Council of the Cherokee Nation - File #: 12-003

• File #: 12-003
• Version: 2
• Name: CHEROKEE NATION EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP AMENDMENT ACT OF 2012
• Type: Legislative Act
• Status: Passed
• File created: 1/4/2012
• In control: TRIBAL COUNCIL
• On agenda: 2/13/2012
• Final action: 2/23/2012
• Enactment date: 2/23/2012
• Enactment #: LA-03-12B
• Title: AN ACT AMENDING LEGISLATIVE ACT 31-07 PROVIDING HIGHER EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS FOR CHEROKEE NATION STUDENTS
• Sponsors: David Walkingstick, Jack D. Baker, Joe Byrd, Jodie Fishinghawk, Meredith Frailey, Janelle Fullbright, Don Garvin, Tina Glory Jordan, Frankie Hargis , Chuck Hoskin Jr. , Dick Lay, Curtis Snell, David Thornton, Sr.
• Indexes: Higher Education, Scholarship
• Code sections: Title 70 - Schools and Education
• Related files: 07-089

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/28/2012	2	OFFICE OF THE CHIEF	Signed
2/23/2012	2	TRIBAL COUNCIL	Approved	Pass
1/16/2012	1	EDUCATION COMMITTEE	Tabled	Fail
1/16/2012	1	EDUCATION COMMITTEE	Approved and Forwarded to Council	Pass

Title
AN ACT AMENDING LEGISLATIVE ACT 31-07 PROVIDING HIGHER EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS FOR CHEROKEE NATION STUDENTS
Body
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION:

Section 1. Title and Codification

This Legislative Act shall be titled as the “Cherokee Nation Education Scholarship Amendment Act of 2012” and codified under Title ____ Section ______ of the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated (“CNCA”).

Section 2. Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to increase the amount of scholarships available to Cherokee students. who receive Pell grant assistance to $1,000.00. $2,000.00 per semester up to $4,000.00 per academic year.

Section 3. Legislative History

Article VI Section 7 of the Cherokee Nation Constitution states:

“The Council shall have the power to establish laws which it shall deem necessary and proper for the good of the Nation, which shall not be contrary to the provisions of this Constitution. The style of all bills shall be: “Be It Enacted By the Cherokee Nation”. The style of all resolutions shall be “Be It Resolved By the Cherokee Nation”.

Article X Section 2 of the Cherokee Nation Constitution states:

“The Council shall provide by law for annual expenditure of funds, and the source from which funds are to be derived, to defray the estimated expenses of the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branches and the departments of government of the Cherokee Nation for each fiscal year. The budget shall not exceed estimated revenues”.

Article X Section 8 of the Cherokee Nation Constitution states:

“All laws authorizing the expenditures of money by and on behalf of the Cherokee Nation shall specify the purpose for which the money is to be used, and the money so designated shall be used for no other purpose. No monies or resources of the Cherokee Nation or any of its entities shall be used to pay for representation of a defendant in a criminal matter, except where a public defender is authorized under Cherokee law. Annual expenditures shall not exceed the...