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AN ACT AMENDING TITLE 41 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 "Recreational and Hospitality Lodging Rights Act" and codified at Title 41, Chapter 5, Section 2000 et seq. of the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated.
Section 2. Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to establish a framework to regulate recreational and hospitality lodging within the Cherokee Nation Reservation, to promote economic development through tourism, including short-term rentals, recreational cabins, and campgrounds, while ensuring the protection of public health, safety and welfare.
Section 3. Legislative History
LA-17-91
LA-22-17
Section 4. Substantive Provisions
Title 41 of the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated, shall be amended to establish a new Chapter, as follows:
CHAPTER 5
RECREATIONAL AND HOSPITALITY LODGING RIGHTS ACT
? 2000. Definitions
A. "Owner" and/or "Operator" shall mean the Cherokee Nation or any of its wholly owned, tribally-chartered subsidiaries, including but not limited to Cherokee Nation Businesses, LLC; Cherokee Nation Entertainment, LLC; Cherokee Nation Cultural and Economic Development, LLC; and their employees, contractors, and assigns. Owner and/or Operator shall not mean any tribally owned, state-charted businesses.
B. "Lodging Establishment" shall mean the following and its adjacent real property and temporary or permanent structures and fixtures, including but not limited to parking lots, golf facilities, trails, and boat launch areas, used for recreational or hospitality purposes:
1. Hotel;
2. Motel;
3. Resort;
4. Cabin;
5. Recreational vehicle space;
6. Tent space; or
7. Other real property, without or without temporary or permanent structures, that is kept, used, or advertised as held out to the public where sleeping, gathering, or camping accommodations are supplied in exchange for money for temporary and transient occupan...
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