TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT
DIVISION 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
§ 9512. Recognition of Amateur Sports Organization as National Federations. (a) General authority. For any sport which is included on the program of any international athletic competition in which the Commonwealth participates, the corporation is authorized to recognize as a national federation or as a paralympic sports organization (in the case of a sport on the program of the Paralympic Games for which a national governing body has not been designated) a sports organization which files an application and is eligible for such recognition in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) of 1 CMC § 9513. The corporation may recognize only one national governing body for each sport for which an application is made and approved, except as provided in 1 CMC § 9513(b) with respect to a Paralympics sports organization. (b) Recommendation to international sports federation. Following the recognition of an organization as a national federation, the corporation shall recommend and support in any appropriate manner the national federation to the appropriate international sports federation as the representative of the Commonwealth for that sport. (c) Review of recognition. The corporation may review all matters related to the continued recognition of an organization as a national federation and may take action it considers appropriate, including placing conditions on the continued recognition. Source: PL 18-49 § 3(111) (May 7, 2014), modified. Commission Comment: The Commission substituted section numbers pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(d).