TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES
DIVISION 5: BUSINESS REGULATION
§ 5705. Garment Worker Pool. [Repealed.] Source: PL 10-9, § 3 (§ 5605); repealed by PL 11-76, § 9(b). Commission Comment: PL 11-76 which repealed this section took effect on March 26, 1999. PL 11-76 contained findings and purpose, repealer, severability, and savings clauses as follows: Section 1. Findings and Purpose. The Legislature finds that to control the expansion of the garment industry and to reduce the number of alien workers in that industry, it is necessary to impose a cap on the number of non-resident alien workers in the garment manufacturing industry and to establish a quota for each licensed garment manufacturer for the employment of alien workers. The Legislature's previous effort in this regard, specifically the enactment of Public Law 10-9, succeeded in limiting the number of licenses for garment manufacturing but failed to sufficiently control or reduce the number of alien workers employed in the industry. The Legislature finds that the imposition of an absolute cap of 15,727 non-resident alien workers in the industry distributed among the licensed garment manufacturers is necessary to permanently control the number of nonresident workers in the garment industry. The cap includes the number of nonresident workers legally employed in the garment industry in the Commonwealth as of June 1, 1998, application for the employment of non-resident alien workers in the garment industry pending with the Department of Labor and Immigration on the effective date of Public Law 10-9, May 28, 1996, work permits issued though the non-resident alien has not yet entered the Commonwealth, expired and/or valid permits within the quota established in Schedule A, and manpower transfers granted pursuant to Section 5 of this Act. This cap shall be allocated among licensee garment manufacturers in accordance with Schedule A, as incorporated to this Act. (b) To achieve consistency and facilitate administration, certain provisions of P.L. 10-9, with respect to quotas, which are inconsistent with this Act are amended or repealed. (c) Despite the absolute quota imposed by this Act, the legislature recognizes the many positive contributions of the garment industry to the Commonwealth economy. In particular, the industry contributes user fees and taxes to the Commonwealth government, and provides revenues to the shipping, and consumer sectors of the private economy. Also, many resident workers are employed in the garment industry. All of which have a beneficial effect to our citizens. However, the legislature finds it necessary to control the balance between non-resident workers and the citizen population. ... Section 9. Repealer. The following are repealed: (a) 4 CMC § 5701(d) relative to the definition of “garment worker”.
TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES
DIVISION 5: BUSINESS REGULATION (b) 4 CMC § 5705 relative to the definition of “garment worker pool”. Section 10. Severability. If any provision of this Act or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstance should be held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this Act or the application of its provisions to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid shall not be affected thereby. Section 11. Savings Clause. This Act and any repealer contained herein shall not be construed as affecting any existing right acquired under contract or acquired under statutes repealed or under any rule, regulation or order adopted under the statutes. Repealers contained in this Act shall not affect any proceeding instituted under or pursuant to prior law. The enactment of this Act shall not have the effect of terminating, or in any way modifying, any liability, civil or criminal, which shall already be in existence on the date this Act becomes effective.