Legislative Background: This Title was substantially amended by Tribal Act #06-24.1650 enacted by Tribal Council at Special Session on April 26, 2006. Said Act provided as follows:
. . . that the GTB Department of Public Works be established to regulate the operation and maintenance of all Tribally-owned water and wastewater system.
Pursuant to the authority vested in the Grand Traverse Band Tribal Council by the Tribal Constitution, the Grand Traverse Band Tribal Council hereby establishes a public utility known as the GTB Department of Public Works and enacts this ordinance which shall establish the authority of the organization.
Said Act also provided for the repeal of former Chapters 1 and 2 of Title 12, as amended July 26, 2000; for the adoption of Chapters 1 through 8 as set forth below; and for the redesignation of former Chapter 3, Building Code, and Chapter 4, Roads, as Chapters 9 and 10.