Title
AN ACT RELATING TO TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE CHEROKEE NATION RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION:
Section 1. Title and Codification
This Act shall be known as the “Technical Amendments to the Cherokee Nation Residential Landlord and Tenant Act of 2017” amending Sections 101 and 104 of the Cherokee Nation Residential Landlord Tenant Act, LA 17-91, currently codified at Title 41 of the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated.
Section 2. Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to amend substantive provisions of the Cherokee Nation Residential Landlord and Tenant Act to clarify its applicability to Mutual Help and Occupancy Agreements (MHO), and other long-term housing rental agreements, executed by the Cherokee Nation Housing Authority.
Section 3. Legislative History
Legislative Act 17-91
Section 4. Substantive Provisions of Law
Title 41 of the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated is hereby amended as follows:
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RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT
§ 100. Short title
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Residential Landlord and Tenant Act of Cherokee Nation.
§ 101. Definitions
Save for any differences in the context of this act the following definitions shall be used:
1. "Building and housing codes" includes any law, ordinance or Cherokee Nation governmental regulation concerning the fitness for habitation or the construction, maintenance, operation, occupancy, use or appearance of any premises or dwelling unit that is erected on any property over which Cherokee Nation maintains and exerts jurisdiction.
2. "C.F.R." means the Code of Federal Regulations.
3. "Deposit" includes any money or other property required by a landlord from a tenant as and for security and which is to be returned to the tenant upon termination of the rental agreement, less any deductions properly made and allowed by this act or any law, rule, or regulation of the United States of America promulgated to effectuate the Mutual Help Hom...
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