Title
TITLE 61 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND PUBLIC WORKS
Body
CHAPTER 1
BUILDING AND FACILITY NAMING ACT
§ 1. Short title
This act shall be known as the Building and Facility Naming Act of 2011.
History
Source. LA 18-11, eff. November 11, 2011.
§ 2. Purpose
The purpose of this act is to set forth and establish the procedures and requirements for the process of naming buildings and/or facilities owned by Cherokee Nation and its entities.
History
Source. LA 18-11, eff. November 11, 2011.
Library References
Indians <KEY>210.
Westlaw Topic No. 209.
C.J.S. Indians §§ 57 to 59, 66 to 72.
§ 3. Definitions
A. "Cherokee Nation" means the government of the Cherokee Nation located at Tahlequah, Oklahoma and all divisions thereof.
B. "Cherokee Nation building or facility" means structures and areas owned and/or constructed or developed by Cherokee Nation or its entities, wherever they may be located, except for such structures owned or controlled by Cherokee Nation Enterprises or its subsidiaries.
C. "Cherokee Nation entity" means any corporation, organization or group in which the Cherokee Nation is a majority owner or contributor a majority of its funds to the entity's annual budget, or in which the Cherokee Nation exercises control.
History
Source. LA 18-11, eff. November 11, 2011.
§ 4. Building or facility naming
A. Naming of Cherokee Nation buildings or facilities. The names of Cherokee Nation buildings or facilities may only be designated, or redesignated, by Act of the Council of Cherokee Nation.
B. Prohibition on public depiction of building names prior to Council name designation. No Cherokee Nation building or facility may be depicted in any way, including but not limited to in documents or signage, by Cherokee Nation or any Cherokee Nation entity as bearing a particular name prior to the designation of that name by Act of Council pursuant to this act, except:
1. Temporary generic names. Where the Executive Branch, for ease of reference, designates a particular Cherokee Nation building or facility by the name of the community in which it is located and the basic function that it serves, for a period not to exceed one (1) year from the date the facility commences operation, after which time such name, or such other name designated by the Council, must be designated pursuant to this act;
2. Communication of proposals to Council. Where the Executive Branch designates a name solely for the purpose of communicating a proposal directly and solely to members of the Council for designation of a name pursuant to this act;
3. Cherokee Nation buildings or facilities already in operation. Where the Executive Branch, or the Council by previous resolution, has designated the name of a particular Cherokee Nation building or facility prior to the enactment of this act, but only where the Cherokee Nation building or facility was constructed and in operation prior to the enactment of this act.
History
Source. LA 18-11, eff. November 11, 2011.
Library References
Indians <KEY>210.
Westlaw Topic No. 209.
C.J.S. Indians §§ 57 to 59, 66 to 72.