A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT giving state recognition to the nottoway tribal community.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Chapter 71A of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 71A‑7.3.  Nottoway Tribal Community; rights, privileges, immunities, obligations, and duties.
The Indians now residing in Hertford, Bertie, Gates, Northampton, and Martin Counties, who are lineal descendants of certain tribes of Indians, who originally inhabited areas along the Nottoway River in southeastern Virginia in precontact times shall, from and after July 20, 1971, be designated and officially recognized as the Nottoway Tribal Community of North Carolina, shall continue to enjoy all their rights, privileges, and immunities as citizens of the State as now or hereafter provided by law, and shall continue to be subject to all the obligations and duties of citizens under the law."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.