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File #: 13-122    Version: Name: CN MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSING AND TAX CODE OF 2013
Type: Legislative Act Status: Passed
File created: 9/25/2013 In control: TRIBAL COUNCIL
On agenda: 10/31/2013 Final action: 10/31/2013
Enactment date: 10/31/2013 Enactment #: LA-27-13
Title: A LEGISLATIVE ACT ENTITLED "THE CHEROKEE NATION MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSING AND TAX CODE MODIFICATION OF 2013"
Sponsors: Tina Glory Jordan, Harley Buzzard, Jack D. Baker, Joe Byrd, Julia Coates, Jodie Fishinghawk, Janelle Fullbright, Don Garvin, Frankie Hargis , Lee Keener Jr., Dick Lay, Curtis Snell, Janees Taylor, David Thornton, Sr. , Victoria Vazquez, David Walkingstick
Indexes: License, Motor Vehicle, Tax Commission
Code sections: Title 68 - Revenue and Taxation
Attachments: 1. LA-27-13.PDF
Related files: CNCA-68, LA-01-01
Title
A LEGISLATIVE ACT ENTITLED "THE CHEROKEE NATION MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSING AND TAX CODE MODIFICATION OF 2013"
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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 Motor Vehicle Licensing and Tax Code Amendments of 2013” Title 68 Cherokee Nation Code Annotated at Chapter 9 of the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated.

Section 2: Purpose.

The purpose of this Act is to amend LA#01-01, sections 100, 101, 102, 103, 207, 208, 210.

Section 3: Amendments.

Section 100(B) of Legislative Act #01-01 is hereby amended as follows:

Section 100. Findings

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 Compact Jurisdictional Area territorial area of the Cherokee Nation.

Section 101 of Legislative Act #01-01 is hereby amended as follows:

Section 101. Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to establish a Vehicle and Trailer licensing system within the Compact Jurisdictional Area of the Cherokee Nation; to raise revenues through the issuance and renewal of Vehicle and Trailer license tags and titles to enrolled citizens of the Cherokee Nation; to provide for the expenditures of said revenues for certain purposes, including an allocation of a portion of said revenues to the public schools within the territorial boundaries of the Cherokee Nation and to Sequoyah High School and the Cherokee Nation Headstart Program; and to authorize the Principal Chief to negotiate with officials of the State of Oklahoma for a compact addressing certain matters relating to the registration and licensing of motor vehicles by the Cherokee Nation Tax Commission.


Section 103(F) of Legislative Act #01-01 is hereby amended, and a new subsection 103(FF) is hereby added to read in full as follows:

Section 103. Definitions

F. "Eligib...

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