Connecticut General Statutes 47-64 – Use of reservations. Restriction of leases. Escheats
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(a) Each tribe shall determine who may live on reservation land, provided any person lawfully residing on a reservation on October 1, 1989, may continue to reside on such reservation. Residents may be removed in accordance with rules filed under § 47-66j.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 47-64
- Indian: means a person who is a member of any of the following tribes, Paucatuck Eastern Pequot, Mashantucket Pequot, Schaghticoke, Golden Hill Paugussett and Mohegan. See Connecticut General Statutes 47-63
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- reservation: means the Paucatuck Eastern Pequot reservation in the town of North Stonington, assigned to the use of the Paucatuck Eastern Pequot tribe. See Connecticut General Statutes 47-63
(b) Each tribe may lease reservation land for not more than twenty-five years.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any special act to the contrary, any Indian reservation property that escheats to the state shall be preserved as an Indian historical area, under the control of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.