On December 9, 1999, the Tribal Council of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation enacted Ordinance 103-A. By that Ordinance the Tribal Council approved the partial revision of Tribal law under a new system of codification entitled The Laws of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Codified (CSKT Laws Codified). In essence, the CSKT Laws Codified replaces The Law and Order Code of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, Pablo, Montana and includes the codification of several recent Tribal Ordinances.

Title I of the CSKT Laws Codified contains: Chapter 1. The Tribal Constitution and Bylaws; and Chapter 2. The Courts (the revised codification of parts of Ordinance 36-B formerly found in Chapters I and II of the Law and Order Code, Ordinance 41 -A, and Ordinance 90-B).

Title II contains: Chapter 1. Tribal Offenses (the revised codification of parts of Ordinance 36-B, formerly found in Chapter IV of the Law and Order Code); Chapter 2. Criminal Procedure (the revised codification of parts of Ordinance 36-B, formerly found in Chapter III of the Law and Order Code) and Chapter 3. Probation and Parole.

Title III contains: Chapter 1. Domestic Relations (the recodification of parts of Ordinance 36-B formerly found in Chapter V of the Law and Order Code); Chapter 2. Children (the recodification of parts of Ordinance 36-B formerly found in Chapter VI of the Law and Order Code); Chapter 3. Youth (the codification of Ordinance 99); Chapter 4. Mental Health (the codification of Ordinance 98); and Chapter 5. Adult Protection (the codification of Ordinance 102-A).

Title IV contains: Chapter 1. Civil Actions, Limitations, and Liability (the codification of Chapter 1 of Ordinance 97, as amended); Chapter 2. Civil Remedies (the codification of Chapter 2 of Ordinance 97, as amended); Chapter 3. Civil Judgments (the codification of Chapter 3 of Ordinance 97, as amended); and Chapter 4. Small Claims (the codification of Ordinance 91-A). Neither this Introduction nor the Tables of Contents have been approved by Tribal Ordinance.

On January 27, 2000, the Tribal Council made a number of technical corrections, found in Ordinance 103-A, Amendment #1. A list of revised code sections can be found on the pages that immediately follow this Introduction.