Council of the Cherokee Nation - File #: 21-048

• File #: 21-048
• Version: 1
• Name: TITLE 21 AMENDMENT TO FURTHER MODERNIZE THE CN CRIMINAL CODE
• Type: Legislative Act
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/13/2021
• In control: TRIBAL COUNCIL
• On agenda: 5/27/2021
• Final action: 6/18/2021
• Enactment date: 6/14/2021
• Enactment #: LA-29-21
• Title: AN ACT AMENDING TITLE 21 OF THE CHEROKEE NATION CODE ANNOTATED AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
• Sponsors: Janees Taylor, Canaan Duncan , Victoria Vazquez, Daryl Legg, E. O. "JR." Smith, Joe Deere, Rex Jordan, Mike Shambaugh
• Indexes: Crimes and Punishments, Human Trafficking
• Code sections: Title 21 - Crimes and Punishments
• Related files: CNCA-21, 20-094, 21-007, 21-077, 25-006

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/18/2021	1	OFFICE OF THE CHIEF	Signed
6/14/2021	1	TRIBAL COUNCIL	Approved	Pass
5/27/2021	1	RULES COMMITTEE	Approved and Forwarded to Council	Pass

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 purpose of this Act is to further modernize the Nation's criminal code.

Section 3. Legislative History

LA-10-90 LA-32-03 LA-20-08 LA-03-21
LA-13-91 LA-36-03 LA-22-08 LA-07-21
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 LA-28-20

Section 4. Amendments

Title 21 shall be amended and expanded as follows:

? 748. Human trafficking for forced labor or forced sexual exploitation

A. As used in Sections 748 and 748.2 of this title:

1. "Coercion" means compelling, forcing or intimidating a person to act by:
a. threats of harm or physical restraint against any person,
b. any act, scheme, plan, or pattern intended to cause a person to believe that performing, or failing to perform, an act would result in serious physical, financial, or emotional harm or distress to or physical restraint against any person,
c. the abuse or threatened abuse of the law or legal process,
d. knowingly destroying, concealing, removing, confiscating or possessing any actual or purported passport, labor or immigration document, or other government identification document, including but not limited to a driver license or birth certificate, of another person,
e. facilitating or controlling a person's access to any addictive or controlled substance other than for legal medical purposes,
f. blackmail,
g. demanding or claiming money, goods, or any other thing of value from or on behalf of a prostituted person where such demand or claim arises from or is directly related to the act of pr...