Committee approves bill to codify representation for three state-recognized tribes
The State Planning & Community Affairs committee approved HB 725, which codifies representation for three state-recognized American Indian tribes on the Council of American Indian Concerns under DNR. Sponsors said the bill formalizes existing practice and carries no fiscal impact.
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Representative Tamara Lim, presenting HB 725 (LC 441717), told the committee the measure "is relatively simple it aims to ensure that our states three state recognized american indian tribes" — the Cherokee of Georgia, the Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokee and the Lower Muskogee Creek Tribe — have guaranteed representation on the Council of American Indian Concerns under the Department of Natural Resources.
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