VETOES

(4) THE MBMBERSHIP OF THE PETITIONING GROUP IS

COMPOSED PRINCIPALLY OF PERSONS WHO ARE NOT MEMBERS OF ANY OTHER
NORTH AMERICAN TRIBE, BAND, OR GROUP; AND

(5) ANY OTHER CRITERIA THAT THE COMMISSION CONSIDERS
NECESSARY THROUGH REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION.

(B) THE COMMISSION SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES
NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.

(A) SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY, THE
COMMISSION SHALL IDENTIFY AND RECOGNIZE EACH NATIVE AMERICAN
NATION, TRIBE, BAND, CLAN, OR OTHER IDENTIFIABLE GROUP THAT WAS
INDIGENOUS TO MARYLAND IN 1790.

(B)(1) IN CONSULTATION WITH AND SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF
THE SECRETARY, BY OCTOBER 1, 1988, THE COMMISSION SHALL PROPOSE
TO THE LEGISLATIVE POLICY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY A
PROCESS BY WHICH DETERMINATIONS WILL BE MADE CONCERNING WHICH
CITIZENS OF THE STATE.

(I) ARE DESCENDANTS OF A NATION, TRIBE, BAND,
CLAN, OR OTHER GROUP IDENTIFIED AND RECOGNIZED UNDER SUBSECTION
(A) OF THIS SECTION AS INDIGENOUS TO MARYLAND; AND

(II) ARE, THEREFORE, ENTITLED TO INDIVIDUAL

RECOGNITION STATUS.

(2) THE RECOGNITION PROCESS PROPOSED BY THE

COMMISSION UNDER THIS SUBSECTION SHALL INCLUDE PROVISIONS FOR
MAKING DETERMINATIONS CONCERNING CITIZENS CURRENTLY RESIDING IN
THE STATE, AS WELL AS FUTURE DESCENDANTS OF EACH NATION, TRIBE,
BAND, CLAN, OR OTHER IDENTIFIABLE GROUP RECOGNIZED BY THE

COMMISSION. MAY ESTABLISH A PROCESS BY WHICH A NATIVE AMERICAN

TRIBE, BAND, GROUP, OR CLAN THAT IS INDIGENOUS TO MARYLAND CAN

APPLY TO THE COMMISSION FOR FORMAL RECOGNITION OF MARYLAND INDIAN
STATUS.

(B) (1) THE COMMISSION SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS AND
PROCEDURES NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 10, SUBTITLE 1 OF THE
STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE.

(2) THE REGULATIONS SHALL ADDRESS THE APPLICATION
PROCESS AND GENEOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND SHALL SPECIFY THE CRITERIA
WHICH MUST BE SATISFIED BY A TRIBE, BAND, GROUP, OR CLAN APPLYING
FOR RECOGNITION.

(3) THE CRITERIA SHALL BE GENERALLY CONSISTENT WITH
THE CRITERIA ESTABLISHED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, FOR TRIBAL RECOGNITION BY THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

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