Title
TITLE 14 0 COMMISSIONS AND OTHER ENTITIES (INCLUDES THE 2019 POCKET PART)
Body
TITLE 14
COMMISSIONS AND OTHER ENTITIES
Chapter
1. Appointment of Boards and Commissions
CHAPTER 1
APPOINTMENT OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
Section
1. Short title
2. Purpose
3. Definitions
4. Appointments
§ 1. Short title
This act shall be known as the "Appointment of Boards and Commissions Act of 2004".
LA 30-04, eff. July 16, 2004.
§ 2. Purpose
The purpose of this act is to make certain technical and substantive amendments to the appointment procedure for members of boards, commissions or authorities of Cherokee Nation, including boards of entities in which the Nation is the majority owner. This act would require that all appointments be consistently applied.
LA 30-04, eff. July 16, 2004.
§ 3. Definitions
For purposes of this Title:
1. "Entities" means all boards, commissions, operations, agencies and majority-owned Businesses of the Cherokee Nation.
2. "Member(s)" means individual persons who are appointed to serve on the governing body of Entities.
LA 30-04, eff. July 16, 2004. Amended LA 09-17, eff. March 21, 2017.
§ 4. Appointments
A. All Members of Entities of the Nation, if not designated by title in the applicable authorizing legislation or governing documents, shall be appointed by the Principal Chief and confirmed by the Council of the Cherokee Nation, with the exception of the Election Commission (26 CNA § 11) and the Editorial Board (Legislative Act 17-00, as amended By LA 08-01).
B. Number of members and all other requirements of entities are not affected by this act.
C. This procedure shall be implemented for all future appointments, in accordance with subsection (A), of this Section.
D. Terms of Members are all created by the Entities who have these commissioners, board members, or committee members.
E. Holdover Clause: If a term expires or there is a resignation or death of any appointed commissioners, board members, committee members, those in trust authority, reappointments or new replacements are pending, there will be a limited hold over of six months for continued authorized activity of those individuals and at the end of six months, if no re-appointment or new appointments have been confirmed, that seat becomes vacant.
LA 30-04, eff. July 16, 2004. Amended LA 09-17, eff. March 21, 2017.