[History: Tribal Act #04-22.1468 enacted by Tribal Council
on January 25, 2005.]
The Elders Trust Fund and procedures was established pursuant
to 1.01 P.L. 105-143 (d)(1)-(7)(e)(1)(2) and GTB Resolution No. 02-20.1110.
If an Elders Trust Fund check is returned and/or undeliverable, the
following procedures shall apply:
(a)
If an Elders Trust Fund check is returned within 12 months of the
date the check was issued, the check will be canceled and the trust
funds will be deposited into a "Returned Elders Trust Fund Account"
where the funds will be maintained until the Tribe receives a request
for disbursement by the Elder.
(b)
If an Elders Trust Fund check is returned to the Tribe as undeliverable,
the trust funds will be immediately deposited into a "Returned Elders
Trust Fund Account" where the funds will be maintained until the Tribe
receives a request for disbursement by the individual.
(c)
If after a two-year period the Elder has not come forward to claim
the returned or undeliverable Elders Trust Fund check, then the funds
shall be credited to the corpus of the Elders Trust Fund Account,
to be distributed in accord with the provisions of P.L. 105-143.
(d)
If the Tribe receives independent confirmation, by way of a death certificate, for the Elder within the two year holding period in Subsection (c) herein, then the returned or undeliverable Elders Trust Fund check shall be immediately credited to the corpus of the Elders Trust Fund Account, to be distributed in accord with the provisions of P.L. 105-143.
