GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2005
SESSION LAW 2006-111
SENATE BILL 1857
AN ACT to AMEND the LAW GRANTING STATE RECOGNITION TO THE HALIWA-SAPONI TRIBE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 71A-5 reads as rewritten:
"§
71A-5. Haliwa Saponi Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe of North
Carolina; rights, privileges, immunities, obligations and duties.
The Indians now residing in Halifax, Warren and adjoining
counties of North Carolina, originally found by the first permanent white
settlers on the Roanoke River in Halifax and Warren Counties, and claiming
descent from certain who descend from the Saponi, Nansemond, and other
tribes of Indians originally inhabiting the coastal regions of North Carolina,
shall, from and after April 15, 1965, be designated and officially recognized
as the Haliwa Saponi Tribe of North Carolina, Haliwa-Saponi Indian
Tribe, and they shall continue to enjoy all their rights, privileges and
immunities as citizens of the State as now or hereafter provided by law, and
shall continue to be subject to all the obligations and duties of citizens
under the law. an American Indian Tribe with a recognized tribal
governing body carrying out and exercising substantial governmental duties and
powers similar to the State, being recognized as eligible for the special
programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their
status as Indians."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 6th day of July, 2006.
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
President of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Michael F. Easley
Governor
Approved 10:56 a.m. this 13th day of July, 2006