Council of the Cherokee Nation - File #: 11-011

• File #: 11-011
• Version: 1
• Name: ASSIGNMENT OF SEAT DESIGNATIONS AMENDMENT
• Type: Legislative Act
• Status: Passed
• File created: 1/20/2011
• In control: TRIBAL COUNCIL
• On agenda: 2/14/2011
• Final action: 2/14/2011
• Enactment date: 2/14/2011
• Enactment #: LA-04-11
• Title: A LEGISLATIVE ACT RELATED TO TITLE 26 "ELECTIONS" AS AMENDED BY LEGISLATIVE ACT 06-10 AND LEGISLATIVE ACT 22-10 AND LEGISLATIVE ACT 32-10 ASSIGNING SEAT DESIGNATIONS AND SETTING EFFECTIVE DATE
• Sponsors: Don Garvin
• Indexes: Council Seat, Election
• Code sections: Title 26 - Elections
• Related files: 09-114, 10-080, 10-109, 11-097

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/24/2011	1	OFFICE OF THE CHIEF	Signed
2/14/2011	1	TRIBAL COUNCIL	Approved	Pass
1/27/2011	1	RULES COMMITTEE	Approved and Forwarded to Council	Pass

Title
A LEGISLATIVE ACT RELATED TO TITLE 26 "ELECTIONS" AS AMENDED BY LEGISLATIVE ACT 06-10 AND LEGISLATIVE ACT 22-10 AND LEGISLATIVE ACT 32-10 ASSIGNING SEAT DESIGNATIONS AND SETTING EFFECTIVE DATE
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION:

Section 1. Title and Codification

This act shall be referred as the “Tribal Council Seat Designation Act of 2010” and codified as Title 26 Sections 5 of the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated (“CNCA”).

Section 2. Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to designate seats for the five (5) Tribal Council Districts created under Legislative Act 22-10.

Section 3. Legislative History

L.A. 32-10


Section 4. Definitions

“Unoccupied Seat” means a seat for which no incumbent is designated.

Section 5. Substantive Provisions

(New) § 5 (E):

Beginning with the Tribal Council election of 2011, the following designation of seats shall be enacted:

District 1:
Seat 1 (A 6 year term with incumbent being Councilperson Bill John Baker)

Seat 2 (A 4 year term with the incumbent being Councilperson Tina Glory Jordan)

Seat 3 (A 4 year term unoccupied)

District 2:
Seat 1 (A 6 year term with the incumbent being Councilperson Joe Crittenden)

Seat 2 (A 6 year term with the incumbent being Councilperson Curtis Snell)

Seat 3 (A 4 year term with the incumbents being Councilpersons Jodie Fishinghawk and Harley Buzzard)
District 3:

Seat 1 (A 6 year term with the incumbent being Councilperson Don Garvin)

Seat 2 (A 4 year term with the incumbent being Councilperson Janelle Fullbright)

Seat 3 (A 6 year term with the incumbent being Councilperson David Thornton)
District 4:

Seat 1 (A 6 year term with the incumbent being Councilperson Meredith Frailey)

Seat 2 (A 4 year term with the incumbents being Councilpersons Chris Soap and Bradley Cobb)

Seat 3 (A 6 year term with the incumbent being Councilperson Chuck Hoskin, Jr.)
District 5:

Seat 1 (A 6 year term with the incumbent being Councilperson Buel Anglen)

Seat 2 (A 4 yea...