TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT
DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH
§ 20175. Advisory Council for Planning and Development. (a) In the Commonwealth Office of Planning and Development, there shall be a Commonwealth Planning and Development Advisory Council to be chaired by the Council member voted on by a majority vote of the members of the Council and shall be comprised of the following members: (1) Director of Planning and Development; (2) Administrator of the Office of Environmental Coastal Quality; (3) Secretary of the Department of Public Works; (4) Secretary of the Department of Public Lands; (5) Secretary of the Department of Lands and Natural Resources; (6) Secretary of the Department of Commerce; (7) Zoning Administrator; (8) Director of the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation; (9) Director of the Marianas Visitors Authority; (10) A representative from the Office of the Mayor of Rota; (11) A representative from the Office of the Mayor of Tinian and Aguiguan; (12) A representative from the Office of the Mayor of Saipan; (13) A representative from the Office of the Mayor of the Northern Islands; (14) Chairperson of the Saipan Chamber of Commerce; and (15) Chairperson of the Governor’s Strategic Economic Development Council. (b) The Commonwealth Planning and Development Advisory Board consisting of fifteen voting members shall have at least two female members and two members who are of Carolinian descent. (c) The Commonwealth Planning and Development Advisory Board shall prepare a CNMI comprehensive sustainable development plan as set forth in 1 CMC § 20173(a). Source: PL 20-20 § 3 (Oct. 6, 2017), modified. Commission Comment: The Commission changed “§20173(a) of this article” to “1 CMC § 20173(a)” in (c) pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(g).