---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 81.17"
title: "25"
number: "81.17"
heading: "May a tribe use its funds to pay non-Federal election officials?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/81.17"
---

# §81.17. May a tribe use its funds to pay non-Federal election officials?


A recognized tribal governing body may use tribal funds to compensate non-Federal personnel to respond to the needs of the tribal government in the conduct of the Secretarial election.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: : 25 U.S.C. 473a, 476, 477, as amended, and 503.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 63106, Oct. 19, 2015, unless otherwise noted.