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TITLE 19 COUNCIL (INCLUDES 2019 POCKET PART AND ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS: SEE THE HEADER) - NOT AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT
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*NOTICE: This document is provided as a courtesy. This document includes amendments to the Title 19 2019 Pocket Part as listed below and have not yet been officially codified. To ensure accuracy, anyone using this document should compare it to the official amendments available at: https://cherokee.legistar.com/Legislation.aspx
Includes: LA 04-20, LA 05-20, LA 50-21, LA 18-24, LA 20-24, LA 21-24, LA 26-24 and LA 31-24
TITLE 19
COUNCIL
Chapter
1. General Provisions
2. Committees
3. Salaries and Expenses
4. Officers and Meetings
5. Governmental Records
6. Subpoena and Investigations
CHAPTER 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section
1. Voting upon appointment to public office of persons related to Members of Council
2. Removal of Members of Council
3. Filling of vacancies
4. Repealed
5. Publication of Council minutes
? 1. Voting upon appointment to public office of persons related to Members of Council
No Member of the Council shall vote for the appointment of any person to any office in the Nation who is related to such Member by affinity or consanguinity within the first degree.
LA 6-85, eff. July 13, 1985.
? 2. Removal of Members of Council
Any Member of the Council may be removed by a majority vote of the other Members of the Council for willful neglect of duty, habitual drunkenness or conviction of any crime involving moral turpitude while in office.
LA 6-85, eff. July 13, 1985.
? 3. Filling of vacancies
A. When a vacancy occurs in any office of elected councilors and there is one (1) year or less remaining of the four-year term, the Tribal Council shall appoint, by a majority vote of the remaining councilors, a person to fill the vacancy until the next General Election.
B. A vacancy occurs upon the effective date of the resignation of the Councilor, the death of a Councilor, the disability of the Councilor or ...
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