§416i Restrictions

Summary

Says that these laws do not allow anyone to sell, mortgage, or tax land or other property (including water rights) that the United States holds in trust or that is held by an individual Indian, the Papago Tribe, or the Salt River Pima‑Maricopa Community when the U.S. has placed a ban on selling it. It also protects income from that property. This does not stop existing powers to lease or dedicate trust land under other law, and it does not stop Arizona from taxing non‑Indian leasehold or possessory interests, buildings, improvements, and personal property on the San Xavier and Salt River Pima‑Maricopa Reservations when those items are not owned by Papago or Pima‑Maricopa Indians living there. It does not give the State of Arizona the right to decide ownership or possession of trust or restricted property in probate or other court actions. It does not change public school districts’ authority to include areas within those reservations. It also does not repeal any other law that lets trust or restricted Indian lands be leased or mortgaged.