Committee: Rules/Full Council Author: P. Holder
Date: 1-04-05 Committee Date: 1-10-05 Sponsor: M. Frailey
An Act
Legislative Act 03-05
Title
A LEGISLATIVE ACT AMENDING LA# 29-04, -THE CHEROKEE NATION MOTOR
VEHICLE LICENSING AND TAX CODE"
Body
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION:
Section 1. Title and Codification.
s act shall he known as the "The Cherokee Nation Motor Vehicle Licensing And Tax Code" Title 68 Cherokee Nation Code Annotated At Chapter 9 of the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated.
Section 2. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to amend LA# 01-01 as amended by LA
# 29-04 section 204 (e).
Section 3. Amendments.
Section 204-A (2) of LA4 01 -01 is hereby amended to read in lull as follows adding section (e): Physically Disabled Registration Rate:
(el. The annual registration fee for Tribal Citizens who present documentation that they are persons qualified through the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety (DPS) as being physically disabled and having a 5 year expiration parking permit from DPS shall he free of charge. Any Cherokee Citizen who is eligible for a physically disabled license plate or whose vehicle has had modifications because of the physical disability of the owner or of an individual related to the owner within the second degree of consanguinity (parent, grandparent, child, grandchild or sibling by blood) may register the vehicle for the fee proscribed above. This fee shall be in lieu of all other registration fees provided by this act.
Section 4. Provisions as cumulative
The provisions of this act shall he cumulative to existing taw.
Section 5. Severability
The provisions of this act are severable and if any part of provision hereof shall be held void the decision or the court so holding shall not affect or impair any of the remaining parts or provisions of this act.
Section 6. Self-Help Contributions
To the extent that this Act involves programs or services to citizens of the Nation or others, self-help contributions shall be required, unless specifically prohibited by the funding agency, or a waiver is granted due to physical or mental incapacity of the participant to contribute.
Section 7. Effective Date
This act shall take effect and be in full force upon 60 days of its passage and approval. Enacted by the Council of the Cherokee Nation on the I0* day of January , 2005,
ATTEST:
Bill John Baker Secretary Council of the Cherokee Nation
Approved and signed by the Principal Chief this 17th day of JANUARY , 2005.
Chadwick Smith, Principal Chief Cherokee Nation
ATTEST:
Callie Catcher, Secretary/Treasurer Cherokee Nation
YEAS AND NAYS AS RECORDED:
Bill John Baker YEA Melvina Shotpouch YEA
Audra Smoke-Conner YEA Meredith A. Frailey YEA
S. Joe Crittenden YEA John F. Keener YEA
Jackie Bob Martin YEA Cara Cowan YEA
Phyllis Yargee YEA William G. "Bill" Johnson YEA
David W. Thornton, Sr. YEA Buel Anglen YEA
Don Garvin YEA Charles "Chuck" Hoskin YEA
Linda Hughes-O'Leary YEA