TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 11: POLITICAL STATUS
§ 11110. Appropriation and Authorization for Appropriation. (a) Without further legislative appropriation, the Governor shall reprogram the sum of not less than $100,000 to the Commission, to support the operations of the Commission. (b) The Commission shall make quarterly reports to the presiding officers of each house of the Legislature regarding the actual expenditure of all funds advanced or appropriated for its operations. (c) The Secretary of Finance shall create a special account for the Commission, into which all funds advanced or appropriated to it shall be deposited. The Secretary of Finance shall release funds from this account upon a justified request for advance or payment by the Chairperson of the Commission, who, pursuant to this chapter, is the sole expenditure authority of all such funds. (d) Funds appropriated to the Commission may be spent without regard to fiscal year limitation. Source: PL 19-63 § 4(110) (Aug. 26, 2016), modified. Commission Comment: The Commission numbered this section pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(a). The Commission struck “.00” in (a) pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(g). The Commission substituted “this chapter” for “this Act” in (c) pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(d).