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File #: 12-090    Version: Name: VOTER DISTRICT AMENDMENT ACT OF 2012
Type: Legislative Act Status: Passed
File created: 11/2/2011 In control: TRIBAL COUNCIL
On agenda: 7/16/2012 Final action: 7/16/2012
Enactment date: 7/16/2012 Enactment #: LA-26-12
Title: AN ACT REPEALING LEGISLATIVE ACT 36-10 AND AMENDING LEGISLATIVE ACT 06-10; REVISING TITLE 26 ("ELECTIONS") OF THE CHEROKEE NATION CODE ANNOTATED; AMENDING § 5, ADDING PROVISIONS FOR APPORTIONMENT; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
Sponsors: Jodie Fishinghawk, Janelle Fullbright, Chuck Hoskin Jr. , Dick Lay, Curtis Snell, Tina Glory Jordan
Indexes: Redistricting, Tribal Council
Code sections: Title 26 - Elections
Attachments: 1. 12-088 CN ReDistricting POWER POINT, 2. LA-26-12
Related files: 10-141, 09-114, 20-056, 12-120, 24-052
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AN ACT REPEALING LEGISLATIVE ACT 36-10 AND AMENDING LEGISLATIVE ACT 06-10; REVISING TITLE 26 ("ELECTIONS") OF THE CHEROKEE NATION CODE ANNOTATED; AMENDING § 5, ADDING PROVISIONS FOR APPORTIONMENT; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION:

Section 1. Title and Codification

This act shall be referred as the “Voter District Amendment Act of 2012” and codified as Title 26 Sections 5(A-B) of the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated (“CNCA”).

Section 2. Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to repeal in its entirety Legislative Act 36-10 and to amend the Cherokee Nation Election Code to define the apportionment process of Council seats and define Tribal Council Districts within the jurisdictional boundaries of the Cherokee Nation.

Section 3. Legislative History

L.A. 9-85 Eff. July 13, 1985
L.A. 35-89 Eff. Sept. 9 1989
L.A. 6-91 Eff. March 9, 1991
L.A. 2-87 Eff. Feb. 14, 1987
L.A. 12-90 Eff. Nov. 13, 1990
L.A. 5-87 Eff. Feb. 14, 1987
L.A. 8-87 Eff. Feb. 26, 1987
L.A. 11-87 Eff. March 14, 1987
L.A. 6-87 Eff. Feb. 14, 1987
L.A. 9-87 Eff. Feb. 26, 1987
L.A. 14-87 Eff. March 14, 1987
L.A. 7-87 Eff. Feb. 14, 1987
LA. 12-87 Eff. May 11, 1987
L.A. 23-87 Eff. June I1, 1987
L.A. 3-87 Eff. February 14, 1987
L.A. 4-87 Eff. Feb. 14, 1987
L.A. 7-97 Eff. May 12, 1997 (as revised in its entirety)
L.A. 39-05 Eff. Nov. 14, 2005 (as revised in its entirety)
L.A. 06-10 Eff. Feb. 16, 2010 (as revised in its entirety)
L.A. 36-10 Eff. Dec. 29, 2010

Section 4. Repeal

Legislative Act 36-10 is hereby repealed.

Section 5. Amendment

This Act hereby amends Legislative Act 06-10 by adding “Section 5, Representation by District” under Chapter 1§ 5 of Legislative Act 06-10.

§ 5. Representation by District

A. Commencing with the Council elections of 2013, there shall be fifteen (15) voting Districts within the jurisdictional boundaries of the Cherokee Nation as identified in the attached map Exhibit “A”, “Boundaries of fifteen Voting Districts of the Cheroke...

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