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AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE CHEROKEE NATION EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACT
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§ 101. Title and Codification
This act shall be known as the Cherokee Nation Emergency Management Act and shall be codified in Title 63, Chapter 4 of the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated.
§ 102. Purpose.
The purpose of this act is to enhance the existing emergency management structure to ensure the efficient use of all Cherokee Nation resources during events, disasters and states of emergency resulting from natural or man-made causes. To ensure preparation for the Nation to adequately mitigate, respond and recover from disasters or emergencies. Provide for the common defense and protect the public peace, health, safety, preserve the lives and property of the citizens and carry out the objectives of the Cherokee Nation survival and recovery in the event of a disaster or emergency.
1. Establish a Cherokee Nation Department of Emergency Management (CNEM);
2. Provide for the formulation and execution of an emergency operations plan for the Nation;
3. Confer upon the Chief and upon the executive branch of the Nation emergency powers provided by the Cherokee Nation Department of Emergency Management.
4. Provide for an Emergency Management Advisory Committee and Task Book Committee.
5. Provide for the rendering of mutual aid agreements within the reservation, the state of Oklahoma and other states to coordinate with the federal government with respect to carrying out emergency management functions and hazard mitigation; and
6. Provide sufficient organization to mitigate, prepare, respond, recover, prevent, or reduce emergencies in the best interest and welfare of the public and the Nation.
§ 103. Definitions.
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation of this act:
(1) “Attack” shall mean any direct or indirect physical assault against the Cherokee Nation, citizens of the Cherokee Nation, Cherokee Nation reservation, trust, restricted, and/or fee simple lands owned or operate...
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