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A LEGISLATIVE ACT AMENDING LEGISLATIVE ACT #34-07, DEFINING NEPOTISM, AND DEFINING ACCEPTABLE PARAMETERS FOR EMPLOYMENT AND CONTRACTING AND AMENDING TITLE 28, "ETHICS", ADDING NEW SECTIONS, AND REPEALING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE CHEROKEE NATION CODE ANNOTATED
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION:
Section 1. Title and Codification
This Act shall be known as the “Sunshine Ethics Act of 2007” and codified in Title 28, Sections, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 19, 20, 21, and 30 of the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated.
Section 2. Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to codify the issues relating to conflicts of interest pertaining to employees and appointed and elected officials of the Cherokee Nation; use of businesses owned wholly or partially by immediate family members of Cherokee Nation employees and appointed and elected officials; employment of relatives of elected officials, including the prohibition of nepotism; and the parameters under which Cherokee Nation employees and officials must operate with respect to conflicts of interest.
The Cherokee Nation Constitution in Article X, Section 10, provides that, “No official, member or officer of the Council, Cabinet Member, employee of any official, Council, Cabinet, or subdivisions thereof, or any person employed in any capacity by the Cherokee Nation shall receive from any individual, partnership, corporation, or entity doing business with the Cherokee Nation directly or indirectly, any interest, profit, benefits, or gratuity, other than wages, salary, per diem, or expenses specifically provided by law.” This Act is in part intended to specify those situations “provided by law” under which a transaction which would otherwise be prohibited by this section of the Constitution will be permitted. An individual elected, appointed, or employed by Cherokee Nation, in any capacity, may receive wages, salary, per diem or other expenses.
Section 3. Legislative History
This Act repeals 19 C.N.C.A. § 4, 51 C.N.C.A. §§...
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