Ethics Board Forms
Standards for Indigence
for Waiver or Reduction of Filing Fees
The Pokagon Band
Ethics Code allows the Ethics Board to waive or reduce filing fees for
complaints filed with the Pokagon Band Ethics Board. This document outlines procedures
to determine indigence for reducing or eliminating the fees for the filing of
complaints with the Ethics Board.
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Affidavit of Indigence and Request for Order for
Waiver of Filing Fee (revised 04/23/2011)
Please use this form
when seeking a waiver or reduction of the fee for filing a complaint with the
Ethics Board.
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Ethics Board
Complaint Form (revised 03/19/2011)
Use of this form for
filing a complaint is not required, but its use is encouraged, to determine if
the complaint meets the minimum requirements under Section 11.02 of the Ethics
Code in order to be accepted for filing.
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Gift Disclosure
Statement - Officials and Employees (revised 3-19-11)
Who should file this
Gift Disclosure Statement? Every member of the Pokagon Band Tribal Council who solicits
or accepts a gift from any prohibited source with a market value greater than
$25.00. Also, every public official or public employee who received a gift and
donated such gift to the Band or an established charity.
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Gift Disclosure
Statement - Prohibited Source (revised 3-19-11)
Who should file this
Gift Disclosure Statement? Every prohibited source (excluding the federal
government, state or local governments, and any agencies or instrumentalities
thereof) that gives a gift with a fair market value in excess of $50.00 to the
Band, a tribal entity, or any public official or public employee, provided that
at the time the gift is given the prohibited source has a contract with the
Band or a tribal entity with a value in excess of $50,000 per annum.
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Financial Disclosure Statement (adopted 10-17-2011)
Based on Section 9.01 of the Band’s Ethics Code all Tribal Council members whose term of office included any part of the previous calendar year along with any other Tribal Official or Tribal Employee (with the authority to approve contracts or otherwise bind the Band to financial obligations with a value exceeding $10,000 per annum) whose term of appointment or employment also included any part of the previous calendar year must file a Financial Disclosure Statement.
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