Subject to the approval of the commission, the department may enter into a mutual agreement or compact with the Covelo Indian Community respecting jurisdiction and authority to regulate traditional Indian subsistence fishing practices in the boundary streams of the historic 1873 Round Valley Indian Reservation.
Chapter 3Negotiation and Approval of Agreement
Section § 16006
This law allows the department, with the commission's approval, to make agreements or compacts with the Covelo Indian Community. These agreements would cover how traditional Indian subsistence fishing is regulated along the streams that were part of the 1873 Round Valley Indian Reservation.
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Section § 16007
If there's an agreement made under Section 16006, it must be reviewed and approved by the commission after being submitted by the department.
Any agreement or compact entered into pursuant to Section 16006 shall be submitted by the department to the commission for review and approval.
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Section § 16008
For any agreement made under Section 16006 to become valid, it must first be approved by the commission. They can approve it during their usual or special meetings.
Any agreement or compact entered into pursuant to Section 16006 shall not be effective until they are approved by the commission. The commission may consider and approve an agreement or compact at any of its regular or special meetings.
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Section § 16009
This law requires the commission to inform the public in advance about meetings where they will discuss or approve agreements made under this division. The notice must be published in the Resources Agency or department's publication, and copies of the proposed agreements should be available to the public if requested. Additionally, these meetings must be open to the public.
The commission shall give notice of the time and place of any meeting at which the approval of an agreement or compact entered into under this division will be considered by publishing prior notice in any publication issued by the Resources Agency or the department after determining the time and place of the meeting. The commission shall make copies of the proposed agreement or compact available to the public on request and the notice shall contain a statement to that effect. All meetings required by this section shall be open to the public.
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