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File #: 07-083    Version: 1 Name: Cherokee Art and Facilities Act
Type: Legislative Act Status: Failed
File created: 5/8/2007 In control: CULTURE COMMITTEE
On agenda: 5/15/2007 Final action: 6/12/2007
Enactment date: Enactment #: N/A
Title: AN ACT AMENDING LEGISLATIVE ACT 25-05 AS AMENDED BY LA# 1-07 RELATING TO THE PRESERVATION OF CHEROKEE CULTURE AT CHEROKEE NATION FACILITIES
Sponsors: Bill John Baker, Phyllis Yargee
Indexes: Culture, Facilities, Preservation
Code sections: ?? - Unknown
Related files: LA-25-05, 06-178
Title
AN ACT AMENDING LEGISLATIVE ACT 25-05 AS AMENDED BY LA# 1-07 RELATING TO THE PRESERVATION OF CHEROKEE CULTURE AT CHEROKEE NATION FACILITIES
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION:

Section 1. Title and Codification

This act shall be known as the “CHEROKEE ART AND FACILITIES ACT OF 2006” and codified as _____________ (Title) ___________ (Section) ______________ of the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated.

Section 2. Purpose

The purpose of this act is earmark a percentage of construction or renovation cost on all facilities built by the Cherokee Nation (and it’s wholly-owned/majority owned businesses) to be used for historically and culturally appropriate artwork done by Cherokee Nation citizens.

Section 3. Definitions

For purposes of this Title:

Cherokee Nation Citizen: A citizen of the Cherokee Nation as determined by the Cherokee Nation Registration office.

Construction or renovation: This act applies to any new construction or any renovation to an existing facility, the cost of which exceeds $500,000.

Cherokee Nation facility: Any building or property owned or under construction by or for the Cherokee Nation, or subject to or under a long-term lease to the Nation in which the nation is investing its own capital for new construction or improvements to existing facilities, or any property owned or under construction by or for any business in which the Cherokee Nation is a sole or majority shareholder, or subject to or under a long-term lease to such business in which the business is investing its own capital for new construction or improvements to existing facilities.

Section 4. Substantive Provisions of Law

For any construction or renovation to an existing Cherokee Nation facility or property, or any facility or property in which the Cherokee Nation is the sole or majority shareholder, the budget of such project shall set aside one (1) per cent of the total cost of construction or renovation for artwork that is historically and culturally ap...

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