H805 - Measurability Assessments/Budget Technical Corrections. (SL 2016-123)

Overview: Sec. 2.4 of S.L. 2016-123 requires counties to provide, on lands held in trust by the United States for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians ("tribal lands"), public health or human services traditionally provided by county agencies and not otherwise assumed by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, regardless of whether the county has entered into an agreement with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to provide such services.

This section also provides that any agreement between the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and a county for provision of county services on tribal lands:

• Need not describe any compensation for services provided;
• Must be approved by the Principal Chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, rather than by the Tribal Council; and
• Must be signed by the county manager or delegated department head, rather than by the chair of the board of county commissioners on behalf of the county manager.

This section became effective August 1, 2016.