TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES
DIVISION 9: LABOR
§ 9346. Certificate of Compliance With Law. (a) Every employer required to secure or renew workers’ compensation coverage pursuant to this chapter shall file a certificate of compliance with the administrator within 30 days of becoming an employer, or renewal of compensation, or the renewal thereof, is secured as required in 4 CMC § 9341. Such certificate shall be a form prescribed by the commission. (b) Failure to file such certificate within the time specified will result in the assessment by the administrator of failure to file within 30 days a civil penalty of $100. (c) The Secretary of Commerce shall not approve or renew a business license application to any employer as defined in this chapter who fails to submit, along with the application for business license, a certification from the administrator that compliance of this chapter has been met. Source: PL 9-33, § 11 (repealing and reenacting PL 6-33, § 1 (§ 9346)). Commission Comment: With respect to the reference to the “Secretary of Commerce,” see Executive Order 94-3 (effective August 23, 1994), reorganizing the executive branch, changing agency names and official titles, and effecting other changes, set forth in the Commission comment to 1 CMC § 2001; see also the comment to 4 CMC § 9212.