Bans controlled substances and drug paraphernalia on the reservation unless there is a valid medical or pharmacy basis.
- Creates civil enforcement through Tribal Court, with fines up to $1,000 and extra penalties for repeat or drug-related offenses.
Obligations
What this law requires
Persons under 21 must not consume alcoholic beverages on the Prairie Island Indian Community Reservation.
No person may sell, barter, furnish, give, induce the purchase of, or knowingly allow the use of identification to enable a person under 21 to purchase alcoholic beverages.
Persons under 21 must not purchase or attempt to purchase alcoholic beverages, possess alcoholic beverages, or misrepresent their age to obtain alcohol.
During Community events on the Reservation, no person may possess or consume alcoholic beverages, except in homesite assignments and specified Community business enterprises.
No person may manufacture, deliver, receive, sell, possess, or consume a controlled substance on the Reservation unless the person has a valid pharmacist license or a valid prescription from a medical doctor.