Rules and Regulations: Enforcement by Executive Director

2 CMC § 2146 — under Commonwealth Ports Authority.

2 CMC § 2146

TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES

DIVISION 2: PORTS

§ 2146. Rules and Regulations: Enforcement by Executive Director. The executive director shall enforce rules and regulations of the authority governing the assessment of civil penalties. (a) The rules and regulations shall provide for a reasonable time, not less than 10 days, for due notice to the person assessed of the nature of the violation committed, and during which the person assessed may answer the assessment by denying liability, by offering a compromise to the executive director, or by paying the assessment. (b) The rules and regulations shall also provide notice that failure to pay the final civil penalty assessed by the time set in the rules and regulations may result in collection of the penalty through the Commonwealth Trial Court or the U.S. District Court. Source: PL 2-48, § 16. Commission Comment: Section 4 of PL 6-25, the “Commonwealth Judicial Reorganization Act of 1989,” provides that “[w]herever the term ‘Commonwealth Trial Court’ appears in the Commonwealth Code, it is henceforth to be interpreted and understood to refer to the Commonwealth Superior Court.”