GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1997

SESSION LAW 1998-21
SENATE BILL 1466

AN ACT TO ALLOW THE EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS TO PERFORM BUILDING INSPECTIONS ON TRIBAL LANDS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Article 18 of Chapter 153A of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 153A-350.1.  Tribal lands.
(a)	As used in this Part, the term:
(1)	'County' or 'counties' also means a federally recognized Indian Tribe, and as to such tribe includes lands held in trust for the tribe.
(2)	'Board of commissioners' includes the Tribal Council of such tribe.
(b)	This act applies only to Cherokee, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, and Swain Counties."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 30th day of June, 1998.
s/	Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

s/	Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives