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File #: 16-023    Version: 1 Name: MOTOR VEHICLE AND TAX CODE AMENDMENT OF 2016
Type: Legislative Act Status: Passed
File created: 2/4/2016 In control: TRIBAL COUNCIL
On agenda: 2/17/2016 Final action: 3/22/2016
Enactment date: 3/14/2016 Enactment #: LA-06-16
Title: A LEGISLATIVE ACT AMENDING TITLE 68 ("REVENUE & TAXATION") THE CHEROKEE NATION MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSING AND TAX CODE
Sponsors: Victoria Vazquez, Rex Jordan
Indexes: License, Motor Vehicle, Tags, Tax Code
Code sections: Title 68 - Revenue and Taxation
Attachments: 1. LA-06-16.PDF
Related files: CNCA-68, LA-01-01
Title
A LEGISLATIVE ACT AMENDING TITLE 68 ("REVENUE & TAXATION") THE CHEROKEE NATION MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSING AND TAX CODE
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION:

Section 1. Title and Codification

This act shall be known as the Motor Vehicle Licensing and Tax Code Amendment of 2016 and codified as Title 68 Revenue & Taxation, Chapter 9, Sections 1356(A) and 1357(B) of the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated.

Section 2. Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to amend Title 68 Revenue & Taxation, Chapter 9, Sections 1356(A) and 1357(B)

Section 3. Amendments

Section 1356(A) of Title 68, Chapter 9 is hereby amended as follows:

Section 1356. License Plates.

A. Standard License Plate

Each Vehicle registered with the Cherokee Nation shall be issued a license plate to be properly displayed on the rear of said vehicle. The Commission shall be responsible for the design of all license plates issued hereunder which plates shall conform to the following requirements:
1. Each license plate shall be made of metal with a background and lettering of sufficient contrast so as to be easily read from a distance of not less than fifty (50) feet;
2. Each license plate shall bear the name of Cherokee Nation along the upper portion of the plate;
3. Each license plate shall bear the Cherokee Nation seal;
4. Each license plate shall bear the word Oklahoma;
5. Each license plate number shall contain no more than seven (7) characters, made up of numbers, letters or a unique combination of both, unless otherwise provided herein;
6. The identifying symbols on the license plate shall be large and clear enough to be read by the unaided eye at a distance of not less than fifty (50) feet;
7. Each license plate shall provide a space for the placement of month and year decals in two corners of the license plate; The license plates for each class of Vehicles shall bear some mark or decal as determined by the Commission so as to make it different from those assigned to other classes of Vehicles...

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