Council of the Cherokee Nation - File #: LA-17-06

• File #: LA-17-06
• Version: 1
• Name: Cherokee Nation Motor Vehicle Amendment Act of 2006
• Type: Legislative Act
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/17/2006
• In control: TRIBAL COUNCIL
• On agenda: 7/27/2006
• Final action: 8/14/2006
• Enactment date: 8/14/2006
• Enactment #: LA-17-06
• Title: A LEGISLATIVE ACT AMENDING LA#01-01, "THE CHEROKEE NATION MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSING AND TAX CODE"; ADDING AND AMENDING DEFINITIONS; AND ADDING NEW SECTION 204(N) FOR POSSESSORY/LABORER'S LIENS
• Sponsors: Meredith Frailey
• Indexes: Liens, Motor Vehicle, Tax Commission
• Code sections: Title 68 - Revenue and Taxation
• Related files: LA-01-01, 09-005, 09-154, 08-031, 10-093, 07-013

Committee: Rules Author: Sharon Swepston
Date: 7-17-06 Committee Date: 7-27-06 Sponsor: Meredith Frailey
An Act
Legislative Act 17-06
A LEGISLATIVE ACT AMENDING LA# 01-01, "THE CHEROKEE NATION MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSING AND TAX CODE"; ADDING AND AMENDING DEFINITIONS; AND ADDING NEW SECTION 204(N) FOR POSSESSORY/LABORERS' LIENS
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION: Section 1. Title and Codification
Example: This act shall be known as the "Cherokee Nation Motor Vehicle Code Amendment Act of 2006" and codified as (Title) (Section) of the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated.
Section 2. Purpose
The purpose of this act is to amend LA# 01-01, the Cherokee Nation Motor Vehicle Licensing and Tax Code, to add new definitions and provisions for registration of assembled and abandoned motor vehicles, respectively.
Section 3: Legislative History
Legislative Act #01-01, "The Cherokee Nation Motor Vehicle and Licensing Tax Code" of 2001, as amended by Legislative Acts 27-01, 34-01, 34-02, 04-03, 19-03, 25-04, 29-04, 03-05,07,06 and 12-06.
Section 4. Definitions
Section 103 of LA#01-01 is hereby amended as follows, to include the following new and amended definitions:
V. "Assembled Vehicle" means a vehicle from which major components from two or more vehicles are being incorporated into a single unit.
W. "Major component" means a body or cab, frame, and front end or rear end clip, if the public VIN is changed.
X. "Abandoned Vehicle" means an article of personal property, any service rendered to the owner thereof by furnishing material, labor or skill for the protection, improvement, safekeeping, towing, storage or carriage thereof, has a special lien thereon, dependent on possession, for the compensation, if any, which is due such person from the owner for such service; or a vehicle that is determined to be abandoned by Cherokee Nation District Court after proper public notice is given so an unknown owner or interest holders may anent court proceedings to protest legal ...