Statutes | Jamestown S'Klallam Tribal Code Title 21 Chapter 21.2 § 21.2.4 §§ 21.2.4.11 | 2020

(1) In a criminal action brought against the detainer by reason of a person having been detained on or in the immediate vicinity of the premises of an outdoor music festival, Pow Wow or related campground for the purpose of pursuing an investigation or questioning by a law enforcement officer as to the lawfulness of the consumption or possession of alcohol or illegal drugs, it is a defense that the detained person was detained in a reasonable manner and for not more than a reasonable time to permit the investigation or questioning by a law enforcement officer, and that a peace officer, owner, operator, employee, or agent of the outdoor music festival had reasonable grounds to believe that the person so detained was unlawfully consuming or attempting to unlawfully consume or possess, alcohol or illegal drugs on the premises.
 
(2) For the purposes of this section:
 
     (a) "Illegal drug" means a controlled substance under Title 21 United States Code for which the person detained does not have a valid prescription or that is not being consumed in accordance with the prescription directions and warnings, or a regulated substance under Title 21 United States Code for which the person does not have a valid prescription or that is not being consumed in accordance with the prescription directions and warnings.
 
     (b) "Outdoor music festival" or "music festival" or "festival" or &ldquoPow Wow&rdquo means an assembly of persons gathered primarily for outdoor, live or recorded musical entertainment, or spiritual event where the predicted attendance is two thousand persons or more and where the duration of the program is five hours or longer: PROVIDED, That this definition shall not be applied to any regularly established permanent place of worship, stadium, athletic field, arena, auditorium, coliseum, or other similar permanently established places of assembly for assemblies which do not exceed by more than two hundred fifty people the maximum seating capacity of the structure where the assembly is held: PROVIDED, FURTHER, That this definition shall not apply to Tribal sponsored fairs held on regularly established grounds nor to assemblies required to be licensed under other laws or regulations of the Tribe.
 
     (c) "Reasonable grounds" include, but are not limited to:
 
     (i) Exhibiting the effects of having consumed liquor, which means that a person has the odor of liquor on his or her breath, or that by speech, manner, appearance, behavior, lack of coordination, or otherwise exhibits that he or she has consumed liquor, and either:
 
     (A) Is in possession of or in close proximity to a container that has or recently had liquor in it or
 
     (B) Is shown by other evidence to have recently consumed liquor or
 
     (ii) Exhibiting the effects of having consumed an illegal drug, which means that a person by speech, manner, appearance, behavior, lack of coordination, or otherwise exhibits that he or she has consumed an illegal drug, and either:
 
     (A) Is in possession of an illegal drug or
 
     (B) Is shown by other evidence to have recently consumed an illegal drug.
 
     (d) "Reasonable time" means the time necessary to permit the person detained to make a statement or to refuse to make a statement, and the time necessary to allow a law enforcement officer to determine the lawfulness of the consumption or possession of alcohol or illegal drugs. "Reasonable time" may not exceed one hour.