AN ACT to AMEND the LAW GRANTING STATE RECOGNITION TO THE HALIWA‑SAPONI TRIBE OF NORTH CAROLINA.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 71A‑5 reads as rewritten:
"§ 71A‑5.   Haliwa‑Saponi Indian Tribe of North Carolina; rights, privileges, immunities, obligations and duties.
The Indians now residing in Halifax, Warren and adjoining counties of North Carolina, originally found by the first permanent white settlers on the Roanoke River in Halifax and Warren Counties, and  who descend from the Saponi, Nansemond, and other tribes of Indians originally inhabiting the coastal regions of North Carolina, shall, from and after April 15, 1965, be designated and officially recognized as the  Haliwa‑Saponi Indian Tribe, and they shall continue to enjoy all their rights, privileges and immunities as  an American Indian Tribe with a recognized tribal governing body carrying out and exercising substantial governmental duties and powers similar to the State, being recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 6th day of July, 2006.

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		 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

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		 James B. Black
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

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		 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2006