Title
AN ACT REQUIRING ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS OF THE CHEROKEE NATION TO UNDERGO RANDOM DRUG TESTING
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION:
Section 1. Title and Codification
This Act shall be known as "The Elected Officials Drug Testing Act of 2011" and shall be codified under Title 19 and 51 of the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated.
Section 2. Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to require Elected Officials of the Cherokee Nation to undergo random drug testing for prohibited drugs and to set forth possible ramifications for failure of such test or refusal to take such test.
Section 3. Legislative History
Article VI, Section 7 of the Cherokee Nation Constitution.
Section 4. Definitions
Prohibited drugs: means marijuana (THC metabolic), opiates (heroin, morphine), cocaine, phencyclidine, (PCP), and amphetamines.
Elected officials: means any elected or duly appointed officials of the Cherokee Nation, including the Principal Chief, Deputy Chief and Tribal Council members.
Section 5. Substantive Provisions.
A.
Section 6. Provisions as cumulative
The provisions of this act shall be cumulative to existing law.
Section 7. Severability
The provisions of this act are severable and if any part of provision hereof shall be held void the decision of the court so holding shall not affect or impair any of the remaining parts or provisions of this act.
Section 8. Effective Date
This act shall become effective sixty (60) days after its passage in accordance with the Cherokee Nation Constitution.