This chapter shall be known as the "NHBP Tribal Government Records and Public Access Code" and shall be codified as Title I, Chapter
1.2, of the NHBP Tribal Code; short title, this may also be known as the "Government Records Code."
The purpose of this chapter is to establish a legal framework
for the receipt, care, custody, and administration of the official
records of the Tribe. In addition, this chapter sets forth the policies
and procedures regarding the definition, management of, and access
to official records. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the
Tribe to provide for efficient, economical and effective controls
over the creation, distribution, organization, maintenance, use, and
disposition of all official records through a comprehensive system
of integrated procedures for the management of records from their
creation to their ultimate disposition, consistent with the requirements
of this code and accepted records management practice.