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AN ACT AMENDING LA-06-98 AND LA-21-12, "CHEROKEE NATION GOVERNMENTAL RECORDS ACT" DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION:
Section 1. Title and Codification
This act shall be known as the “Governmental Records Act of 2014” and codified as Government Records under Title 19, Chapter 5, Section 41 et. seq.
Section 2. Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to amend the Cherokee Nation Governmental Records Act to clarify the former legislation.
Section 3. Legislative History
LA-06-98, amended by LA 21-12.
Section 4. Substantive Provisions
§1 shall be renumbered as §41 and read as follows: Short Title
This Act shall be known as the Cherokee Nation Governmental Records Act and codified as Title 19, Chapter 5, Section 41 et. seq. of the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated.
§2 shall be renumbered as §42 and read as follows: Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to provide for open access to each member of the Council of the Cherokee Nation ("Council") to all "records" as defined below prepared in the discharge of governmental duties of the "Cherokee Government" as defined below, and to provide procedures under which the Council and its members shall obtain such records.
§3 shall be renumbered as §43 and read as follows: Findings
The Council of the Cherokee Nation finds as follows:
a. Pursuant to Article V, Section 7 of Cherokee Constitution
of 1975, the Council, as the legislative department of the government, has "the power to establish laws which it shall deem necessary and proper for the good of the Nation."
b. Among the constitutional duties of the Council are the
responsibilities to oversee the implementation of the laws enacted by the Council and oversee the disbursement of funds appropriated by the Council. In order to carry out these duties, the Council must have access to all records of the Cherokee Government.
§4 shall be renumbered as §44 and read as follows: Definitions
A. "Cherokee Government" -- collectively, the Cheroke...
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