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Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians Tribal Code.

21.04.130 Records of the Commission

(a) The Commission shall keep and maintain accurate, complete, and detailed records which reflect all taxes, penalties, and interest levied, due, and paid, and each and every official transaction, communication, or action of the Commission, including minutes of all meetings of the Commission.

(b) Such records shall be maintained at the offices of the Commission and shall not be removed from that location absent the consent of the Commission by formal resolution.

(c) Such records shall be subject to audit any time upon the direction of the Council, and shall be audited not less than once each year by an independent auditor selected by the Council.

(d) No records of the Commission, except the records of administrative proceedings before the Commission, which relate to the individual business of a named particular utility, shall be opened to public inspection, but shall be released only to the utility involved or persons duly authorized by the utility in writing to have access to such records.

(e) Any records of the Commission which do not relate to the individual business of a named particular utility, and any records of administrative proceedings before the Commission, shall be public records of the Tribe and shall be available for public inspection during regular business hours. Copies of such records may be obtained by payment of such copying cost as may be established by rule of the Commission, provided, that names and other identification of any utility appearing in such records shall be rendered unreadable prior to release of such copies unless the provisions of Section 21.04.130(d) of this title would allow release of such information.