Council of the Cherokee Nation - File #: 08-031

• File #: 08-031
• Version: 3
• Name: The Cherokee Nation Motor Vehicle Licensing and Tax Code
• Type: Legislative Act
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/1/2008
• In control: EDUCATION COMMITTEE
• On agenda: 3/11/2008
• Final action: 4/22/2008
• Enactment date: 4/14/2008
• Enactment #: LA-05-08
• Title: AN ACT AMENDING LA#01-01 “A LEGISLATIVE ACT ENTITLED THE CHEROKEE NATION MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSING AND TAX CODE”; AS AMENDED BY LA#27-01, 34-01, 34-02, 25-04, 29-04, 7-06, 12-06, 17-06, AND 8-07
• Sponsors: Tina Glory Jordan, Bill John Baker
• Indexes: Motor Vehicle, Tax Commission
• Code sections: Title 68 - Revenue and Taxation
• Related files: 07-013, LA-01-01, LA-07-06, LA-12-06, LA-17-06, LA-25-04, LA-27-01, LA-29-04, LA-34-01, LA-34-02

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/22/2008	3	OFFICE OF THE CHIEF	Signed
4/14/2008	3	TRIBAL COUNCIL	Approved	Pass
3/11/2008	2	EDUCATION COMMITTEE	Approved and Forwarded to Council	Pass

Title
AN ACT AMENDING LA#01-01 “A LEGISLATIVE ACT ENTITLED THE CHEROKEE NATION MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSING AND TAX CODE”; AS AMENDED BY LA#27-01, 34-01, 34-02, 25-04, 29-04, 7-06, 12-06, 17-06, AND 8-07
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TITLE ONE: FINDINGS, PURPOSE, DEFINITIONS

Section 100: Findings.
As a sovereign, federally recognized Indian tribe, the Cherokee Nation has the power and authority to issue motor vehicle license tags to its enrolled citizens living within its territorial boundaries, in accordance with the United States Supreme Court's decision in Sac & Fox Nation vs. Oklahoma Tax Commission, 508 U.S. 114 (1993).
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 territorial area of the Cherokee Nation.
The State public school system within Oklahoma relies in part on revenue generated by the sale of automobile license tags by the State of Oklahoma. Thousands of minor children enrolled as citizens of the Cherokee Nation attend public schools in eastern Oklahoma. Therefore, to minimize the impact of the sale of automobile license tags by the Cherokee Nation Tax Commission on the public schools within the Cherokee Nation, a portion of the revenues generated by the sale of such tags should be allocated to the public schools within the Nation's territorial boundaries.
As a federally funded Indian school, Sequoyah High School receives no monies from the State of Oklahoma's automobile licensing revenues. Therefore, a portion of the revenue received from the issuance of Vehicle license tags by the Cherokee Nation should be allocated to Sequoyah High School.
The Cherokee Nation Immersion Program receives no monies from the State of Oklahoma automobile licensing revenues. Therefore, a portion of the revenue received from the issuance of vehicle license tags by the Cherokee nation should be allocat...