Council of the Cherokee Nation - File #: LA-01-01

• File #: LA-01-01
• Version: 1
• Name: The Cherokee Nation Motor Vehicle Licensing and Tax Code
• Type: Legislative Act
• Status: Passed
• File created: 1/1/2001
• In control: TRIBAL COUNCIL
• On agenda: N/A
• Final action: 1/15/2001
• Enactment date: 1/15/2001
• Enactment #: LA-01-01
• Title: A LEGISLATIVE ACT ENTITLED "THE CHEROKEE NATION MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSING AND TAX CODE"
• Sponsors: Unknown
• Indexes: License, Motor Vehicle, Tax, Tax Commission
• Code sections: Title 68 - Revenue and Taxation
• Related files: LA-34-02, LA-34-01, LA-29-04, LA-27-01, LA-25-04, 07-013, 08-031, 08-118, 08-119, LA-07-06, LA-12-06, LA-17-06, 09-005, 09-154, 17-058, 16-023, 10-117, 13-030, 13-122, 13-096, 10-093, 10-129, 12-145, 15-030

An Act
LA 01-01
Title
A LEGISLATIVE ACT ENTITLED "THE CHEROKEE NATION MOTOR
VEHICLE LICENSING AND TAX CODE"
Body
TITLE ONE: FINDINGS, PURPOSE, DEFINITIONS Section 100: Findings.
A. As a sovereign, federally recognized Indian tribe, the 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 territorial area 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 the Cherokee Nation attend public schools in eastern Oklahoma. Therefore, to minimize the impact of the sale of automobile license tags by the Cherokee Nation Tax Commission on the public schools within the Cherokee Nation, a portion of the revenues generated by the sale of such tags should be allocated to the public schools within the Nation's territorial boundaries.
D. As a federally funded Indian school, Sequoyah High School receives no monies from the State of Oklahoma's automobile licensing revenues. Therefore, a portion of the revenue received from the issuance of Vehicle license tags by the Cherokee Nation should be allocated to Sequoyah High School.
E. If possible, the Cherokee Nation should endeavor to enter into a compact with the State of Oklahoma to coordinate its motor vehicle licensing activities with those of the Oklahoma Tax Commission, to make appropriate motor vehicle licensing information available to federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, and ...