Legislative Intent

Legislative Intent. It is the intent of the legislature that the Commonwealth be completely selfregulating in all areas having to do with gambling and gambling devices, and that most forms of gambling should be prohibited by local law. Source: PL 3-70, § 1. Commission Comment: PL 3-70 took effect August 29, 1983. N.M.I. Const. art. XXI, § 1, adopted as 1985 Constitutional Amendment 42, provides: “Gambling is prohibited in the Northern Mariana Islands except as provided by Commonwealth law or established through initiative in the Commonwealth or in any senatorial district.”