(a) Financial statement;

(b) Site survey and legal description, if applicable;

(c) Tribal environmental review, where required; and

(d) Other documents as may be required by the department and pursuant to the department’s business site leasing management plan or policy.

(a) The tract, location, or parcel of the land being leased;

(b) The purpose of the lease and authorized uses of the leased premises;

(c) The parties to the lease;

(d) Effective date of lease;

(e) The term of the lease;

(f) The dates upon which all payments are due;

(g) Specification that the lessee shall make payments directly to the department;

(h) Identification of the responsible party for constructing, owning, operating, and maintaining, managing, and removing any permanent improvements to the leased premises, if applicable;

(i) Indemnification of the United States and lessor;

(j) Payment requirements, including rent, fees for late payments, interest and/or other penalties – the form of which must be acceptable to the tribe and be made by cash, money order, personal check, certified check or cashier’s check;

(k) Due diligence, insurance, and bonding requirements as provided in this section;

(l) If the leased premises are within an Indian irrigation project or drainage district, the lease must state the following: “If the leased premises are within an Indian irrigation project or drainage district, except as provided by 25 C.F.R. 171, the lessee must pay all operation and maintenance charges that accrue during the lease term. The lessee must pay these amounts to the appropriate office in charge of the irrigation project or drainage district”; and

(m) A process for restoring property (restoration and/or reclamation) at the end of a lease (which may include removal of improvements).

(a) The LTRO having jurisdiction over the tribe’s tribal trust land.

(b) The department is responsible for maintaining all records of all business site leases and for disseminating recorded lease documents to the business council secretary, and, if required by the business council, to the housing department.

(c) The department shall send a copy of these leases and all amendments and renewals, for information purposes only, to the Superintendent of Bureau of Indian Affairs office having jurisdiction over the tribe’s leasing activities.

(d) The department shall send a copy of the ordinance codified in this chapter and any lease that allows for lease payments directly to the tribe to the Superintendent of the Bureau of Indian Affairs office having jurisdiction over the tribe’s leasing activities.