Cite as: 27 CNCA § 101

A. Establishment. Cherokee Nation hereby creates the Cherokee Nation Environmental Protection Commission (CN EPC).

B. Governing body: appointment; terms; vacancies. The CN EPC shall be governed by a Board of Commissioners (Board), which shall be composed of five (5) Commissioners (except in a meeting called to overrule a veto by the Principal Chief under 27 CNCA § 606B(H), in which case all Commissioners must be present for a quorum) all of whom shall be citizens of Cherokee Nation. The Commissioners shall be appointed by the Principal Chief of Cherokee Nation with the advice and consent of the Council of Cherokee Nation. Each Commissioner shall serve for a term of four (4) years, provided that, in order to stagger the term of office, one (1) of the original Commissioners shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years, one (1) for a term of three (3) years, and one (1) for a term of four (4) years. Any vacancy on the Board, howsoever caused, will be filled by appointment by the Principal Chief of Cherokee Nation with the consent of the Council of Cherokee Nation, provided that the replacement serves only the amount of time remaining in the term of the original appointee.

C. Chairperson; quorum; meetings. The Commissioners shall elect a Chairperson from among themselves. The business of the Board will be conducted at meetings of the Board duly called and noticed and at which a quorum is present. A quorum shall consist of a majority of those Commissioners duly appointed and confirmed. Any substantive action of the CN EPC must be approved by the affirmative votes of a majority of the duly appointed and confirmed Commissioners and must be recorded in writing.

Historical Data

LA 1–93, eff. June 14, 1993. Renumbered from 63 CNCA § 101. Amended LA 31–04, eff. July 16, 2004; LA 06–08, eff. April 17, 2008; LA 04–10, eff. January 15, 2010; LA 25–10, eff. September 17, 2010.