Council of the Cherokee Nation - File #: 13-122

• File #: 13-122
• Version: 2
• Name: CN MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSING AND TAX CODE OF 2013
• Type: Legislative Act
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/25/2013
• In control: TRIBAL COUNCIL
• On agenda: 10/31/2013
• Final action: 10/31/2013
• Enactment date: 10/31/2013
• Enactment #: LA-27-13
• Title: A LEGISLATIVE ACT ENTITLED "THE CHEROKEE NATION MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSING AND TAX CODE MODIFICATION OF 2013"
• Sponsors: Tina Glory Jordan, Harley Buzzard, Jack D. Baker, Joe Byrd, Julia Coates, Jodie Fishinghawk, Janelle Fullbright, Don Garvin, Frankie Hargis , Lee Keener Jr., Dick Lay, Curtis Snell, Janees Taylor, David Thornton, Sr. , Victoria Vazquez, David Walkingstick
• Indexes: License, Motor Vehicle, Tax Commission
• Code sections: Title 68 - Revenue and Taxation
• Related files: LA-01-01, CNCA-68

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/4/2013	2	OFFICE OF THE CHIEF	Signed
10/31/2013	2	TRIBAL COUNCIL	Approved	Pass
10/31/2013	2	RULES COMMITTEE	Approved and Forwarded to Council	Pass
10/21/2013	1	RULES COMMITTEE	Tabled	Pass
9/26/2013	1	RULES COMMITTEE	Tabled	Pass

Title
A LEGISLATIVE ACT ENTITLED "THE CHEROKEE NATION MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSING AND TAX CODE MODIFICATION OF 2013"
Body
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION:

Section 1: Title and Codification.

This act shall be known as “The Cherokee Nation Motor Vehicle Licensing and Tax Code Amendments of 2013” Title 68 Cherokee Nation Code Annotated at Chapter 9 of the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated.

Section 2: Purpose.

The purpose of this Act is to amend LA#01-01, sections 100, 101, 102, 103, 207, 208, 210.

Section 3: Amendments.

Section 100(B) of Legislative Act #01-01 is hereby amended as follows:

Section 100. Findings

B. A large number of the Nation's citizens have expressed support for a motor vehicle licensing and registration tag code which would authorize the Cherokee Nation Tax Commission to issue tribal tags and administer a tribal tag system within the Compact Jurisdictional Area territorial area of the Cherokee Nation.

Section 101 of Legislative Act #01-01 is hereby amended as follows:

Section 101. Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to establish a Vehicle and Trailer licensing system within the Compact Jurisdictional Area of the Cherokee Nation; to raise revenues through the issuance and renewal of Vehicle and Trailer license tags and titles to enrolled citizens of the Cherokee Nation; to provide for the expenditures of said revenues for certain purposes, including an allocation of a portion of said revenues to the public schools within the territorial boundaries of the Cherokee Nation and to Sequoyah High School and the Cherokee Nation Headstart Program; and to authorize the Principal Chief to negotiate with officials of the State of Oklahoma for a compact addressing certain matters relating to the registration and licensing of motor vehicles by the Cherokee Nation Tax Commission.


Section 103(F) of Legislative Act #01-01 is hereby amended, and a new subsection 103(FF) is hereby added to read in full as follows:

Section 103. Definitions

F. "Eligib...