6.10.050 Applicability.
(1) Business License Required. A business license is required for any person or entity that conducts business or plans to conduct business in Samish Indian Country, except as provided below.
(2) Exemptions. The following activities, persons, entities or businesses are exempt from the business license requirements of this chapter:
(a) Sales by enrolled members of the Samish Indian Nation of arts, crafts, or goods produced by Native Americans;
(b) Services or goods ordered by mail, phone, or internet;
(c) Any activity conducted by the Samish Indian Nation, a tribal department, a tribal entity, or a tribal enterprise;
(d) Occasional yard or garage sales;
(e) Treaty activities conducted pursuant to and in accordance with a permit or license that has been issued by the Tribe;
(f) Entities wholly owned by the Tribe and doing business in Samish Indian Country on or before the effective date of this chapter;
(g) Entities whose business activities within Samish Indian Country are limited to distributing goods or providing services procured by the Tribe, by an entity wholly owned by the Tribe or by an entity operating under a valid business license. [Res. 2020-04-005 § 2, 2020.]