Local Appropriations

Local Appropriations. (a) All license fees and gambling revenue taxes derived under this chapter shall be local revenues to be expended for local public purposes, as specified herein. The Mayor of Rota shall submit a budget for consideration and approval of the Rota Municipal Council, which shall thereafter transmit said budget with any amendments to the Rota Legislative Delegation for consideration, amendment and enactment pursuant to the "Local Law Act of 1983" - 1 CMC Div. 1 (as amended) [1 CMC §§ 1401-1408]. (b) The revenues derived under this chapter shall first be appropriated for the operations of the Commission and for repayment of any start-up appropriations pursuant to the Local Law Act of 1983. (c) Of the revenues remaining after the appropriation of funds under subsection (b) of this section, the lesser of five percent or $200,000 shall be appropriated for health programs, including grants to one or more non-governmental organization (including faith-based organizations and mental health providers), to ameliorate any negative social effects of gambling or for other health and welfare purposes. (d) Of revenues remaining after the appropriation of funds under previous subsections of this section, if any, not less than one-half shall be appropriated for the benefit of the people of Rota only for the purposes of: (1) Medical health insurance coverage for all legal domiciliary of Rota as defined in 10 CMC § 12102(h); (2) Scholarships; (3) Youth and senior citizens programs; (4) Housing or utilities assistance; (5) Business development loans. (e) The remaining half of the revenues referred to in subsection (f) of this section* may be appropriated for any public purposes, as defined, following the issuance of duly promulgated regulations. * As stated in Initiative § 16(e); however, there is no subsection (f) in § 16 of Rota Local Initiative 1 (2007). Source: Rota Local Initiative 1 (2007), § 16 modified; subsection (a) repealed and reenacted by PL 16-4, § 4, modified. Commission Comment: The Commission modified this section pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(c), (d), (f) and (g). The Commission substituted “chapter” for all occurrences of “act “ or “title,” corrected capitalization and changed section references to agree with renumbered code sections. The Commission changed periods to semi-colons at the end of subsections (d)(3) and (d)(4) to correct manifest errors. The Commission inserted the bracketed citation in subsection (a). See the comment to 1 CMC § 1403 for information regarding PL 16-4.