Title
AN ACT AMENDING TITLE 29 OF THE CHEROKEE NATION CODE ANNOTATED
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION:
Section 1. Title and Codification
This act shall be known as the "Cherokee Nation Hunting and Fishing Code Modernization Act of 2024" and codified in Title 29, Chapter 1 of the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated.
Section 2. Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to amend the hunting and fishing code to incorporate enhanced conservation standards, technical amendments, and facilitate cooperative wildlife management agreements.
Section 3. Legislative History
LA-36-06
LA-10-10
LA-04-22
Section 4. Substantive Provisions
Title 29 shall be amended as follows:
? 101. Short title
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Cherokee Nation Hunting and Fishing Code and is hereinafter referred to as "the Hunting and Fishing Code" or "this Code".
? 102. Legislative intent and purpose
A. The purpose of this act is to establish a regulatory scheme for hunting and fishing on lands and/or by Personssubject to the Nation's jurisdiction pursuant to treaty, federal laws, inherent sovereign authority, compact, cross-deputization agreement or other authority.
B. It is the intent of the Council to confirm and assert the Nation's sovereign rights to establish a regulatory scheme under which Cherokee citizens may exercise, within the Cherokee Nation Reservation, those communal rights to hunt and fish which were included as part and parcel of the rights that inhere to the sovereignty of the Cherokee Nation, which we affirmed by treaty and patent, and which rights have not ever been conveyed, relinquished, or extinguished by any subsequent treaty or agreement.
C. It is further the intent of the Council of the Cherokee Nation to provide opportunity to enhance intergovernmental cooperation and coordination respecting wildlife conservation management and associated activities.
? 103. Adoption by reference-Laws of adjacent states and nations
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