Legislation Details

The purpose of this legislation is to approve amendments to RDCJN-17-20. The amendments include the following: (1) allowing the Department Manager of the Navajo Land Department to waive consideration for “public purpose” tribal authorization accesses; (2) providing a definition of “commercial” tribal authorization access; (3) clarifying that the Resources and Development Committee approves any tribal authorization access containing both a “public purpose” and non-public purpose; and (4) clarifying that tribal authorization access only applies to legally owned entities of the Navajo Nation, not to any subsidiary of a legal entity wholly owned by the Navajo Nation.