TABLED ,f'ASSEO ' SEP' 0 8 ZOl6 ! Cherokee Council House Cherokee, North carolina AllG 0 4 2016 Date ORDINANCE NO. 3 \ q (2016) WHEREAS, The Charter and Governing Document for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians establlshes the office of the Principal Chief and Vice Chief and sets the terms for those offices; and WHEREAS, the term of office of Principal Chief and Vice Chief is currently a term of four years; and WHEREAS, there has been an expression by tribal members that term limits on the offices of the Chiefand Vice Chief would benefit tribal government and governance of the people NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in Tribal Council Assembled, at which a quorum is present that the Tribal Council of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians does hereby amend the Cherokee Code Chapter 161-2 (a) as follows: Sec. 161-2. -Tribal Offices. (a) The Principal Chief and Vice-Chief shall be elected and hold office for tenns of four years but shall not be eligible to hold office for more than two consecutive terms. BE IT FINALLY ORDAINED that all resolutions or ordinances inconsistent with this ordinance are rescinded, and that this ordinance shall become effective when ratified by the Principal Chief. Submitted by: Patrick Lambert, Principal Chief . I Jhe a~ached Resolution/Ordinance No .:3.12• ... dated AUGUST 412016; was: PASSED (X) Kt~LED ( ) and ratified In open Council on SEPTEMBER 8. 2016 by 100 voting for the act and members voting against it as follows: . , iI 0 . - •·I --- I VOTE FOR AGAINST -ABSTAIN ABSENT -- - - -- [ere~ IVl.f~oy x - .. ~iqa,!!~C!Jrf!nch x .. --- :rri:lv1~: sinith x - s.i:nsley x -- - ®i~;:i!.L~ssiah x IJ.ra_ndon Jones x ·- Bi!I "(aylpr · x ' -- _,,., - Q9'.Lr'(J~e x ~ - . ~Jl~in: W!i_ch11c;h_a x -- l\lbe_~; R()Se x --- MarJe[Jtinaluska. x ' ,1 o_~i:rtye Saunooke x - --· . I - l 100 0 0 . 0 I ' .i. ' I APPROV~b ( ~ETOED ( ) ' PRINCIPAL CHIEF VETO UPHELD ( ) VETO DENIED ( ) DATE: j - ~3 .. I~ I I I hereby certify that the foregoing act of the Council ,was duly: PASSED ( ) KILLED ( ) :and r~tified in open Council after the same has been interpreted by the Official Interpreter and has- beenI fully and freely discussed. INTERPRETED, _.., ' ( ) OMITTED ( ).