Title 2 — Natural Resources
53 chapters · 858 sections in this title.
2 CMC § 4481 Short Title
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 4: LAND RESOURCES § 4481. Short Title. This article may be cited as the MPLT-NMHC Home Financing Act of 1996. Source: PL 10-29, § 1. Commission Comment: PL 10-29 took effect October 4, 1996. According to PL 10-29, § 2: Section 2. Findings. The …
2 CMC § 4482 Definitions
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 4: LAND RESOURCES § 4482. Definitions. Except where the context otherwise clearly requires, as used in this article: (a) “Home loans” means any loan to a qualified resident of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for either the: (1)…
2 CMC § 4483 Home Loan Authorized
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 4: LAND RESOURCES § 4483. Home Loan Authorized. (a) MPLT is authorized, consistent with its constitutional obligations, to loan up to $10,000,000 to NMHC at an interest rate of not less than six percent and not more than 9.5 percent per annum f…
2 CMC § 4484 Guarantee and Security of the Funds
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 4: LAND RESOURCES § 4484. Guarantee and Security of the Funds. (a) The loan agreement shall be fully, absolutely, and unconditionally backed each year by the interest earnings accruing to the General Fund pursuant to N.M.I. Const. art. XI, § 6(…
2 CMC § 4485 Use of the Funds
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 4: LAND RESOURCES § 4485. Use of the Funds. (a) NMHC shall use the loan from MPLT authorized by this article to establish a comprehensive program or multiple programs for home finance with private banks or by NMHC itself. NMHC shall take steps …
2 CMC § 4486 Appropriation to Principal of Amount Matching Interest Income. [Repealed]
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 4: LAND RESOURCES § 4486. Appropriation to Principal of Amount Matching Interest Income. [Repealed] Source: PL 10-29, § 7; repealed in entirety by PL 15-48, § 2. Commission Comment: Public Law 15-48 was enacted on March 13, 2007, and contained …
2 CMC § 4487 Homestead Participation and Real Property Security
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 4: LAND RESOURCES § 4487. Homestead Participation and Real Property Security. (a) Borrowers who participate in the programs created by NMHC secured by the loan from MPLT authorized by this article must pledge their real property interests as se…
2 CMC § 4488 Program Requirements
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 4: LAND RESOURCES § 4488. Program Requirements. (a) Eligibility. Only persons eligible under N.M.I. Const. art. XII to acquire permanent and long-term interests in real property in the Commonwealth shall be eligible for home loans under program…
2 CMC § 4489 Special Trust Fund
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 4: LAND RESOURCES § 4489. Special Trust Fund. (a) There is hereby established within the Commonwealth General Fund a special trust fund to be known as the Homestead Development Home Financing Security Fund. (b) The Secretary of Finance shall de…
2 CMC § 4490 Enforcement
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 4: LAND RESOURCES § 4490. Enforcement. (a) The office of the Public Auditor shall audit NMHC annually to ensure that NMHC is in compliance with all aspects of the loan agreement between MPLT and NMHC, and with the requirements for the making of…
2 CMC § 4493 Short Title
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 4: LAND RESOURCES § 4493. Short Title. This act may be cited as the “Refinance Act for the MPLT/NMHC Loan Arrangement.” Source: PL 12-27, § 1. Commission Comment: PL 12-27 took effect on October 19, 2000 and contained findings, severability, an…
2 CMC § 4494 Definitions
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 4: LAND RESOURCES § 4494. Definitions. The definitions stated in 2 CMC § 4482 shall also apply to this act and are hereby incorporated herein as though a part thereof. Source: PL 12-27, § 3, modified.
2 CMC § 4495 Approval of Loan
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 4: LAND RESOURCES § 4495. Approval of Loan. The proposed restructured loan by MPLT to NMHC for ten million dollars, payable over a term of fifteen years, with interest accrued at a rate of eight and one-half percent, is approved by the Commonwe…
2 CMC § 4496 Guarantee Pledged
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 4: LAND RESOURCES § 4496. Guarantee Pledged. The Commonwealth Government hereby fully, absolutely and unconditionally guarantees, underwrites and secures all payments due to MPLT under the terms and conditions of the loan. The loan is accepted …
2 CMC § 4497 Payment by Appropriations
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 4: LAND RESOURCES § 4497. Payment by Appropriations. The loan made to NMHC by MPLT pursuant to Public Law Nos. 10-29 and 12-27 including the various subsequent short-term loans made by MPLT to NMHC, plus the additional three-million-eight-hundr…
2 CMC § 4498 Moratorium. [Repealed]
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 4: LAND RESOURCES § 4498. Moratorium. [Repealed] Source: PL 12-27, § 7; repealed in entirety by PL 15-48, § 2. Commission Comment: See the comment to 2 CMC § 4497 regarding PL 15-48.
2 CMC § 4499 Confirmation of Prior Loans
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 4: LAND RESOURCES § 4499. Confirmation of Prior Loans. This act does not affect any of the terms and provisions of Public Law No. 1029 (codified as 2 CMC § 4481 et seq.), as amended, the loan made by MPLT to NMHC, or the use of the loan proceed…
2 CMC § 5411 Short Title
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 5: ANIMALS, PLANTS AND FOOD § 5411. Short Title. This chapter may be cited as the Commonwealth Export Meat Inspection Act. Source: 25 TTC § 78.
2 CMC § 5412 Definitions
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 5: ANIMALS, PLANTS AND FOOD § 5412. Definitions. As used in this chapter, except as otherwise specified, the following terms shall have the meanings stated below: (a) “Adulterated” means any carcass, part thereof, meat or meat food product unde…
2 CMC § 5413 Examination and Inspection of Animals Prior to Slaughtering
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 5: ANIMALS, PLANTS AND FOOD § 5413. Examination and Inspection of Animals Prior to Slaughtering. For the purpose of preventing the use in export commerce of meat and meat food products which are adulterated, the director shall cause to be made,…
2 CMC § 5414 Methods of Slaughtering Allowed
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 5: ANIMALS, PLANTS AND FOOD § 5414. Methods of Slaughtering Allowed. No method of slaughtering or handling in connection with slaughtering shall be deemed to comply with the public policy of the Commonwealth unless it is humane. The following m…
2 CMC § 5415 Post-Mortem Examination
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 5: ANIMALS, PLANTS AND FOOD § 5415. Post-Mortem Examination. For the purposes set forth in 2 CMC §§ 5412 to 5414: (a) The director shall appoint inspectors and cause them to make post-mortem examination and inspection of the carcasses and parts…
2 CMC § 5416 Application of Provisions
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 5: ANIMALS, PLANTS AND FOOD § 5416. Application of Provisions. 2 CMC §§ 5413 to 5415 apply to all carcasses or parts of carcasses of cattle, sheep, swine, and goats, or the meat or meat products thereof, capable of use as human food, which may …
2 CMC § 5417 Examination and Inspection of Meat Products Prepared for Export
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 5: ANIMALS, PLANTS AND FOOD § 5417. Examination and Inspection of Meat Products Prepared for Export. For the purposes of this chapter, the director shall appoint inspectors and cause the same to make an examination and inspection of all meat fo…
2 CMC § 5418 Labeling of Packaged Meat Products
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 5: ANIMALS, PLANTS AND FOOD § 5418. Labeling of Packaged Meat Products. (a) When any meat or meat food product prepared for export commerce which has been inspected as provided in 2 CMC § 5417 and marked “CommonwealthInspected and Passed” is pl…
2 CMC § 5419 Sanitation Inspections: Authorized; Action on Discovery of Unsanitary Conditions
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 5: ANIMALS, PLANTS AND FOOD § 5419. Sanitation Inspections: Authorized; Action on Discovery of Unsanitary Conditions. The director shall cause to be made, by experts in sanitation or by other competent inspectors, such inspection of all slaught…
2 CMC § 5420 Sanitation Inspections: When Made
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 5: ANIMALS, PLANTS AND FOOD § 5420. Sanitation Inspections: When Made. The director shall cause an examination and inspection of all cattle, sheep, swine, and goats, and the food products thereof, slaughtered and prepared in the establishments …
2 CMC § 5421 Compliance with Chapter Required
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 5: ANIMALS, PLANTS AND FOOD § 5421. Compliance with Chapter Required. No person may, with respect to any cattle, sheep, swine or goats or any carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat food products of any such animals: (a) Slaughter any such …
2 CMC § 5422 Marking to be Authorized; Practices Prohibited
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 5: ANIMALS, PLANTS AND FOOD § 5422. Marking to be Authorized; Practices Prohibited. (a) No brand manufacturer, printer, or other person, firm or corporation shall cast, print, lithograph or otherwise make any device containing any official mark…
2 CMC § 5423 Appointment of Inspectors; Rules and Regulations on Inspections
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 5: ANIMALS, PLANTS AND FOOD § 5423. Appointment of Inspectors; Rules and Regulations on Inspections. The director may appoint inspectors to examine and inspect all cattle, sheep, swine and goats; all carcasses and parts thereof; all meats and m…
2 CMC § 5424 Bribing Officials; Accepting Bribe
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 5: ANIMALS, PLANTS AND FOOD § 5424. Bribing Officials; Accepting Bribe. (a) Any person, or any agent or employee of any person, who gives, pays, or offers, directly or indirectly, to any inspector or other officer or employee of the Commonwealt…
2 CMC § 5425 Control of Handling and Storage
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 5: ANIMALS, PLANTS AND FOOD § 5425. Control of Handling and Storage. The director may by regulations, prescribe conditions under which carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, and meat food products of cattle, sheep, swine or goats, capable of use …
2 CMC § 5426 Animal Products Not Intended for Human Consumption
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 5: ANIMALS, PLANTS AND FOOD § 5426. Animal Products Not Intended for Human Consumption. Inspection shall not be provided under this chapter at any establishment for the slaughter of cattle, sheep, swine, or goats, or the preparation of any carc…
2 CMC § 5427 Maintenance and Inspection of Records
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 5: ANIMALS, PLANTS AND FOOD § 5427. Maintenance and Inspection of Records. (a) The following classes of persons shall keep such records as will fully and correctly disclose all transactions involved in their businesses that directly relate to t…
2 CMC § 5428 Registration of Business
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 5: ANIMALS, PLANTS AND FOOD § 5428. Registration of Business. No person shall engage in business, in or for export commerce, as a meat broker, renderer, or animal food manufacturer, or engage in business in such commerce as a wholesaler of any …
2 CMC § 5429 Animals Dying Otherwise Than by Slaughter
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 5: ANIMALS, PLANTS AND FOOD § 5429. Animals Dying Otherwise Than by Slaughter. No person engaged in the business of buying, selling or transporting in export commerce, dead, dying, disabled or diseased animals, or any parts of the carcasses of …
2 CMC § 5430 Withdrawal of Inspection Services
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 5: ANIMALS, PLANTS AND FOOD § 5430. Withdrawal of Inspection Services. (a) The director may, indefinitely, or for such period as the director deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter, refuse to provide, or withdraw, inspection…
2 CMC § 5431 Detention of Adulterated Products; Removal of Official Markings
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 5: ANIMALS, PLANTS AND FOOD § 5431. Detention of Adulterated Products; Removal of Official Markings. Whenever any carcass, part of a carcass, meat or meat food product of cattle, sheep, swine or goats, or any product exempted from the definitio…
2 CMC § 5432 Seizure and Condemnation
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 5: ANIMALS, PLANTS AND FOOD § 5432. Seizure and Condemnation. (a) Any carcass, part of a carcass, meat, or meat food product of cattle, sheep, swine or goats or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased cattle, sheep, swine or goat, that is being …
2 CMC § 5433 Jurisdiction
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 5: ANIMALS, PLANTS AND FOOD § 5433. Jurisdiction. The Commonwealth Trial Court is vested with jurisdiction specifically to enforce, and to prevent and restrain violations of this chapter, and shall have jurisdiction in all other kinds of cases …
2 CMC § 5434 Obstructing Enforcement of Chapter
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 5: ANIMALS, PLANTS AND FOOD § 5434. Obstructing Enforcement of Chapter. (a) Any person who forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates, or interferes with any person while engaged in or on account of the performance of his officia…
2 CMC § 5435 Miscellaneous Violations
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 5: ANIMALS, PLANTS AND FOOD § 5435. Miscellaneous Violations. (a) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter for which no other criminal penalty is provided shall, upon conviction therefor, be subject to imprisonment for not more tha…
2 CMC § 5436 Enforcement Powers
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 5: ANIMALS, PLANTS AND FOOD § 5436. Enforcement Powers. (a) The director has the power: (1) To gather and compile information concerning, and to investigate from time to time, the organization, business, conduct, practices, and management of an…
2 CMC § 5437 Continuity of Rules and Regulations
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 5: ANIMALS, PLANTS AND FOOD § 5437. Continuity of Rules and Regulations. Any rules and regulations adopted by the Trust Territory Chief of Agriculture (or his successor) pursuant to the Trust Territory Export Meat Inspection Act in Title 25 of …
2 CMC § 6401 Applicability; Waiver
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 6: UNIFORM CONDOMINIUM ACT § 6401. Applicability; Waiver. (a) This chapter applies to all units subject to this division, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section and 2 CMC § 6413 or as modified or waived by agreement of purchasers …
2 CMC § 6402 Public Offering Statement: General Provisions
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 6: UNIFORM CONDOMINIUM ACT § 6402. Public Offering Statement: General Provisions. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a public offering statement must contain or fully and accurately disclose: (1) The name and principal ad…
2 CMC § 6403 Public Offering Statement: Time-Share Estates
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 6: UNIFORM CONDOMINIUM ACT § 6403. Public Offering Statement: Time-Share Estates. (a) For purposes of this section, “time-share estate” means either: (1) An “interval estate,” meaning a combination of (A) An estate for years in a unit, during t…
2 CMC § 6404 Public Offering Statement: Conversion Condominium
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 6: UNIFORM CONDOMINIUM ACT § 6404. Public Offering Statement: Conversion Condominium. (a) The public offering statement of a conversion condominium must contain, in addition to the information required by 2 CMC § 6402: (1) A statement by the de…
2 CMC § 6405 Public Offering Statement: Condominium Securities
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 6: UNIFORM CONDOMINIUM ACT § 6405. Public Offering Statement: Condominium Securities. If an interest in a condominium is currently registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States, a declarant satisfies all requiremen…
2 CMC § 6406 Purchaser’s Right to Cancel
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TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 6: UNIFORM CONDOMINIUM ACT § 6406. Purchaser’s Right to Cancel. (a) Unless delivery of a public offering statement is not required under 2 CMC § 6401(b), a declarant shall provide a purchaser of a unit with a copy of the public offering stateme…