Council of the Cherokee Nation - File #: 09-061

• File #: 09-061
• Version: 2
• Name: TERO
• Type: Legislative Act
• Status: In Committee
• File created: 5/1/2009
• In control: EXECUTIVE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
• On agenda: 5/28/2009
• Final action: 8/27/2009
• Enactment #: N/A
• Title: AN ACT REPEALING AND SUPERSEDING CHEROKEE NATION LAW REGARDING LABOR AND THE EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS ORDINANCE AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
• Sponsors: Cara Cowan Watts, Jodie Fishinghawk
• Indexes: Employment Rights Ordinance, TERO, Tribal Employment Rights Ordinance
• Code sections: Title 40 - Labor and Employment
• Related files: LA-29-88, LA-22-87, 09-061b, 09-061a, 08-102

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/27/2009	2	EXECUTIVE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE	Tabled	Pass
7/30/2009	2	EXECUTIVE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE	Tabled	Pass
6/25/2009	1	EXECUTIVE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE	Tabled	Pass
5/11/2009	1	RULES COMMITTEE	Referred

Title
AN ACT REPEALING AND SUPERSEDING CHEROKEE NATION LAW REGARDING LABOR AND THE EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS ORDINANCE AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
Body

BE IT ENACTED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION:

Section 1. Title 40, § 1001 shall read as follows:
Title and Codification

This Act shall be referred to as an Act Repealing and Superseding the Cherokee Nation Employment Rights Ordinance, Cherokee Nation Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapters One through Six, Sections 1 through 65. This Act shall be codified at Title 40, Sections 1001 et seq. and shall be known as the Cherokee Nation Employment Rights Act.

Section 2. Title 40, § 1002 shall read as follows:
Legislative History

The Cherokee Nation previously enacted the Cherokee Nation Employment Rights Ordinance, effective January 11, 1986, by Legislative Act 22-87, and as amended by Legislative Act 29-88. This Act repeals said legislation and supersedes said legislation as codified at Cherokee Nation Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapters One through Six, Sections 1 through 65.
The purpose of this Act is to repeal the current Cherokee Nation Employment Rights Ordinance, codified at Cherokee Nation Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapters One through Six, Sections 1 through 65, and to supersede said law to: clarify the responsibilities of those entities involved in employment rights; to conform the Act to federal and tribal policies; and to clarify requirements regarding Indian preference. This Act repeals and supersedes Legislative Act 38-05.

Section 3. Title 40, § 1003 shall read as follows:
Purpose

The purpose of this Title is to encourage employment of Indians and to assist in and require the fair employment of Indians and to prevent discrimination against Indians in the employment practices of employers who are doing business with the Cherokee Nation on Cherokee Nation Indian Country or in such jurisdiction as is provided in a cooperative agreement between the Cherokee Nation and another government.

Section 4. Title 40, § 1004 ...