Tohono O'odham Legislative Branch

PUBLIC NOTICES

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Public Hearings were held on the Nation's Proposed Water Code.

Notice: 30-day comment period for Proposed Children's Code expired May 14, 2010.

Notice: 30-day comment period for Proposed Sex Offender Registration and Notification Law expired May 31, 2010.

Why a Website?
The purpose of this website is to provide the public with current information on Legislative Council representatives, committees, and staff; to provide access to Legislative Council resolutions and other official legislative actions; and to provide access to the Tohono O’odham Code.

Introduction to the Legislative Branch
By the adoption of the Constitution of the Tohono O’odham Nation, the Nation’s members have established a three-branch government and have vested the Tohono O’odham Legislative Council with a broad range of legislative, fiscal, and other powers.

The Legislative Council is composed of 22 Legislative Council representatives, including two from each of the Nation’s 11 districts. Two representatives are elected from within the Council to serve two-year terms as the Council chairperson and vice-chairperson. The remaining representatives each serve on three or four of the Legislative Council’s 13 standing committees. The Council is governed by the Legislative Rules of the Tohono O’odham Legislative Council (April 2009).

The Legislative Council is supported by staff from the Legislative Branch Administrative Offices, Legislative Attorney’s Office, and Legislative Secretary’s Office.