PL 10-90 (amends 1 CMC §§ 2673, 2675, and 2677 and repeals and reenacts 1 CMC § 2691(a) and (b) to make various changes to the Public Lands and Natural Resources Administration Act of 1977; effective 02-20-98.
§ 2(a) amends 1 CMC § 2673(a); § 2(b) amends 1 CMC § 2675(f); § 2(c) amends 1 CMC § 2677(c)(3); § 2(d) repeals and reenacts 1 CMC § 2691(a); and § 2(e) repeals and reenacts 1 CMC § 2691(b) |
PL 10-89 (repeals section 2400.3 (p) and (q) of the "Rules and Regulations for the Operation of Pachinko Slot Machines in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands"; effective 02-20-98.
§ 1 creates 4 CMC § 1510 |
PL 10-88 (provides elected officials with the right to waive their salary and instead receive their retirement benefits, if they would otherwise be entitled to retire and receive such benefits, provided that such persons who so retire have served a full 25 years of actual and applicable government service; effective 02-20-98.
§ 2 creates 1 CMC § 8441 (new Chapter 9 on "Waiver of Salaries By Elected Officials."); and § 3 creates 1 CMC § 8442 |
PL 10-87 (amends 4 CMC, Division 8, Chapter 1 to require all garment factories and hotels who are already hooked up or that will be hooked up to the public wastewater systems to install CUC approved bar screens within their sewer laterals within their premises, which are to be maintained by the premises' owners; to require businesses with cafeterias or dining places to install grease traps approved by CUC within their premises prior to discharging to the wastewater system, which are to be maintained by the premises' owners; to impose penalties for noncompliance; effective 01-23-98.
§ 3 creates 4 CMC § 8301 (new Chapter 3 on "Public Waste Water Systems Protection."); and § 4 creates 4 CMC § 8302 |
PL 10-86 (amends 8 CMC, Division 1, Chapter 4 concerning adoption to require that any person (other than an infant under the age of one year) being adopted have been a resident of the Commonwealth for at least one year prior to the commencement of adoption proceedings; effective 01-08-98.
§ 1(a) amends 8 CMC § 1401(i); § 1(b) amends 8 CMC § 1402; and § 1(c) amends 8 CMC § 1408(a)(1) |
PL 10-85 (approves an amendment to the PSS Classification and Compensation Guideline that increases Deputy and Associate Commissioners, principals, vice principals, and counselors salaries; amends 1 CMC § 8213 to provide for such salary increases; effective 01-09-98.
§ 3 amends 1 CMC § 8213 |
PL 10-84 (authorizes the establishment of the Commonwealth Mitigation Bank under the management and control of the Department of Lands and Natural Resources; creates a revolving fund to operate the bank; effective 01-09-98.
§ 3 creates 2 CMC § 3601 (new Chapter 6 on "Mitigation Bank."); § 3 creates 2 CMC § 3602; § 3 creates 2 CMC § 3603; § 3 creates 2 CMC § 3604; § 3 creates 2 CMC § 3605; § 3 creates 2 CMC § 3606; § 3 creates 2 CMC § 3607; and § 4 creates 2 CMC § 3608 |
PL 10-83 (appropriates $330,000 for the Office of Transition and for the inaugural expenses of the Commonwealth Government; effective 01-06-98.
Not codified (temporary law) |
PL 10-82 (amends 1 CMC §§ 9916 and 9917, to increase the penalty for failure to comply with public records requests; to provide for accelerated court hearings on actions brought under this section; effective 01-06-98.
§ 2(a) amends 1 CMC § 9917; and § 2(b) amends 1 CMC § 9916 |
PL 10-81 (establishes an Office of Victims' Rights within the Criminal Justice Planning Agency; requires informing victims of crime of their rights; requires victims' impact statements be incorporated in every felony pre-sentence report; effective 01-06-98.
§ 3 creates 6 CMC § 9101 (new Division 9, Chapter 1 on "Office of Victim's Rights"); § 4 creates 6 CMC § 9102; § 5 creates 6 CMC § 9103; § 6 creates 6 CMC § 9104; § 7 creates 6 CMC § 9105; § 8 creates 6 CMC § 9106; § 9 creates 6 CMC § 9107; § 10 creates 6 CMC § 9108; § 11 creates 6 CMC § 9109; § 12 creates 6 CMC § 9110; § 13 creates 6 CMC § 9111; and § 14 creates 6 CMC § 9112 |
PL 10-80 (repeals 4 CMC § 1202(b)(4), as amended by PL 9-22, for the purpose of repealing the earnings tax currently imposed on interest type earnings in the Commonwealth; effective 01-06-98.
§ 2 repeals 4 CMC § 1202(b)(4) |
PL 10-79 (repeals 1 CMC § 7409, as enacted by PL 9- 54, and repeals PL 9-54 in its entirety because the requirement established by PL 9-54 that all bonus miles earned by government employees on air travel paid by the Commonwealth Government be allocated to the Medical Referral Program cannot be implemented; this law also authorizes government employees to transfer all bonus miles earned on flights paid for by the Commonwealth Government to their personal mileage accounts; effective 01-06-98.
§ 2 repeals 1 CMC § 7409 |
PL 10-78 (amends 1 CMC § 8213 by adding a new subsection (e) to this section to incorporate a new salary schedule for principals and vice principals that increases their salaries; effective 12-24-97.
§ 3 amends 1 CMC § 8213 |
PL 10-77 (amends 3 CMC §§ 1316(n) and 1322, to clarify ambiguities in the law and confirm that the Northern Marianas College Board of Regents shall have sole power and authority to set salaries for the Chief Executive Officer, faculty and staff of the Northern Marianas College; effective 12-24-97.
§ 4 amends 3 CMC § 1316(n); and § 5 amends 3 CMC § 1322 |
PL 10-76 (amends 1 CMC § 8248, to create a new subsection (d) to this section which will provide a salary increase for civil service employees frozen at Step 12 for at least two years; effective 12-24-97.
§ 1 amends 1 CMC § 8248 |
PL 10-75 (amends 4 CMC § 1502, as reenacted by PL 9-22, to clarify the definition of hotel, lodging house, or similar facility subject to the hotel occupancy tax; effective 12-19-97.
§ 2 amends 4 CMC § 1502 |
PL 10-74 (amends 4 CMC § 1708(b)(1)(A), as enacted by PL 9-22, for the purpose of re-entitling taxpayers, other than corporations, to the rebate levels that existed prior to the enactment of PL 9-22; effective 12-19-97.
§ 3 amends 4 CMC § 1708(b)(1)(i) (this subsection was revised from § 1708(b)(1)(A) to § 1708(b)(1)(i) in the codification process) |
PL 10-73 (amends 4 CMC, Division 1, Chapters 2 and 3, as amended, by redesignating sections 1205 and 1206 as sections 1206 and 1207, respectively, and by redesignating sections 1306 and 1307 as sections 1307 and 1308, respectively, and by adding new section 1205 to Chapter 2 and by adding new section 1306 to Chapter 3, to provide a tax credit for contributions made to qualifying educational institutions; effective 11-12-97.
§ 2(a) amends 4 CMC § 1205 by redesignating this section as § 1206; § 2(a) amends 4 CMC § 1206 by redesignating this section as § 1207; and § 2(a) creates new 4 CMC § 1205 § 2(b) amends 4 CMC § 1306 by redesignating this section as § 1307; § 2(b) amends 4 CMC § 1307 by redesignating this section as § 1308; and § 2(b) creates new 4 CMC § 1306 |
PL 10-72 (amends PL 10-41 by reappropriating the sum of $35,000 from the funds covered by Section 530(e) of PL 10-41 to dredge Rota East Harbor; effective 10-03-97.
Not codified (temporary law) |
PL 10-71 (amends 2 CMC §§ 4821, 4823(c), and 4842 of the Commonwealth Historic Preservation Act to increase the size of the Review Board to accommodate additional members required by a federal grant and to increase the penalty for violations of the Act from $1,000 to $10,000; effective 10-03-97.
§ 1 amends 2 CMC § 4821; § 2 amends 2 CMC § 4823(c); and § 3 amends 2 CMC § 4842 |
PL 10-70 (amends 1 CMC § 9918(a)(12) to strengthen the law prohibiting the release of the names and certain other personal information of minor victims of violent or abusive crimes; effective 09-04-97.
§ 2 amends 1 CMC § 9918(a)(12) |
PL 10-69 (amends PL 10-41 to allow the Judicial Branch unlimited reprogramming authority for the remainder of Fiscal Year 1997; effective 08-18-97.
Not codified (temporary law) |
PL 10-68 (appropriates $2,500,000 to the Division of Public Lands for land acquisition; effective 08-18-97.
Not codified (temporary law) |
PL 10-67 (provides for a summary procedure for eviction of a holdover tenant or lessee and for granting of immediate possession of property to the lessor or landlord; effective 08-01-97.
§ 3 creates 2 CMC § 40201 (new Chapter 12 on "Holdover Tenancy Act"); § 4 creates 2 CMC § 40202; § 5 creates 2 CMC § 40203; § 6 creates 2 CMC § 40204; § 7 creates 2 CMC § 40205; § 8 creates 2 CMC § 40206; § 9 creates 2 CMC § 40207; § 10 creates 2 CMC § 40208; § 11 creates 2 CMC § 40209; and § 12 creates 2 CMC § 40210 |
PL 10-66 (amends 3 CMC § 4421(b), § 4422, and § 4424(c) to provide for an increased effort at collecting statistical data on non-resident workers, to provide training for residents to supplant non-residents in technical and professional fields, and to provide for a program whereby the legislature will appropriate funds derived from nonresident worker certificate fees for several educational and training programs administered through the Northern Marianas College and the Mayors' offices; effective 08-01-97.
§ 2 amends 3 CMC § 4421(b); § 3 amends 3 CMC § 4422; and § 4 amends 3 CMC § 4424(c) |
PL 10-65 (provides for mechanics' liens to aid construction contractors and suppliers in securing payment of debts; effective 08-01-97.
§ 2 creates 4 CMC § 5801 (new Chapter 8 on "Mechanics' Liens" ; § 3 creates 4 CMC § 5802; § 4 creates 4 CMC § 5803; § 5 creates 4 CMC § 5804; § 6 creates 4 CMC § 5805; § 7 creates 4 CMC § 5806; § 8 creates 4 CMC § 5807; § 9 creates 4 CMC § 5808; and § 10 creates 4 CMC § 5809 |
PL 10-64 (amends 1 CMC § 7406 to exempt Commonwealth judges from the requirement that government vehicles assigned to them be marked and have government license plates; effective 07-29-97.
§ 2 amends 1 CMC § 7406(a); § 3 amends 1 CMC § 7406(b); § 4 amends 1 CMC § 7406(f); and § 5 amends 1 CMC § 7406(g) |
PL 10-63 (amends PL 10-57 to provide a transition period during which certain powers held by the Governor and the Division of Public Lands under the law that existed prior to PL 10-57 with regard to homesteads shall continue for a transitional temporary period (the earlier of: the Board of Public Lands created by PL 10-57 convening; or after 30 days after the effective date of this Act); effective 07-29-97.
Not codified (temporary law) |
PL 10-62 (amends 1 CMC § 2504 and 3 CMC §§ 1181 and 1183(d) to provide Commonwealth agencies with the first step toward the ability to do employee background checks and require the Board of Education to check the criminal backgrounds of all present and future teachers and librarians before issuing anything other than a temporary teaching certificate; effective 07-29-97.
§ 3 amends 1 CMC § 2504; § 4 amends 3 CMC § 1181; and § 5 amends 3 CMC § 1183(d) |
PL 10-61 (provides for a limited exemption from PL 10-57 for the purpose of authorizing the Governor to enter into a lease of certain public lands in Chalan Kanoa to the United States Postal Service; effective 06-26-97.
§ 2 creates 1 CMC § 2678 |
PL 10-60 (establishes a financial assistance fund for an Educational Leadership Graduate Program conducted by San Diego State University and coordinated by the Northern Marianas College to assist and provide qualified educators with an additional opportunity for self-improvement in educational leadership; effective 06-17-97.
§ 3 creates 3 CMC § 1701 (new Chapter 7 on "Educational Leadership Graduate Program"); and § 4 creates 3 CMC § 1702 |
PL 10-59 (establishes a law enforcement assistance fund for the Department of Public Safety and the Division of Customs which shall be funded by asset forfeitures from federal and Commonwealth sources and shall be used exclusively to supplement the budgets for law enforcement activities of these two entities; effective 05-15-97.
§ 3 creates 1 CMC § 2541 (new Chapter 10, Article 4 on Law Enforcement Assistance Funds; and § 4 creates 1 CMC § 2542 |
PL 10-58 (establishes a Teacher Education Program as the post-secondary companion program to the Teacher Academy Program to create a scholarship program to encourage more CNMI scholars to become teachers and thereby decrease the costly dependence on recruiting teachers from outside the CNMI; effective 05-15-97.
§ 2 creates 3 CMC § 1601 (new Chapter 6 on "Teacher Education Program"); § 3 creates 3 CMC ? 1602; and § 4 creates 3 CMC § 1603 |
PL 10-57 (establishes a Board of Public Lands and fundamental policies for the management, use, and disposition of public lands; repeals and reenacts 1 CMC, div. 2, ch. 13 concerning the Department of Lands and Natural Resources; effective 04-18-97.
§ 3 repeals existing 1 CMC, div. 2, ch. 13 and creates new ch. 13 ("Department of Lands and Natural Resources") which includes: new art. 1 ("General."), 1 CMC §§ 2651- 2656; new art. 2 ("Division of Fish and Wildlife."), 1 CMC § 2661; new art. 3 ("Public Lands."), 1 CMC §§ 2671-2677; new art. 4 ("Division of Land Registration."), 1 CMC § 2681; and new art. 5 ("Division of Zoning."), 1 CMC § 2691 |
PL 10-56 (prohibits the commingling of expired merchandise with fresh merchandise; amends 4 CMC § 5104 to add definitions of "expiration date" and "expired merchandise"; amends 4 CMC § 5105 to require displaying of notice that merchandise has expired and to prohibit the sale of expired merchandise at more than half of its original retail price; effective 04-18-97.
§ 3 amends 4 CMC § 5104; § 4 amends 4 CMC § 5105(f); and § 5 amends 4 CMC § 5105 |
PL 10-55 (amends 9 CMC 4108, to require that passenger restraint systems as they relate to children conform to federal motor vehicle safety standards; to prohibit the transport of any child in the front passenger seat of a vehicle who weighs less than 80 pounds and/or is smaller than 54 inches (standing height) when the vehicle is equipped with an air bag for that seat; to increase the minimum fine for a violation of 9 CMC 4108 from $50 to $250; effective 04-10-97.
§ 2 amends 9 CMC § 4108(e)(1); § 3 amends 9 CMC § 4108(e)(2); and § 4 amends 9 CMC § 4108(g) |
PL 10-54 (bans possession of open container(s) containing alcoholic beverages while occupying or operating a motor vehicle on the highways in the CNMI; effective 04-10-97.
§ 1 creates 9 CMC § 5851 (new Chapter 9 on Open Container Act.); § 2 creates 9 CMC § 5852; and § 3 creates 9 CMC § 5853 |
PL 10-53 (gives the Governor the authority to reprogram funds from the Marianas Visitors Bureau for FY 1997, notwithstanding any other provisions of law from object class code 6405 to 6223, and 6219 within the Marianas Visitors Bureau; effective 04-10-97.
Not codified (temporary law) |
PL 10-52 (limits liabilities for civil damages resulting from a person or professional's acts or omissions when rendering emergency care in good faith; effective 03-19-97.
§ 3 creates 7 CMC § 2801 (new Chapter 8 on "Good Samaritan Act."); § 4(A) creates 7 CMC § 2802; § 4(B) creates 7 CMC § 2803; § 4(C) creates 7 CMC § 2804; § 4(D) creates 7 CMC § 2805; § 4(E) creates 7 CMC § 2806; § 4(F) creates 7 CMC § 2807; and § 4(G) creates 7 CMC § 2808 |
PL 10-51 (amends 4 CMC § 1501(a) to make a technical amendment to clarify that the bar tax is intended to apply only to alcoholic beverages; effective 03-19-97.
§ 2 amends 4 CMC § 1501(a) |
PL 10-50 (charges the Office of the Attorney General with the duty to review all rules or regulations promulgated by any department, agency or instrumentality of the Commonwealth government; makes approval by the Attorney General a condition precedent to promulgation and validity of any such rules or regulations; effective 03-19-97.
§ 2 amends 1 CMC § 2153; § 3(a) amends 1 CMC § 9102; and § 3(b) amends 1 CMC § 9104 |
PL 10-49 (amends PL 10-29 (which creates new 2 CMC, ch. 4, art. 7, entitled, "MPLT-NMHC Home Financing Act") to provide that half of the $10 million loaned from MPLT to NMHC under PL 10-29 shall be loaned by MPLT at an interest rate of 4% per annum, so that NMHC can then, in turn, loan those funds to low income home financing applicants at a rate of no greater than 6% per annum, and, at a rate of 3% per annum for the lowest income applicants; effective 03-19-97.
§ 3 amends 2 CMC § 4483, and § 4 amends 2 CMC § 4488 |
PL 10-48 (amends PL 10-41, pertaining to Asian Pacific Parliamentarian Union (APPU), by transferring appropriation of $7,200 for APPU from Object Code 6305 (Supplies-Operations) to Object Code 6225 (Travel); effective 03-07-97.
Not codified (temporary law) |
PL 10-47 (appropriates $2.6 million for Northern Marianas Housing Corporation from FY 1995 to FY 1998 to provide funding for the purposes set forth in PL 9-36; effective 03-06-97.
Not codified (temporary law) |
PL 10-46 (reappropriates fund balance of $50,000 from PL 9-1, Covenant Fund, originally appropriated for construction of a fire station in Second Senatorial District of Tinian and Aguigan, for construction of Marpo basketball court; effective 03-04-97.
Not codified (temporary law) |
PL 10-45 (amends footnote (a) to the figure "120,000" to class code 6405 under the column entitled "PSS Admin. Services" on worksheet page 28 for the First Senatorial District - Rota, of PL 10-41; effective 02-28-97.
Not codified (temporary law) |
PL 10-44 (prohibits issuance of entry permits and new foreign investment certificates for commercial farming and fishing, except hydroponics, agriculture, aquaculture, and mariculture with a minimum investment of $200,000; requires foreign investors to maintain a security deposit of $100,000 which may be withdrawn only upon dissolution of the business; enacts current Department of Commerce rules and regulations concerning foreign investment as statutory law; effective 02-07-97.
§ 2 creates 4 CMC § 5631; § 3 amends 3 CMC § 4331; § 4 amends 1 CMC § 2453; § 5 creates 4 CMC § 5632; § 6 creates 4 CMC § 5633; and § 7 incorporates by reference and enacts the Department of Commerce's rules and regulations governing foreign investments in the Commonwealth, adopted January 13, 1995, in the Commonwealth Register, Volume 17, No. 1, as amended in the Commonwealth Register, Volume 18, No. 8 (except as provided by PL 10-44 ? 7(b), (c), and (d), which rescind and reenact: section 1001, A., 1.; section 1001, B., 3., a.; and section 1101, A., 1.) as new title 4, division 5, chapter 9 ("Regulation of Foreign Investment") which includes: new Art. 1 ("General Provisions."), 4 CMC §§ 5901-5904; new Art. 2 ("Foreign Investment Review Committee."), 4 CMC §§ 5911-5916; new Art. 3 ("Regular Term Business Certificate."), 4 CMC §§ 5931-5933; new Art. 4 ("Long Term Business Certificate."), 4 CMC §§ 5941-5944; and new Art. 5 ("Foreign Investment Certificate."), 4 CMC §§ 5951-5957 |
PL 10-43 (clarifies that dental hygenists are not exempted from Medical Practice Act; effective 01-17-97.
§ 2 amends 3 CMC § 2213(f) |
PL 10-42 (amends PL 10-15 § 3, concerning expenditure authority of Secretary of Public Works; effective 12-09-96.
Not codified (temporary law) |
PL 10-41 ("Appropriations and Budget Authority Act of 1997"; makes appropriations for operations and activities of the CNMI government, its agencies, instrumentatilities and independent programs and provides budget authority for government corporations for Fiscal Year 1997; effective 12-09-96.
Not codified (temporary law) |
PL 10-40 (reappropriates unexpended fund balances from PL 9-24; effective 11-22-96.
Not codified (temporary law) |
PL 10-39 (amends section 12 of PL 9-5 (Immigration Enforcement Act of 1994; effective 11-22-96.
Not codified (makes correction to an erroneous code section reference regarding a section to be amended) |
PL 10-38 ("Capital Improvement Projects Appropriation Act of 1996"; appropriates funds for certain capital improvement projects; effective 11-22-96.
Not codified (temporary law) |
PL 10-37 (amends Commonwealth Government Employees' Credit Union Act of 1995 [PL 9-52] to allow retired government employees to be members; permits Credit Union loans to be repaid by allotments from retirees' pension checks; authorizes government agencies to make deposits and investments in Credit Union backed by full faith and credit of Commonwealth government; creates 10-year limitations period for actions by Credit Union and former Saipan Credit Union to recover delinquent loans and damages; effective 11-03-96.
§ 3 amends 4 CMC § 6873;
§ 4 amends 4 CMC § 6876;
§ 5 amends 4 CMC § 6872;
§ 6 amends 4 CMC § 6874;
§ 7 amends 4 CMC 6878; and
§ 8 amends 1 CMC §§ 107 and 8383, and 7 CMC §§ 2503, 2505 and 2512 |
PL 10-36 (exempts sales of liquid fuel to Commonwealth Utilities Corporation from liquid fuel tax; requires CUC to place 15 cents from its general revenues into special reserve account for each gallon of fuel it purchases to fund maintenance and replacement of equipment; effective 10-22-96.
§ 3 amends 4 CMC §§ 1403, 8123 and 8141 |
PL 10-35 (revises Public School System employee salary schedule to increase teacher and teacher aide salaries; effective 10-21-96.
§ 3 amends 1 CMC § 8213 |
PL 10-34 (appropriates funds for Public School System for fiscal year 1997; effective 10-18-96.
Not codified (temporary law) |
PL 10-33 (authorizes filing of documents with Commonwealth Recorder at Superior Court clerk offices in Rota and Tinian; effective 10-21-96.
§ 2 amends 1 CMC § 3706 |
PL 10-32 (grants Governor the authority to reprogram Department of Health funds; effective 10-04-96.
Not codified (temporary law) |
PL 10-31 (authorizes Northern Marianas College to retain instructors with degrees from non-U.S. colleges and universities; effective 10-04-96.
§ 2 amends 3 CMC § 4434 |
PL 10-30 (shortens statute of limitations for actions brought under Minimum Wage and Hour Act and Nonresident Workers Act; effective 10-04-96.
§ 3 amends 4 CMC § 9246 |
PL 10-29 (authorizes single-family loan financing program though the Northern Marianas Housing Corporation, utilizing financial resources of the Marianas Public Land Trust, with special provision for low-income home purchasers; facilitates homestead development; provides security for investment of Marianas Public Land Trust; effective 10-04-96.
§ 1 creates 2 CMC § 4481; § 3 creates § 2 CMC § 4482; § 4 creates 2 CMC § 4483; § 5 creates 2 CMC § 4484; § 6 creates 2 CMC § 4485; § 7 creates 2 CMC § 4486; § 8 creates 2 CMC § 4487; § 9 creates 2 CMC § 4488; § 10 creates 2 CMC § 4489; § 11 creates 2 CMC § 4490; and § 12 amends 2 CMC § 4437) |
PL 10-28 (enacts "Gi Talo Gi Halom Tasi" and "Satil Matawal Pacifico" as official Commonwealth anthems; effective 10-03-96.
§ 3 creates 1 CMC § 234 |
PL 10-27 (implements recommendations of Operations and Maintenance Improvement Program for Commonwealth Utilities Corporation; effective 10-02-96.
§ 3(a) and (b) amend 4 CMC § 8133; § 3(c) amends 1 CMC § 8131; 3(d) amends 1 CMC § 8250; § 3(e) amends 4 CMC § 8134(f); § 3(f) amends 4 CMC § 8151; and ? 3(g) amends 4 CMC § 8152 |
PL 10-26 (grants NMI Supreme Court greater authority to determine criteria for admission to NMI bar; authorizes NMI Supreme Court to review qualifications of NMI government attorneys and Micronesian Legal Services attorneys who seek limited NMI bar membership for period of up to four years without taking and passing bar examination; effective 09-14-96.
§ 3 amends 1 CMC § 3601; § 4(a) (correction of typographical error) repeals and reenacts 1 CMC § 3602; § 4(c) (correction of typographical error) repeals and reenacts 1 CMC § 3603; § 5 (correction of typographical error) creates 1 CMC § 3604 |
PL 10-25 (appropriates $800,000 from PL 5-32 as supplemental payment to Northern Marianas College; effective 09-10-96.
Not codified (temporary law) |
PL 10-24 (requires Department of Public Health to submit plan to Governor and Legislature for comprehensive program with specific actions to be taken to impede spread of HIV infection; effective 07-17-96.
Not codified (temporary law) |
PL 10-23 (amends 3 CMC § 5461 to provide authority for certain law and safety enforcement personnel to stop and check vessels for compliance with safety requirements, identification, hazardous conditions, etc.; effective 07-17-96.
§ 2 amends 3 CMC § 5461 |
PL 10-22 (amends 6 CMC § 2301 to prohibit importation of cigarettes not properly labeled in accordance with U.S. federal law and to authorize Division of Customs to confiscate and destroy improperly labeled cigarettes; effective 07-11-96.
§ 3 amends 6 CMC § 2301 |
PL 10-21 (amends 9 CMC § 2207 to exempt holders of valid vehicle operators licenses from any state, territory or possession of the United States from taking written examination when applying for a Commonwealth license; effective 06-21-96.
§ 2 amends 9 CMC § 2207 |
PL 10-20 (amends PL 9-28 to allow for a portion of appropriated funds to be used for collateral equipment needed to complete aging centers; effective 06-21-96.
Not codified (temporary law) |
PL 10-19 (transfers administration of government health and life insurance programs to Northern Marianas Retirement Fund; effective 06-21-96.
§ 2 creates 1 CMC § 8421; § 3 creates 1 CMC § 8422; § 4 creates 1 CMC § 8423; § 5 creates 1 CMC § 8424; § 6 creates 1 CMC § 8425; § 7 creates 1 CMC § 8426; and § 8 creates 1 CMC § 8427 |
PL 10-18 ("Youth Congress Amendment Act of 1996"; effective 06-21-96.
§ 2 amends 1 CMC § 1607 |
PL 10-17 ("Commonwealth Disaster Price Freeze Act of 1996"; prohibits raising of retail prices during a typhoon or similar natural disaster; provides penalties; effective 06-21-96.
§ 2 creates 4 CMC § 5141; § 3 creates 4 CMC § 5142; § 4 creates 4 CMC § 5143; and § 5 creates 4 CMC § 5144 |
PL 10-16 (repeals PL 6-20, § 7, exempting Tinian and Rota from seatbelt and child restraint system requirements; effective 06-19-96.
Repeals previously uncodified PL 6-20, § 7 |
PL 10-15 (reappropriates fund balance from PL 9-1, Covenant funding for construction of traffic lights at Shell Dandan Gas Station intersection, for completing paving of Afetna Road to Isabel Cabrera Road; effective 06-19-96.
Not codified (temporary law) |
PL 10-14 ("Fiber Optic Communications Facilitation and Competitive Telecommunications Act of 1996"; facilitates placement of submerged fiber optic cables; effective 06-18-96.
§ 3(a) amends 2 CMC § 1211; § 3(b) amends 2 CMC § 1213; § 3(c) amends 2 CMC § 1222; and § 4 creates 2 CMC § 1225 |
PL 10-13 (increases the Commonwealth's minimum wage to $3.05 per hour; establishes minimum wage of $2.90 per hour for garment and construction industries; effective 06-15-96.
§ 1(a) amends 4 CMC § 9221; § 1(b) amends 4 CMC § 9223(b) (effective July 1, 1997); § 1(c) amends 4 CMC § 9223(c); and § 2 repeals PL 9-73, § 5 (4 CMC § 9221) |
PL 10-12 (names the new justice building the '"Guma' Hustisia, Limwal Aweewe, House of Justice" and appropriates $1,000 for naming ceremonies; effective 06-15-96.
§ 1 creates 1 CMC § 3406 |
PL 10-11 (amends 9 CMC § 1102 by adding new subsection to define "motor carriers," and adds new 9 CMC § 3114 for rules and regulations to be adopted by the Department of Public Safety; effective 06-06-96.
§ 3 amends 9 CMC § 1102; and § 4 creates 9 CMC § 3114 |
PL 10-10 (amends 8 CMC § 2303 by adding a new subsection to require Commonwealth courts to give effect to all validly- executed wills in accordance with the Probate Code, and by adding new 8 CMC § 2702(e), (f), and new 8 CMC § 2927; effective 06-04-96.
§ 1 amends 8 CMC § 2303; § 2 amends 8 CMC § 2702; § 3 creates 8 CMC § 2927; § 4 creates new 8 CMC §§ 1961-1964 |
PL 10-9 ("Garment Industry Moratorium Act of 1996"; enacts moratorium on expansion of garment manufacturing industry, including prohibition on issuance of new business licenses for garment manufacturing and limitation on importation of alien labor to work in the garment industry; amends 1 CMC 2453(d); creates new chapter, "Restrictions on Garment Manufacturing"; effective 05-28-96.
§ 2 amends 1 CMC § 2453 and § 3 creates new 4 CMC § 5701-5707 |
PL 10-8 ("Commonwealth Utilities Corporation Operations and Maintenance Improvement Amendment of 1996"; amends 4 CMC § 8131 regarding composition of CUC Board of Directors to provide for staggered terms; effective 05-16-96.
§§ 4 and 5 amend 4 CMC § 8131 |
PL 10-7 (enacts existing Business Corporation Regulations as statute law; repeals the power to issue business corporation regulations; makes conforming amendments to 4 CMC § 4106(d) and 4 CMC § 4202; effective 05-10-96.
§ 1(a) incorporates by reference and enacts as statutory law the Business Corporation Regulations adopted July 15, 1990, in Commonwealth Register Vol. 12, No. 7, pages 7201-6997, as amended May 15, 1994, in Commonwealth Registrar Vol. 16, No. 5, page 11888. |
PL 10-6 (reprograms fund balances from two appropriations acts [PL 6-5 and 7-36] for construction and improvement of secondary roads in Chalan Kanoa and Susupe; effective 04-04-96.
Not codified (temporary law) |
PL 10-5 ("Commonwealth Museum Act of 1996"; creates CNMI Museum of History and Culture, a public corporation, to be headed by an executive director under the direction of a policy-making nine-member Board of Governors; provides that museum will function as official repository and custodian of historical and cultural artifacts of CNMI, with mandate to acquire, preserve and make available collected artifacts to public; specifies that, subject to availability of appropriate facilities, artifacts will be preserved and made available to public in senatorial district where artifacts were found or recovered; ; effective 03-13-96.
§ 1 creates 2 CMC § 4871; § 3 creates 2 CMC § 4872; § 4 creates 2 CMC § 4873; § 5 creates 2 CMC § 4874; § 6 creates 2 CMC § 4875; § 7 creates 2 CMC § 4876; § 8 creates 2 CMC § 4877; § 9 creates 2 CMC § 4878; § 10 creates 2 CMC § 4879; § 11 creates 2 CMC § 4880; § 12 creates 2 CMC § 4881; § 13 creates 2 CMC § 4882; and § 14 creates 2 CMC § 4883 |
PL 10-4 ("Nonresident Worker Extension Act of 1996"; prohibits issuance of nonresident worker certificate to fill any Commonwealth government position unless Office of Personnel Management, President of Northern Marianas College, or Commissioner of Education, as case may be, certifies that no resident worker is available to fill position; provides that, except for employment of medical doctors, midwives and dentists by Department of Public Health, exceptions to ban on hiring of nonresident workers to fill Commonwealth government positions will expire September 30, 2000; effective 03-06-96.
§ 3 amends 3 CMC § 4436; and §§ 4 and 5 amend 3 CMC § 4434 |
PL 10-3 ("Rota Agricultural Homestead Corrections Act of 1996"; seeks to remedy Rota agricultural homestead title problems arising under homestead permits issued pursuant to PL 7-11 (codified at 2 CMC § 4381 et seq; effective 03-04-96.
§ 5 repeals and reenacts 2 CMC §§ 4382 and 4383 (revise Commission Comment to 2 CMC § 4381 to note effective date established in § 3, and § 4's ratification of actions otherwise taken in conformity with prior law, with legal challenges barred, and reenactment of 2 CMC § 4381 et seq. as "positive law") |
PL 10-2 ("Tinian Agricultural Homestead Corrections Act of 1996"; seeks to remedy Tinian agricultural homestead title problems arising under homestead permits issued pursuant to PL 6-15 (codified at 2 CMC § 4371 et seq.); effective 03-04-96.
§ 5 repeals and reenacts 2 CMC §§ 4372 and 4373 |
PL 10-1 ("Commonwealth Alien Deportation Fund Act"; creates Alien Deportation Fund in Commonwealth Treasury funded by $25 earmarked from every initial and renewal nonresident worker permit fee; ; effective 02-28-96.
§ 3 creates 3 CMC § 4347; § 4 creates 3 CMC § 4348; and § 5 amends 3 CMC § 4435 |
