Title
AN ACT AMENDING TITLE 68 OF THE CHEROKEE NATION CODE ANNOTATED
Body
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION:
Section 1. Title and Codification
This Act shall be known as the "Motor Vehicle Licensing and Tax Code Technical Amendments" and codified at Title 68, Chapter 9 of the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated.
Section 2. Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to make technical and conforming amendments to the Motor Vehicle Licensing and Tax Code to refine implementation provisions of the Motor Vehicle Registration and License Tag Compact between the State of Oklahoma and the Cherokee Nation to ensure consistent application of provisions administered under the Act.
Section 3. Legislative History
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Section 4. Substantive Provisions
Title 68, Chapter 9 shall be amended as follows:
CHAPTER 9
MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSING AND TAX
? 1301. Findings
A. As a sovereign, federally-recognized Indian tribe, Cherokee Nation has the power and authority to issue motor vehicle license tags to its enrolled citizens living within its territorial boundaries, in accordance with the United States Supreme Court's decision in Sac & Fox Nation vs. Oklahoma Tax Commission, 508 U.S. 114 (1993).
B. A large number of the Nation's citizens have expressed support for a motor vehicle licensing and registration tag code which would authorize the Cherokee Nation Tax Commission to issue tribal tags and administer a tribal tag system within the Reservation of the Cherokee Nation.
C. The State public school system within Oklahoma relies in part on revenue generated by the sale of automobile license tags by the State of Oklahoma. Thousands of minor children enrolled as citizens of Cherokee Nation attend public sch...
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