Legislative Update Office of Legislative Counsel Legislative Branch Navajo Nation

OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL Levon Henry, Chief Legislative Counsel Mariana Kahn, Senior Attorney Ron Haven, Senior Attorney Jennifer Skeet, Principal Attorney Carolyn West, Attorney Stacy Allison, Attorney Kristin Lowell, Attorney Rhonda Tuni, Attorney

Office of Legislative Counsel The purpose of the Office of Legislative Counsel is to provide legal advice, legal representation and legislative services to the Navajo Nation Council, standing committees, commissions, and boards of the Navajo Nation Council, offices and programs of the Legislative Branch of the Navajo Nation, independent of the Department of Justice 2 N.N.C. § 961

Office of Legislative Counsel Authorities, duties and responsibilities To provide legal representation to the Navajo Nation Council, standing committees, commissions and boards of the Navajo Nation Council, offices and programs of the Legislative Branch, independent of the Department of Justice, through Office of Legislative Counsel and outside counsel contracted by the Office of Legislative Counsel, to represent the legal interests of the Legislative Branch of the Navajo Nation 2 N.N.C. § 964(A)(5)

Office of Legislative Counsel Helpful Information: CD Resolutions  C = Council  D = December  68 = 68 th resolution of the year  89 = year (1989)

Office of Legislative Counsel CAP-10-11, CO-45-12: Five Standing Committees  Budget & Finance (B&F)  Resources & Development (RDC)  Health, Education & Human Services (HEHS)  Law & Order (LOC)  Naabik’íyáti’ (NABI) Also pursuant to Navajo Nation Initiative and CAP & CO-45-12: 88 Delegates to 24 Delegates

Code Amendments  Amending 2 N.N.C § 3580 To Create A Dine’ Uranium Remediation Advisory Commission – CAP  Amending Title 2 N.N.C. § 1002 And The Navajo Nation Election Code Title 11 N.N.C. § 6 For Purposes Of Permitting A President Whose Term Has Ended To Continue His Or Her Functions As President Pending An Election, Certification And The Administering Of Oaths For The New Elected President And Vice President – CJY  Amending Navajo Nation Code Title 7 By Requiring Navajo Nation Supreme Court Justices To Hold A Juris Doctor Degree – CO  Amending The Navajo Nation Ethics In Government Law At 2 N. N. C. § 3780 And The Election Code At 11 N. N. C. § 8 By Requiring All Ethics Judgments To Be Satisfied Prior To Candidacy For Elective Public Office – CMY-17-15

Code Amendments  Amending Navajo Nation Code Title 24 by Enacting the Alcohol Tax – CJY  Amending 2 N.N.C. s 852(A) and (B)(1) of the Navajo –Hopi Land Commission Act to Increase the Number of Voting Members From Eight to Nine – CO  Amending Title 12 N.N.C.. 820(O), Providing a Provision for Waiver of Distribution Requirement – CJA  Amending The Navajo Nation Council And Committee Legislative Process, 2 N.N.C. § 164, Creating A New §165, And Amending Corresponding Definitions At 2 N.N.C. § 11– CO  Amending Navajo Nation Code, Title 2 at 2 N.N.C. 403 to Change the Regular Meeting Day of the Health, Education and Human Services Committee from Wednesday to Tuesday – CJA-1-16

Code Amendments  Amending The Navajo Preference In Employment Act At 15 N.N.C. §§ 604, 611 And 614 – CMA  Establishing The Navajo Nation Veterans Administration And Navajo Nation Veterans Advisory Council And Amending 2 N.N.C. § 1703 And, 1704 – CJA-3-16  Amending Navajo Nation Code, Title 17: Amending the Navajo Nation Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act of 2012 – CJA-11-16

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