Committee: Rules/Full Council Sponsor:
Date: Committee Date: 7-12-04 Author: P. Holder
An Act
Legislative Act 29-04
A LEGISLATIVE ACT AMENDING LA# 01-01, "THE
CHEROKEE NATION MOTOR
VEHICLE LICENSING AND TAX CODE"
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION:
Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to amend LA# 01-01 adding provisions
for the implementations for special license plates and fees for Cherokee citizens who qualify as physically disabled. Added sections to LA#01-01 are ?103(U) ?204(A)(2)(e) and ?206(D).
Section 2. Amendments.
Section 103 of LA# 01-01 is hereby amended to read in full as follows adding section (U): Physically Disability:
U. "Physical disability" means an illness, disease, injury or condition by reason of which a person:
a. cannot walk two hundred (200) feet without stopping to rest.
b. cannot walk without the use or assistance from a brace, cane, crutch, another person prosthetic device, wheelchair or other assistance device,
c. is restricted to such an extent that the person's forced (respiratory) expiratory volume for one (1) second, when measured by spirometry, is less than one (1) liter, or the arterial oxygen tension is less than sixty (60) min/hg on room air at rest,
d. must use portable oxygen.
c. has functional limitations which are classified in severity as Class III or Class IV according to standards set by the American Heart Association,
f. is severely limited in the person's ability to walk due to an arthritic, neurological ororthopedic condition,
g. is certified legally blind. or
h. is missing one or more limbs.
To qualify for a "physically disabled" plate an individual must meet one or more of the above requirements. and present suffi...
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