---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 81.50"
title: "25"
number: "81.50"
heading: "Who must follow these requirements?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/81.50"
---

# §81.50. Who must follow these requirements?


Any tribe meeting the criteria in paragraphs [(a)](#a) or [(b)](#b) of this section must follow the requirements of this subpart.

- (a) A tribe whose governing document or charter of incorporation provides for petitioning the Secretary to call a Secretarial election for any of the following purposes:
  - (1) Amending or revoking the governing document;
  - (2) Amending a charter of incorporation ratified under [25 U.S.C. 477](/usc/25/477.md) of the IRA before May 24, 1990 where the amendments section or article specifically requires it;
  - (3) Amending or ratifying a charter of incorporation under [25 U.S.C. 503](/usc/25/503.md) of the OIWA; or
  - (4) **Taking any other action authorized by the governing document or charter of incorporation.**
- (b) A federally recognized tribe, without an existing governing document, adopting a governing document under Federal statute, for the first time.

## 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.