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AN ACT AMENDING LA 25-01, LA 24-04, AND LA 04-12, "FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND RIGHTS OF PRIVACY 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 "Freedom of Information and Rights of Privacy Improvement Act of 2014" and codified as Freedom of Information and Privacy Rights under Title 67, Chapter 2, Section 101 et. seq.
Section 2. Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to amend the Freedom of Information and Rights of Privacy Act to clarify the former legislation.
Section 3. Legislative History
LA-25-01, amended by LA-24-04, LA-25-07, and LA 04-12.
Section 4. Substantive Provisions
?75-1-1. shall be amended as follows: ?75-1-1. Title and Codification: ?101. Short Title
This act shall be known as the "Freedom of Information and Rights of Privacy Act of 2014" and codified as Freedom of Information and Privacy Rights under Title 75 67, Chapter 2, Sections 1-17 101, et seq. of the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated (75 67 CNCA ??1-17 101, et seq.).
?75-1-2 shall be renumbered as ?102 and read as follows: Findings and Purposes:
A. The Council of the Cherokee Nation and the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation find that it is vital in a democratic society that public business be performed in an open and public manner. Toward this end, provisions of this chapter must be construed so as to make it possible for Cherokee citizens, or their representatives, to have their public officials and governmental activities at a minimum cost or delay to the persons seeking access to public documents or meetings.
B. Citizens have a right to know the basis of the formulation of public policy. Therefore, it is the public policy of the Cherokee Nation that citizens shall be advised of the performance of public officials and of the decisions that are reached in public activity.
?75-1-3 shall be renumbered as C. under ?102:
C. 1. Article II of the Con...
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