Navajo nation; study
committee
Establishes the Joint Legislative Study Committee on the Relationship Between the State and the Navajo Nation.
· Establishes the Joint Legislative Study Committee on the Relationship between the State and the Navajo Nation.
· Provides that the study committee consists of the following members:
· Four members of the House of Representatives, appointed by the House Speaker, no more than two of whom represent the same political party and each of whom represent a district containing an Indian nation or tribe.
· Four members of the Senate, appointed by the President of the Senate, no more than two of whom represent the same political party and each of whom represent a district containing an Indian nation or tribe.
· One member of the Commission of Indian Affairs appointed by the Governor.
· One member representing Indian tribes appointed by the Speaker of the House.
· One member representing Indian tribes appointed by the President of the Senate.
· Requires the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate to each appoint a co-chairperson of the committee.
· Requires the Committee to:
· Review the history of the formation of the Navajo nation and the status of the Navajo nation at the time of statehood.
· Review the legal implications of the Navajo Nation’s sovereignty including the issue of state and county taxation, and the implications that arise from the differences between the laws of the state or a county and the laws of the Navajo nation.
· Compile a list of state programs that provide services to tribal residents and study the manner in which those agencies coordinate with tribal governments in administering those programs.
· Determine which colleges and universities provide courses on Native American reservations and the manner in which they obtain tribal approval for those courses.
· Evaluate the implications of making the Navajo nation a separate county.
· Requires the committee to make recommendations on:
· Methods to increase partnership efforts and to improve the relationship between the state, county and tribal governments.
· Statutory changes that should be made that will improve coordination between state, county and tribal governments in order to improve services to reservation residents.
· Provides that the committee shall submit a written report of its findings and recommendations to the Legislature, the Governor, the Secretary of State and the Director of the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records by December 15, 2002.
· Allows the committee to use the services of legislative staff.
· Repeals the committee from and after December 21, 2002.
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45th Legislature
First Regular Session 2 March 7, 2001
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