Title 1 — Government
110 chapters · 1,290 sections in this title.
1 CMC § 6427 Requirement of Authorization
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 6: ELECTIONS § 6427. Requirement of Authorization. No person other than a candidate or his campaign committee shall incur or contract for any expense in aid of such candidate’s campaign unless he applies in writing to the candidate’s treasurer at leas…
1 CMC § 6428 Penalties
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 6: ELECTIONS § 6428. Penalties. Any person violating this Article shall upon conviction be fined not more than fifty-thousand dollars ($50,000) or imprisoned for not more than one year or both. Source: Repealed and reenacted by PL 12-18, § 2 (6428).
1 CMC § 6429 Extension of Deadline
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 6: ELECTIONS § 6429. Extension of Deadline. For good cause, the Commission may extend the deadline imposed on Section 6424 by not more than fifteen (15) days, upon written request by a candidate. A candidate shall be fined a non-waivable one-hundred d…
1 CMC § 6430 Non-Compliance
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 6: ELECTIONS § 6430. Non-Compliance. The Public Auditor shall refer any candidate who fails to comply with this Article to the Office of the Attorney General for prosecution. Source: Repealed and reenacted by PL 12-18, § 2 (6430).
1 CMC § 7401 Expenditure of Appropriated Funds
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7401. Expenditure of Appropriated Funds. No expenditure of Commonwealth funds shall be made unless the funds are appropriated in currently effective annual appropriation acts or pursuant to 1 CMC § 7204(d). No Com…
1 CMC § 7402 Reprogramming Authority
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7402. Reprogramming Authority. (a) (1) Except as provided in this section, and in 1 CMC §§ 7302 and 7403, no funds may be reprogrammed, and no obligation or contract for the expenditure of Commonwealth funds shall…
1 CMC § 7403 Emergency Powers
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7403. Emergency Powers. (a) Whenever the Governor uses his authority pursuant to N.M.I. Const. art. III, § 10, the Governor shall as soon as practicable transmit to the legislature a report describing in detail th…
1 CMC § 7404 Bidding Preference
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7404. Bidding Preference. (a) The requirements of this section are in addition to any other applicable requirements provided by law. Provided however that this section shall not apply to the procurement of indepen…
1 CMC § 7405 Certification Required Before Appropriated Funds May be Used for Salary Adjustments and Reclassifications
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7405. Certification Required Before Appropriated Funds May be Used for Salary Adjustments and Reclassifications. No person, including the Civil Service Commission, may reclassify or adjust the salary of a governme…
1 CMC § 7406 Restriction Upon Use of Government Vehicles
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT § 7406 DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7406. Restriction Upon Use of Government Vehicles. (a) Definitions. (1) “Elected officials” means any person holding any elected office of the Commonwealth government; and visiting elected officials from ot…
1 CMC § 7407 Restrictions Upon Government Paid Travel Outside of the Commonwealth
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7407. Restrictions on Government Paid Travel Outside of the Commonwealth. (a) Every government travel authorization shall contain a statement under penalty of perjury that the travel is for official business purpo…
1 CMC § 7408 [Removed]
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Title 1: Government Division 7: Planning, Budgeting and Auditing § 7408. Employee Transfer to Public Corporations: Liability for Personnel Benefits. [Removed.] [Removed.] Source: PL 6-5, § 328. Commission Comment: [Historical comments removed.] The Commission removed this section…
1 CMC § 7409 Deposit of Bonus Miles.[Repealed by 10-79.]
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7409. Deposit of Bonus Miles. [Repealed.] Source: PL 9-54, § 2; repealed by PL 10-79, § 2. Commission Comment: PL 10-79 took effect January 6, 1998. According to PL 10-79, §§ 1, 2, and 3: Section 1. Findings and P…
1 CMC § 7841 Protection of Whistle-blowers
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7841. Protection of Whistle-blowers. (a) The Public Auditor may receive and investigate complaints or information of any person concerning possible existence of any activity constituting fraud, waste and abuse in …
1 CMC § 7842 Access to Agency Information
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7842. Access to Agency Information. (a) Access Required. The Public Auditor, in carrying out the provisions of this part shall have access to all records, reports, audits, reviews, papers, books, documents, recomm…
1 CMC § 7843 Access to Confidential Information and Proprietary Records
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7843. Access to Confidential Information and Proprietary Records. (a) Confidential or proprietary records or information disclosed to the Public Auditor are subject to the same legal confidentiality and protective…
1 CMC § 7844 Access to Tax Data
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7844. Access to Tax Data. (a) The Public Auditor or any staff member designated by the Public Auditor may examine and audit the books and accounts of the Department of Finance, including the Division of Revenue an…
1 CMC § 7845 Access to Contracts and Grants Information
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7845. Access to Contracts and Grants Information. Any contract to which an agency is party, except a personal service or prime contract with an employee of the agency, and any grant awarded by any agency, with or …
1 CMC § 7846 Power to Summon Persons to Testify
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7846. Power to Summon Persons to Testify. (a) Whenever the Public Auditor has a reasonable basis for believing that a person has information with respect to any matter which is within the Public Auditor’s jurisdic…
1 CMC § 7847 Referrals: Criminal Action
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7847. Referrals: Criminal Action. (a) In carrying out his or her duties, the Public Auditor shall report to the Attorney General whenever the Public Auditor has reasonable grounds to believe there has been violati…
1 CMC § 7848 Referrals: Civil Action
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7848. Referrals: Civil Action. The Public Auditor may institute the civil recovery action if authorized by the Attorney General. If the Public Auditor has discovered fraudulent acts and believes that civil recover…
1 CMC § 7849 Secrecy of Records; Penalty for Violation
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7849. Secrecy of Records; Penalty for Violation. All records of the Public Auditor shall be confidential unless it is deemed necessary for the Public Auditor to make the records public in the performance of his or…
1 CMC § 7850 Penalties; Failure to Make Proper Audit; Making False Audit; Failure to Produce Documents or Information
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7850. Penalties; Failure to Make Proper Audit; Making False Audit; Failure to Produce Documents or Information. (a) All agencies shall enter into their public record sufficient information for a proper audit, and …
1 CMC § 7851 Exclusion from Government Service
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7851. Exclusion from Government Service. Any person who is convicted under a prosecution pursuant to 1 CMC § 7847 shall be prohibited from working for the government of the Commonwealth for a period of 10 years fr…
1 CMC § 8141 Prohibited Activities: Discriminatory Practices
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8141. Prohibited Activities: Discriminatory Practices. No person holding any position in the civil service shall be favored or discriminated against on account of age, race, sex, religion, political affiliation, or place of orig…
1 CMC § 8142 Prohibited Activities: Political Activities
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8142. Prohibited Activities: Political Activities. (a) No person in the civil service shall: (1) Use official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with an election or affecting the result thereof; (2) Use offici…
1 CMC § 8143 Prohibited Activities: Wrongful Certification of Payrolls
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8143. Prohibited Activities: Wrongful Certification of Payrolls. (a) No disbursing or certifying officer shall make or approve or take any part in making or approving any payment for personal service to any person holding a posi…
1 CMC § 8144 Prohibited Activities: Wrongful Payments
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8144. Prohibited Activities: Wrongful Payments. (a) Any citizen may maintain a suit to restrain a disbursing officer from making any payments of any salary or compensation to any person whose appointment or employment has not be…
1 CMC § 8145 Other Prohibited Activities
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8145. Other Prohibited Activities. (a) No recommendation of any person who applies for examination or appointment to any office or position under the provisions of this part which may be given by an elected official of the Commo…
1 CMC § 8151 Legislative Intent and Findings
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8151. Legislative Intent and Findings. It is the intent of this article to insulate government employees from being intimidated and harassed by threats to their employment security from political pressure relative to public elec…
1 CMC § 8152 Coercion of Public Employees for Political Purposes Made Unlawful
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8152. Coercion of Public Employees for Political Purposes Made Unlawful. (a) “Government employee” means any person employed by a branch, agency, department, commission, board, authority or public corporation of the Commonwealth…
1 CMC § 8153 Other Remedies
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8153. Other Remedies. (a) In addition to, independent of, and irrespective of the criminal penalties prescribed by 1 CMC § 8152(b), any person who has been the victim of political coercion as described in 1 CMC § 8152(b) may rec…
1 CMC § 8241 Short Title
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8241. Short Title. This chapter may be cited as the 1984 Compensation Adjustments Act. Source: PL 4-32, § 1. Commission Comment: PL 4-32 took effect April 1, 1985.
1 CMC § 8242 Purpose
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8242. Purpose. This chapter establishes uniform and consistent salaries for top policy-making appointed officials. Source: PL 4-32, § 1, modified.
1 CMC § 8243 Definitions
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8243. Definitions. (a) “Employee” includes full-time and part-time personnel, and employees of federal programs who receive their paychecks from the Commonwealth Government. “Employee” does not include a fund custodian pursuant …
1 CMC § 8244 Compensation of Certain Elected Officials
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8244. Compensation of Certain Elected Officials. (a) The Governor shall receive an annual salary of $120,000 and the Lieutenant Governor an annual salary of $100,000. (b) The mayors of an island or a group of islands shall recei…
1 CMC § 8245 Compensation of Certain Appointed Officials
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8245. Compensation of Certain Appointed Officials. The following appointed positions within the Commonwealth government shall be paid base annual salaries as follows: (a) Department director/activity head: Title Secretary, Commu…
1 CMC § 8246 Compensation of the Executive Directors of Government Corporations, Semiautonomous and Autonomous Agencies
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8246. Compensation of the Executive Directors of Government Corporations, Semiautonomous and Autonomous Agencies. The executive directors (the top administrative officers) of government corporations, as defined in 1 CMC § 7103(n…
1 CMC § 8247 Compensation of Board Members of Government Corporations and Councils
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8247. Compensation of Board Members of Government Corporations and Councils. (a) The rate of compensation for meetings attended for members of all government corporations, councils, commissions, agencies, including but not limit…
1 CMC § 8248 Government Salary Ceiling
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8248. Government Salary Ceiling. (a) Except as provided by law, no employee of the Commonwealth government shall receive an annual salary of more than $65,175. (b) Medical professionals, whose primary responsibilities include gi…
1 CMC § 8249 No Overtime. [Repealed by PL 8-13.]
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8249. No Overtime. [Repealed.] Source: PL 8-13, § 4 (repealing PL 4-32, § 11, as amended by PL 5-31, § 405 and PL 6-3, § 304). Commission Comment: PL 8-13, § 4 repealed former subsection (a) of this section; it made no reference…
1 CMC § 8250 Exemptions
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8250. Exemptions. (a) The salary provisions of this chapter shall not apply to a nonelected employee holding a position on April 1, 1985, where the employee receives a salary higher than the salary established by this chapter fo…
1 CMC § 8251 [Removed]
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8251. [Removed.]
1 CMC § 8252 [Removed]
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8252. [Removed.]
1 CMC § 8253 Filling Positions Vacated By a Retiring Employee
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8253. Filling Positions Vacated By a Retiring Employee. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, all department, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Commonwealth Government shall in good faith fill any vacant FTE position tha…
1 CMC § 8361 Contributions to Fund: By Member
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8361. Contributions to Fund: By Member. (a) Each class I member of the fund shall contribute 6.5 percent of the salary earned and accruing to the member in fiscal year 2006 and 2007. Beginning on the first day of fiscal year 200…
1 CMC § 8362 Contributions to Fund: By Government
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8362. Contributions to Fund: By Government. (a) The government shall make contributions to the fund each year on an actuarially funded basis toward the annuities and benefits provided for this part. These contributions shall be …
1 CMC § 8363 Retirement Fund’s Contribution for Life Insurance
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8363. Retirement Fund’s Contribution for Life Insurance. (a) Annuitants shall be provided an option to continue their Commonwealth government life insurance coverage under the same group terms and conditions as that government c…
1 CMC § 8364 Retirement Fund’s Contribution for Health Insurance
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8364. Retirement Fund’s Contribution for Health Insurance. (a) Annuitants shall be provided with an option, to be exercised within six months of the date of retirement, to continue their Commonwealth government health insurance …
1 CMC § 8365 Tax Revenue. [Repealed]
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8365. Tax Revenue. [Repealed.] [Repealed.] Source: PL 8-31, § 14, modified; repealed by PL 19-36 § 3 (Feb. 18, 2016). Commission Comment: See 4 CMC § 1803.