§ 1E-11.  Application and meaning of terms.

For purposes of the application of the applicable provisions of Article 13 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes, the following terms contained in Article 13 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes shall be construed as follows:

(1) City. - To mean the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and Catawba Indian Nation.

(2) Council or governing body. - To mean the Tribal Council of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and the Executive Committee of the Catawba Indian Nation.

(3) City clerk. - To mean the clerk of the Tribal Council of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians or of the Executive Committee of the Catawba Indian Nation.

(4) Corporate limits of the city. - To mean the boundaries of the trust lands of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians or of the Catawba Indian Nation wherever located within the State of North Carolina.

(5) Law enforcement agency or local law enforcement agency. - To include the Cherokee Police Department, the Cherokee Marshals Service, the Tribal Alcohol Law Enforcement Division of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, the Natural Resources Enforcement Agency of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the Catawba Indian Nation Tribal Police Department, and the Catawba Indian Nation Marshals Service.  (2015-287, s. 1; 2025-57, s. 1.)