NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 1406

SENATE BILL 1375

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE TRIBAL COUNCIL OF THE EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS IN JACKSON, GRAHAM, CHEROKEE AND SWAIN COUNTIES SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR MEMBERSHIP IN REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSIONS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONS AND REGIONAL COUNCILS OF GOVERNMENTS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  The Tribal Council for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians located on the lands presently held in trust for their use and benefit in Jackson, Graham, Cherokee and Swain Counties shall be considered a local governmental unit for purposes of membership in a Regional Planning Commission as set out in Chapter 153A, Article 19 of the General Statutes; and for purposes of membership in an Economic Development Commission as set out in Chapter 158, Article 2, of the General Statutes; and for purposes of membership in a Regional Council of Governments as set out in Chapter 160A, Article 20 of the General Statutes.

Sec. 2.  This act shall apply to the following counties: Jackson, Swain, Graham and Cherokee.

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 13th day of April, 1974.