Title
AN ACT AMENDING TITLE 21 OF THE CHEROKEE NATION CODE ANNOTATED AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
Body
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION:
Section 1. Title and Codification
This act amends Title 21 of the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated and shall be codified at the sections referenced herein of the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated.
Section 2. Purpose
The purposes of this Act are to establish the Wilma P. Mankiller Victim’s Rights Act.
Section 3. Legislative History
LA-10-90 LA-32-03 LA-20-08
LA-13-91 LA-36-03 LA-22-08
LA-24-02 LA-08-06 LA-08-12
LA-25-02 LA-10-06 LA-09-12
LA-39-02 LA-18-06 LA-35-12
LA-40-02 LA-29-06 LA-10-13
LA-41-02 LA-31-06 LA-09-16
LA-42-02 LA-34-06 LA-12-18
LA-31-03 LA-09-07
Legistar File # 20-081: Pending December Council Approval
Section 4. Amendments
Title 21 shall be amended as follows:
§ 142.1. Intent of Cherokee Nation Tribal Council
It is the intent of the Cherokee Nation Council to provide a method of compensating and assisting those persons within the Nation who are victims of criminal acts and who suffer physical or psychological injury or death. To this end, it is the further intent of the Council to provide compensation in the amount of expenses actually incurred as a direct result of the criminal acts of other persons.
§§ 142.2-142.11. Reserved
§ 142.12. Authority to authorize payments
The Principal Chief shall have the authority to create any process deemed necessary through which victim compensation payments may be expended.
§§ 142.13-142.17. Reserved
§ 142.18. Victim compensation assessments
A. In addition to the imposition of any costs, penalties, or fines imposed pursuant to law, any person convicted of, pleading guilty to, or agreeing to a deferred judgment procedure for a crime involving criminally injurious conduct, be it a felony or misdemeanor offense, shall be ordered to pay a victim compensation assessment of at least Five Dollars ($5.00), but not to exceed Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000...
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