Cite as: 28 CNCA § 11

A. No employee or official who has an ownership interest in a business, or whose immediate family member has an ownership interest in a business may solicit for that business from Cherokee Nation or its instrumentalities. To so solicit may subject the employee to disciplinary action, up to and including immediate discharge. Such a prohibited soliciting of business on the part of an official shall constitute "willful neglect of duty" and may subject the official to removal from office pursuant to the laws and Constitution of Cherokee Nation. For purposes of this section, solicitation shall not include applying for TERO certification and placement on a TERO business list, nor shall it include responding to a request for bids.

B. Where an employee or official of Cherokee Nation sells real property to Cherokee Nation there shall be no conflict of interest, provided that the employee or official did not solicit Cherokee Nation for the purchase, where the property has previously been for sale and where the property sale is for a price that is at the prevailing market value.

Historical Data

LA 31–89, eff. April 8, 1989. Amended LA 34–07, eff. September 13, 2007; LA 25–12, eff. July 24, 2012; LA 40–12, eff. October 16, 2012.