Title 24 — Ecosystem Protection and Development

It shall be the duty of the County Chief and the District Governor to enforce the provisions of each loan agreement which is approved in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. History: 1962, PL 7-24.

(a) The Development Bank of American Samoa may make agricultural crop loans in ac-cordance with the policies prescribed in this chapter, except that collections of loans and interest shall be handled in accordance with the rules applicable to the Bank’s funds. (b) The Director of…

For the purposes of this chapter: (a) “Animal” means livestock that are used for food production. (b) “Animal feeds” means any material, raw or processed, used either in bulk or in small amounts for feeding and maintaining of animals. (c) “Chemicals” means weedicides, insecticide…

The Governor shall designate the Director of Agriculture to administer the farm subsidy program whereby the government subsidizes 50 percent of the cost of animal feeds, fertilizers, and chemicals, to local farmers to stimulate local agricultural production. The fund shall contin…

(a) To continue eligibility for the subsidy provided under this act, a local farmer must cooperate with the designated government agency in the following areas: (1) provide the agency with information on production statistics in the format prescribed by the Director of Agricultur…

Subsidies paid to local farmers under this chapter shall not be considered taxable income. History: 1979, PL 16-27 § 4.

The Director of Agriculture is responsible for the purchasing, stocking, and selling of animal feeds and fertilizers distributed by the government. History: 1979, PL 16-27 § 1.

There is created a nonprofit corporation to be known as the Copra Fund. It shall be operated for the mutual benefit of copra producers. History: 1962, PL 7-24.

The purposes of the Copra Fund are to: (1) promote and engage in any activity in connection with the production, grading, packing, processing, storing, shipping, warehousing, handling, and marketing of copra, and in the financing of such operations; (2) purchase, sell, or deal in…

The principal place of business of the Copra Fund shall be in the village of Fagatogo. Branch offices may be located at other points in the discretion of the Board of Directors. History: 1962, PL 7-24.

The governing body of the Copra Fund shall be a Board of Directors consisting of the Director of Agriculture as chairman, the Secretary of Samoan Affairs as vice-chairman, the Director of Manpower Resources, the Director of Administrative Services, the President of the Developmen…

Four Directors shall constitute a quorum of the Board at all meetings. History: 1962, PL 7-24.

The Directors shall have the following powers and duties: (1) to conduct, manage and control the affairs and business of the Copra Fund, including the establishing of the price to be paid to producers, and to make rules and regulations for the guidance of the officers and managem…

(a) The officers of the fund shall be the chairman of the Board of Directors, a vice-chairman, a secretary, and a treasurer, together with any other administrative officers whom the Board of directors may see fit in its discretion to provide for by resolution entered upon the min…

(a) If at any time the chairman is unable to act, the vice-chairman shall take his place and perform his duties, and if the vice-chairman is unable to act, the board shall appoint a Director to do so. (b) The chairman or such vice-chairman or Director shall: (1) preside over all …

(a) It shall be the duty of the secretary to: (1) keep a record of the proceedings of the meetings of the Board of Directors: (2) receive and deposit all moneys of the Copra Fund, to be paid out only on checks drawn as provided in this chapter, and account for all receipts, disbu…

The books of the Copra Fund and such papers as may be placed on file by vote of the Board of Directors shall, at all times during business hours, be subject to the inspection of the Board or the government auditor. History: 1962, PL 7-24.

The Board of Directors has the power to establish, revise, and amend from time to time rules and regulations by which each producer shall be governed with reference to the proper handling and shipping of copra, and to secure a proper grading and standard of quality. History: 1962…

All expenses of maintaining the Copra Fund, including, among other things, rent, salaries, taxes, insurance, office and inspection expense, building reserves, marketing, and all other expenses, shall be met, insofar as possible, from the profits of sales. History: 1962, PL 7-24.

Any surplus over and above the actual expenditures and obligations of the Copra Fund may be invested, held in reserve, or used for the purchase of equipment, materials and supplies for the use or advantage of the copra producers of American Samoa. Any surplus in excess of $60,000…

The Board of Directors may, in its discretion, appoint a local manger who shall hold office at the pleasure of and on terms and conditions set by the Board of Directors. Any Director, officer, or other person may be elected as manager. The local manger shall perform such duties a…

The Copra Fund shall have the power, on affirmative vote of at least 4 Directors, to borrow money for any corporate purpose, on open account or upon any assets of the Copra Fund, or any property not yet distributed to the producers, in such amounts and upon such terms and conditi…

This chapter shall be known as the “Flying Foxes Conservation Act”. History: 1986, PL 19-61 § 1.

It is the public policy of American Samoa and the purpose of this chapter to conserve and protect from extinction the population of the three species of flying foxes indigenous in American Samoa: the pe’a (Pteropus tonganus), pe’a vao (Pteropus samoensis Peale) and pe’ape’a (Emba…

All commercial hunting or exportation of flying foxes is prohibited. History: 1986, PL 19-61 § 1.

Private hunting of flying foxes is regulated as follows: (1) flying foxes killed are for personal use only and may not be sold or exchanged for value; (2) hunting during daylight hours before 6:00 p.m. each day is prohibited. (3) shooting at roosts is prohibited; (4) reasonable b…

(a) The Director of Marine and Wildlife Resources has the responsibility for the administration of this chapter. (b) The Director is authorized and directed to: (1) design and conduct periodic censuses and other studies of flying fox populations to monitor the status and provide …

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or any of the provisions of the rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor. History: 1986, PL 19-61 § 1.