TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT
DIVISION 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
§ 9913. Legislative Branch: Applicability. The Commonwealth Legislature, including all Commonwealth legislators and the Legislative Bureau, shall be subject to 1 CMC §§ 9901, et seq. The respective rules and procedures of the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Legislative Bureau shall be in compliance with this chapter. Source: PL 9-2, § 5 (repealing PL 8-41, § 14); PL 15-19, § 2; Popular Initiative (2009). Commission Comment: PL 15-19 was enacted on June 26, 2006 and contained the following findings and purpose provision in addition to severability and savings clauses: Section 1. Findings and Purpose. The legislature finds and declares that the people of the Commonwealth do not yield their sovereignty to the agencies which serve them. The people, in delegating authority, do not give their public servants the right to decide what is good for the people to know and what is not good for them to know. The Legislative Bureau exists to aid the legislature in the conduct of the people’s business. It is the intent of this Act that the public records of the Legislative Bureau be subject to the Open Government Act. The people insist on remaining informed so that they may retain control over the instruments they have created. Popular Initiative 2009 regarding the application of the Open Government Act to the Legislature became effective on November 9, 2009 when the election results for 2009 were certified by the Election Commission.