Title 10 — Public Planning, Budget, and Development

(a) “Boards” means district planning boards. (b) “Commission” means the Territorial Planning Commission of American Samoa. (c) “Director” means the Director of Development Planning. (d) “General plan” means the general plan for overall development in American Samoa provided for i…

(a) There is created the Territorial Planning Commission of American Samoa. (b) The Governor shall appoint 9 commissioners to the Commission subject to legislative confirmation. There shall be 6 commissioners which are representatives of each of the planning district areas design…

(a) Objectives for the general plan program shall consist at least of the following: (1) the establishment of processes and procedures whereby the government, private industry, on a concerted basis, to the extent practicable; (2) preparation or revision annually, generally coinci…

(a) There is created an Office of Development Planning. (b) The Director of the Office of Development Planning is nominated by the Governor and confirmed by Legislature. The Director shall have professional experience in regional, community, and site planning or other planning ex…

(a) There are created 6 planning districts in order to provide a basis for regional citizen participation: (1) Planning District 1 includes Manu’a Islands representing all the villages in House of Representatives Districts 1 and 2, and is designated for planning purposes as the M…

There is within the Office of the Governor of the government an office of program planning and budget development. The head of the office is appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Legislature. History: 1977, PL 15-58

In addition to any duties and responsibilities otherwise prescribed by law, the office of program planning and budget development also has the following duties and responsibilities: (1) to conduct necessary operational planning and management methods as are utilized by department…

It is the purpose of this act to establish a comprehensive system for territorial program and financial management which furthers the capacity of the Governor and Legislature to plan and finance the services which they determine the territory will provide its people. The system i…

(a) The Governor shall direct the preparation and administration of the territorial budget. He shall evaluate the long-range program plans, requested budgets and alternatives to territorial agency policies and programs; and formulate, and recommend for consideration by the Legisl…

The Legislature shall: (1) consider the program and financial plan recommended by the Governor, including proposed goals and policies, recommended budget, revenue proposals, and proposed long-range program plans; (2) adopt programs and alternatives to the plan recommended by the …

The office of program and budget development shall: (1) assist the Governor in the preparation and explanation of the proposed comprehensive program and financial plan, including the coordination and analysis of territorial agency program goals and objectives, program plans, and …

(a) Each department or agency of the government on the date and in the form and content prescribed by the office shall prepare and forward to the office the following program and financial information; (1) the goals and objectives of the agency programs, together with proposed su…

(a) The Governor shall formulate the program and financial plan to be recommended to the Legislature after considering the territorial agency proposed program and financials plans, and other programs and alternatives that he considers appropriate. The plan shall include his recom…

The Legislature shall consider the Governor’s proposed comprehensive program and financial plan; evaluate alternatives to the Governor’s proposed comprehensive program and financial plan; evaluate alternatives to the Governor’s recommendations; and determine the comprehensive pro…

(a) Except as limited by policy decisions of the Governor, appropriations by the Legislature, and other provisions of law, the territorial agencies shall have full authority for administering their program service assignments, and shall be responsible for their proper management.…

(a) Each territorial agency shall submit a quarterly performance report to the budget office on or before the dates established by that office. These reports shall be in the form prescribed by the office and shall include statements concerning: (1) the work accomplished and the s…

(a) No officer or employee of the government may make or authorize an expenditure from or create or authorize an obligation under any appropriation or fund in excess of the amount available therein; nor may officers or employees involve the government in contracts or other obliga…

Any provision of law which requires unexpended funds to return to the general fund at the end of the fiscal year shall not be held to affect the status of any lawsuit or right of action involving the right to those funds. History: 1977, PL 15-34.

Except as otherwise limited by law the Legislature shall have full authority and control the request, approval, and disbursement of funds in its budget. The Legislature shall be fully responsible for maintaining proper record-keeping and management over the expenditure of funds. …

The American Samoa Economic Stabilization and Emergency Fund is established to anticipate a revenue shortfall due to adverse economic conditions such as the 1973 oil embargo or the 1974 drought in the Territory as well as providing temporary relief for major disasters, federal gr…

Authorization is granted to earmark $200,000 of excess local revenues from the previous fiscal year 1982 to be deposited into the Economic Stabilization and Emergency Fund. These deposits continue each fiscal year until it reaches a ceiling of $10,000,000 at which time the deposi…

An advisory budget commission consisting of the chairmen of the Senate and House appropriations committees, Director of Program Planning and Budget Development, Director of Development Planning and 2 members of the public at large to be appointed by the Governor, is created and r…