Committee: Rules Sponsor: Cowan/Johnson/Anglen
Assigned: 03/08/04 Committee: 03/18/04 Author: Todd Hembree
An Act
Legislative Act 13-04
Title
A LEGISLATIVE ACT KNOWN AS "THE PUBLIC INTEGRITY AND
WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION ACT"
Body
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION:
Section 1. Title and Codification
This Act shall be known as the "Public Integrity and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2004" and codified as Title 28, Section of the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated.
Section 2. Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to afford protections against retaliation or reprisal of employees and other officials and to supplement the Cherokee Nation Ethics in Government Act set forth in 28 CNCA 1-5.
Section 3. Definitions
(a) "Employer" means the Cherokee Nation and the public body defined herein.
(b) "Employer" also means any individual, partnership, association, corporation or any person or group of persons acting directly or indirectly on behalf of the Cherokee Nation, and shall also include any public or privately owned corporation that provides goods or services as a result of contractual relations with the Cherokee Nation. It applies to all branches of the Cherokee Nation Government, and or any Corporation, Commission, Board, or any other political subdivision of the Nation; it includes any Cherokee Nation authority, commission, or board or any other agency or instrumentality thereof. Employer shall also include agents, contractors or subcontractors of an employer.
(c) "Employee" means any individual who performs services for or under the control and direction of an employer for wages or other remuneration. Employee shall also include applicants for employment, former employees or an authorized representative of an employee.
(d) "Official" means any elected or appointed individual who performs duties for any public body defined under ? 3 (e), the next paragraph, whether or not the individual official receives any wages, stipends, travel for per diem or any other form of ...
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