Council of the Cherokee Nation - File #: 21-103

• File #: 21-103
• Version: 3
• Name: 2021 COMPENSATION COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
• Type: Legislative Act
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/2/2021
• In control: TRIBAL COUNCIL
• On agenda: 11/15/2021
• Final action: 11/19/2021
• Enactment date: 11/15/2021
• Enactment #: LA-50-21
• Title: AN ACT AMENDING LEGISLATIVE ACT 01-15 RELATING TO THE CITIZEN COMMITTEE ON COMPENSATION
• Sponsors: Mike Dobbins
• Indexes: Compensation, Deputy Chief, Principal Chief, Tribal Council
• Code sections: Title 19 - Council, Title 51 - Officers and Employees
• Related files: 15-008, 23-060, 23-061

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/19/2021	3	OFFICE OF THE CHIEF	Signed
11/15/2021	3	TRIBAL COUNCIL	Approved	Pass
11/15/2021	3	RULES COMMITTEE	Approved and Forwarded to Council	Pass

Title
AN ACT AMENDING LEGISLATIVE ACT 01-15 RELATING TO THE CITIZEN COMMITTEE ON COMPENSATION
Body
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION:

Section 1. Title and Codification

This Act shall be known as the Amendment to Legislative Act 01-15 relating to the practices of the Citizen Committee on Compensation and codified under Title 19 and Title 51 of the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated.

Section 2. Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to convene the Citizen Committee on Compensation to determine annual salaries, benefits and non-monetary compensation for elected officials within the Cherokee Nation and to reconvene thereafter on a biennial basis beginning in the 2025 Cherokee Nation General Election cycle.

Section 3. Legislative History

Legislative Act 18-03
Legislative Act 42-03
Legislative Act 40-07
Legislative Act 05-11
Legislative Act 10-12
Legislative Act 01-15

Section 5. Substantive Provisions

D. Salaries for Future Terms of Elected Officials

For all duly elected officials serving on August 2011, and thereafter the annual salaries for the Principal Chief, Deputy Principal Chief, and Council Members of the Cherokee Nation shall be based on the report submitted by a citizen committee.

Annual salaries and any additional benefit, including non-monetary compensation, for the Principal Chief, Deputy Principal Chief, and members of the Council of the Cherokee Nation shall be determined by the Citizen Committee on Compensation.

1. The Citizens Committee on Compensation shall be comprised of five (5) total Cherokee citizens eighteen years of age (18) or older. Two (2) citizens shall be appointed by the Principal Chief, two (2) appointees by the Council of the Cherokee Nation, and a single fifth member selected by the four appointees.

2. Appointments of the Principal Chief shall be made through an official letter to the Speaker of the Council, appointments by the Council of the Cherokee Nation shall be mad...