8.3.2.070 Amendment of Section 5.1(5) of the Civil and Criminal Code of the Pueblo

Section 5.1(5) of the Civil and Criminal Code of the Pueblo ("Code") is hereby deleted and replaced with the following new Section 5.1(5)(a), (b), (c), and (d) as follows, notwithstanding any other provision of the Code to the contrary:

(a) The Governor shall be authorized to issue law enforcement commissions to and deputize law enforcement officers from agencies, departments, or entities from other jurisdictions as he deems necessary to provide law enforcement coverage during the annual San Ildefonso Pueblo Feast Day time period.

(b) Any law enforcement commission and deputization issued by the Governor shall be for the enforcement of the Pueblo's laws and shall include the power to arrest persons violating the Pueblo's laws.

(c) The Governor shall promptly notify the Council in writing of all law enforcement commissions and deputizations that he issues to any officer from another jurisdiction.

(d) The Governor shall inform each law enforcement officer from another jurisdiction who receives a commission or deputization to enforce Pueblo law that a condition of such commission or deputization is that: (i) such officer and/or his or her employer shall be responsible and liable for such officer's actions; (2) the Pueblo accepts no responsibility or liability for such officer's actions; (3) the Governor and Pueblo have not waived the Pueblo's sovereign immunity from suit, and the Pueblo expressly reserves its right to assert sovereign immunity; and the Governor shall ensure that any officer and/or his employer who receives such a commission or deputization agrees to and accepts such conditions.