2-15-143. Training and consultation. (1) At least once a year, the department of justice and a trainer selected by the tribal governments shall provide training in Helena or a site mutually agreed upon to state agency managers and key employees who have regular communication with tribes on the legal status of tribes, the legal rights of tribal members, and social, economic, and cultural issues of concern to tribes.
     (2) At least annually, the governor may convene in Helena a full-day, working meeting at which the governor, representatives of state agencies, and tribal officials, including chiefs and tribal presiding officers, shall:
     (a) review the policies that directly impact tribal government and tribal populations that are proposed for adoption by the state agencies and recommend changes to the policies; and
     (b) discuss issues of concern to the state and the tribes and formulate solutions.
     (3) By December 15 of each year, a state agency shall submit a report to the governor and to each tribal government on the activities of the state agency relating to tribal government and tribal populations. The report must include:
     (a) any policy that the state agency adopted under subsection (2)(a);
     (b) the name of the individual within the state agency who is responsible for implementing the policy;
     (c) the process that the state agency has established to identify the programs of the state agency that affect tribes;
     (d) the efforts of the state agency to promote communication and the government-to-government relationship between the state agency and the tribes;
     (e) the efforts of the state agency to ensure tribal consultation and the use of American Indian data in the development and implementation of agency programs that directly affect tribes; and
     (f) a joint description by tribal program staff and state staff of the training required under subsection (1).

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 568, L. 2003.