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Provides for the state recognition and acknowledgment of the Montaukett Indians
In Assembly Committee · Judiciary · Sponsor Fred Thiele
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Title of bill
An act to amend the Indian law, in relation to the state recognition and acknowledgement of the Montaukett Indians
Purpose
Provides for the State recognition and acknowledgement of the Montaukett Indians.
Summary of provisions
Section 1. Amends Section 2 of the Indian Law to include the Montaukett Indians within the term "Indian nation or tribe" in New York.
Section 2. Amends the Indian Law by adding a new Article 11 entitled "The Montaukett Indians" relating to State recognition and acknowledgment. Provides guidelines for the leadership of Montaukett Indians; elections and terms of office, the qualifications of voters and the qualifications for office.
Section 3. Effective Date.
Justification
The Montaukett Indians seek to restore their acknowledgement and recognition by the State of New York which was improperly removed from the Montaukett Indians in 1910 in the case of Pharaoh v. Benson, 69 Misc. Rep. 241 (Supreme, Suffolk Co., 1910) affirmed 164 App. Div. 51, affirmed 222 N.Y. 665 when the Montaukett Indians were declared to be extinct. In 1994, the State Supreme Court, in the case of Breakers Motel, Inc. v. Sunbeach Montauk Two, Inc., subsequently described the Pharaoh case as being of "questionable propriety". It is the purpose of this act to correct this impropriety by granting State recognition and acknowledgement to the Montaukett Indians.
Legislative history
2014: A.9704/S.7619
Fiscal implications
None to the State
Effective date
Immediately.
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