Title 1, Government

Vested Interest of Members in Fund. Each member shall, by virtue of the payment of contributions to the system, receive a vested interest in the member’s contribution reserve account as provided in other sections of this part, and in consideration of this vested interest shall be…

Rights to Annuity. (a) The right to a retirement annuity, disability annuity, survivor’s annuity or benefit, death benefit, or any other benefit under the provisions of this part, by whatever named called, or the right to refund, is personal with the recipient thereof, and the as…

Time for Payments. (a) Any service retirement annuity, disability retirement annuity, or any other annuity provided herein shall be payable in equal semimonthly installments as life annuities, or as temporary annuities, as the case may be, and shall not be increased, decreased, r…

Obligation of Government: Intent of Law. It is the intention of this part that the payment of required contributions by any government entity shall be an obligation of the government. Source: PL 6-17, ch. 8, § 8384.

Criminal and Civil Penalties. (a) Any person who knowingly makes any false statement, or falsifies or permits to be falsified any record or records of this system, in any attempt to defraud the system, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction may be fined not more than $2,…

No Taxation Under Gross Receipts Tax. Annuities shall not be taxable as wages, salaries, or gross receipts for the purpose of any tax imposed by the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, other than the territorial income tax. Source: PL 6-17, ch. 8, § 8386.

Withholding of Taxes, Insurance Premiums, and Obligations to the Fund. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, any taxes required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable Commonwealth law will be withheld from a retired member’s annuity. (b) Notwithstanding any oth…

Underpayment or Nonpayment by Members. Any member who has not paid or who has underpaid his or her employee contribution shall be required to pay to the fund the amount of such unpaid or underpaid contributions in the same manner as is provided for payments for prior service cred…

Overpayment or Underpayment of Benefits. (a) Whenever the administrator finds that more or less than the correct amount of benefits have been paid with respect to any individual, proper adjustment or recovery shall be made by appropriate adjustments to future payments to the memb…

Benefit Consolidation. No member shall be eligible for more than one earned benefit at any one time; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall preclude a member from receiving any survivor benefit in addition to any benefits earned or accrued on their own account. Ann…

Reemployment and Double Dipping. (a) A person who has retired and received retirement benefits from the government of the Northern Mariana Islands shall not be employed by or under an employment or consulting contract with the government of the Northern Mariana Islands or its pub…

Full Pension Retirement Benefits. Notwithstanding any law, regulation, or policy to the contrary, the Retirement Fund shall pay the full pension of retirees and shall not be reduced or recalculated on the basis that the employer contributions, in whole or in part, have not been r…

Sanctions. (a) Any employee found to have violated any of the provisions of this part, or to have furnished false or misleading information to the Public Auditor with the intent to mislead, shall be subject to employment sanctions, including discharge, in accordance with procedur…

Judicial Penalties. Any person found by a court to be guilty of knowingly violating any of the provisions of this part or of furnishing false, misleading or incomplete information to the Public Auditor with the intent to mislead, upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fin…

Invalid Actions. All Commonwealth contracts shall include a provision requiring compliance with this part. Any contract negotiated, entered into, or performed in violation of any of the provisions of this part shall be voidable as to the Commonwealth. Any permit, license, ruling …

Limitation of Actions. The statute of limitations for bringing an administrative or judicial action pursuant to this chapter shall be five years. Source: PL 8-11, § 1 (§ 8474).

Other Remedies. Nothing in this part shall preclude the Commonwealth from maintaining an action for an accounting for any pecuniary benefit received by any person in violation of this part or other law, or to recover damages for violation of this part. Source: PL 8-11, § 1 (§ 847…

Relationship to Other Laws. The procedures and penalties provided in this part are supplemental and do not limit either the power of the legislature to discipline its own members or the power of any other Commonwealth governmental agency to otherwise discipline officials or emplo…

Sanctions Applicable to Public Auditor. If the Public Auditor knowingly violates 1 CMC §§ 8563 and 8514, he or she shall be subject to the penalties indicated in 1 CMC § 8572. Source: PL 8-11, § 1 (§ 8477), modified. Commission Comment: To enhance clarity, the Commission inserted…

Short Title. This chapter may be cited as the Commonwealth Public Officials Uniform Facsimile Signature Act of 1987. Source: PL 5-30, § 1. Commission Comment: PL 5-30 took effect March 17, 1987. The Uniform Facsimile Signatures of Public Officials Act was approved by the National…

Definitions. As used in this chapter: (a) “Authorized officer” means any official of the Commonwealth government or any of its public corporations whose signature to a public security or instrument of payment is required or permitted by law. (b) “Commonwealth” means the Commonwea…

Use of Facsimile Signature. (a) Any authorized officer, after filing with the Attorney General the manual signature of the authorized officer certified under oath, may execute or cause to be executed with a facsimile signature instead of a manual signature: (1) Any public securit…

Use of Facsimile Seal. (a) When the seal of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands or any of its political subdivisions is required in the execution of a public security or instrument of payment, the authorized officer may cause the seal to be printed, engraved, stamped…

Prohibited Acts; Penalties. (a) A person may not use, with intent to defraud, on a public security or an instrument of payment: (1) A facsimile signature, or any reproduction of it, of any authorized officer; or (2) A facsimile seal, or any reproduction of it, of the Commonwealth…