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AN ACT AMENDING LEGISLATIVE ACT #17-15 AUTHORIZING THE COMPREHENSIVE OPERATING BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 - MOD. 6; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION:
SECTION 1. TITLE AND CODIFICATION
This legislative act shall be titled and codified as “An Act Amending Legislative Act #17-15 Authorizing the Comprehensive Operating Budget for FY 2016 - Mod. 6”.
SECTION 2. PURPOSE
The purpose of this amendment is to authorize and approve the use of funds, subject to the availability of such funds, in accordance with Section 4, changing the amounts of certain cost centers approved in the “Comprehensive Budget Act for Fiscal Year 2016” or subsequent amendment. The cumulative total of the budget is increased by $ 5,440,583 for a total budget authority of $ 663,072,472. The following items are identified as components of such change:
Grants Received & Authorized per LA-17-15 (detail attached) $ 280,828
Modification Request (see Section 4 below) 5,159,755
Cumulative change in budget authority $ 5,440,583
SECTION 3. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
The provisions of compliance, policy of accountability, authorities and severability provided in Legislative Act #17-15 are applicable to this amendment.
SECTION 4. FUNDING AUTHORIZATIONS
The changes reflect increases to cost centers set forth in the program budget justifications incorporated herein. This modification request changes the total amount of the comprehensive budget authorization by a decrease of $ 5,159,755 to wit:
A. An increase in the General Fund budget authority of $ 4,211,330.
B. An increase in the Motor Fuel Tax budget authority of $ 914,000.
C. An increase in the DOI - Self Governance budget authority of $ 237,105.
D. A decrease in the IHS - Self Governance budget authority of $ ( 202,680).
SECTION 5. PROVISIONS AS CUMULATIVE
The provisions of this Act shall be cumulative to existing law.
SECTION 6. SEVERABILITY
The provi...
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