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“Intentionally” or “with intent” when used with respect to a result or to conduct described by a provision of Yurok Tribal law defining a civil offense means that a person acts with a conscious objective to cause the result or to engage in the conduct so described.

“Knowingly” or “with knowledge,” when used with respect to a result or to conduct described by a provision of Yurok Tribal law defining a civil offense, means that a person acts with an awareness that the conduct of the person is of such a nature.

“Liquor” means any liquid or solid containing more than one-half of one percent alcohol by volume and capable of being consumed by a human being.

“Negligence” or “negligent,” when used with respect to a result or to a circumstance described by a provision of Yurok Tribal law defining a civil offense, means that a person fails to be aware of a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the result will occur or that the circumstance exists. The risk must be of such nature and degree that the failure to be aware of it constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care that a reasonable person would observe in the situation.

“Person” means any individual, corporation, commission, partnership or other entity.

“Reasonable suspicion” means a belief, based upon specific and articulable facts, which taken together with rational inferences from those facts, would lead a reasonable person to suspect a particular person of a specific violation of this chapter.

“Recklessly” or “reckless,” when used with respect to a result or to a circumstance described by a provision of Yurok Tribal law defining a civil offense, means that a person is aware of and consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the result will occur or that the circumstance exists. The risk must be of such nature and degree that disregard thereof constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care that a reasonable person would observe in the situation.

“Related entity” means any organization owned or controlled by the Tribe, including without limitation Yurok Indian Housing Authority, Yurok Economic Development Corporation, and any other present or future organizations owned or controlled by the Tribe.

“Reservation” means all the lands within the exterior boundaries of the Yurok Reservation and any other land outside the boundaries of the reservation that the Tribe may acquire by federal law as presently defined or modified in the future. [Ord. 64 § 1(1.4), amended, 4/6/2020; Ord. 23 § 1(1.4), adopted, 3/19/2010.]