TITLE 10: LOCAL LAWS DIVISION 1: FIRST SENATORIAL DISTRICT (ROTA)
§ 12111. Establishment of Commission. (a) The Rota Casino Gaming Commission is hereby established and shall consist of five members appointed by the Mayor of Rota with the advice and consent of the Rota Municipal Council. Each member shall serve a term of four years, except that of the members first appointed, one shall serve a term of two years, two shall serve a term of three years, and two shall serve a term of four years, as determined by lottery. Each member shall be a citizen or national of the United States and shall be a bona fide resident of and eligible to vote on Rota. The terms of all the members first appointed shall be from the first day of confirmation by the confirming authority. Any vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment and for the unexpired term thereof. A member may be reappointed to the Commission. (b) No member of the Commission shall otherwise be an employee or official of the Commonwealth, or of a municipality, agency, corporation, or other instrumentality or branch of the Commonwealth, or of any agency of local government of the Commonwealth, except that a member may serve without additional compensation on a task force or other temporary body the work of which is related to the functioning of the Commission. No individual may serve as a member of the Commission, if such individual, or a parent, child, or sibling of such individual, holds or is an applicant for any license under this chapter or holds any direct or indirect financial interest in any person that holds or is an applicant for any license under this chapter. (c) The council, within 45 days from the date council receives the appointment letter from the mayor, shall act by conducting a public hearing on the appointment and to notify the mayor in writing that: (1) It has confirmed an appointee; or (2) It has rejected an appointee. (3) If the appointment is not acted on within 45 days, the appointment is deemed rejected and same appointee shall not be reappointed. (d) The Commission, as established by Commonwealth law and as subject to the provisions of 10 CMC § 12113(b), shall not be considered an agency of local government for purposes of Article VI, Section 8, of the Constitution. Source: Rota Local Initiative 1 (2007), § 3(a), (b), (e), modified; RLL 2207, § 3 (Mar. 01, 2022). Commission Comment: The Commission modified this section pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(b), (c), (d) and (g). The Commission rearranged the order of this section from its original location in Rota Local Initiative 1, substituted “chapter” for all occurrences of “title” in subsection (b) and inserted “10 CMC § 12113(b)” for the reference to “subsection (d) of this section” in subsection (c). The Commission changed “on from the fist day” to “from the first day” in subsection (a) to correct manifest errors.
TITLE 10: LOCAL LAWS DIVISION 1: FIRST SENATORIAL DISTRICT (ROTA) In codifying RLL 22-07, the Commission omitted drafting marks pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(g).