Title 1 — Government
110 chapters · 1,290 sections in this title.
1 CMC § 2451 Department of Commerce
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2451. Department of Commerce. There is in the Commonwealth government the Department of Commerce to be headed by a Director of Commerce. Source: PL 1-8, tit. 1, ch. 9, § 1, modified; EO 94-3, § 103. Commission Comment: Executive …
1 CMC § 2452 Department of Commerce: Director: Appointment
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2452. Department of Commerce: Director: Appointment. The Director of Commerce shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. Source: PL 1-8, tit. 1, ch. 9, § 2; EO 94-3. Commission Comment: With res…
1 CMC § 2453 Department of Commerce: Duties
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2453. Department of Commerce: Duties. The Department of Commerce shall have the following powers and duties: (a) To be responsible for the stimulation, encouragement and regulation of private investment, including foreign investm…
1 CMC § 2454 Department of Commerce: Rules and Regulations
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2454. Department of Commerce: Rules and Regulations. The Department of Commerce shall adopt rules and regulations regarding those matters over which the department has jurisdiction. The Department of Commerce and Labor shall enfo…
1 CMC § 2455 Department of Commerce: Staff
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2455. Department of Commerce: Staff. The Department of Commerce may employ staff as required to assist it in performing its duties, subject to budgetary appropriation. Source: PL 1-8, tit. 1, ch. 9, § 7, modified; EO 94-3. Commis…
1 CMC § 2456 Department of Commerce: Composite Price Index
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2456. Department of Commerce: Composite Price Index. At least once every two years the Director of Commerce shall prepare a composite price index report for the Commonwealth that includes a table which begins with data as of Octo…
1 CMC § 2471 Division of Labor
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2471. Division of Labor. There is in the Department of Commerce and Labor a Division of Labor to be headed by a Chief of Labor. Source: PL 1-8, tit. 1, ch. 9, § 4, modified; EO 94-3, § 301. Commission Comment: With respect to the…
1 CMC § 2472 Division of Labor: Duties
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2472. Division of Labor: Duties. The Chief of Labor shall be responsible for the day-to-day supervision and administration of matters involving labor. Source: PL 1-8, tit. 1, ch. 9, § 5. Commission Comment: With respect to the re…
1 CMC § 2481 Title
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2481. Title. This article may be cited as the Commonwealth Statistical Act of 1990. Source: PL 7-35, § 1. Commission Comment: PL 7-35 took effect August 9, 1991. According to PL 7-35, § 2: Section 2. Purpose. The purposes of this…
1 CMC § 2482 Central Statistics Division Created; Authority; Cooperation; Coordination of Surveys
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2482 § 2482. Central Statistics Division Created; Authority; Cooperation; Coordination of Surveys. (a) There is in the Department of Commerce and Labor a Central Statistics Division to be headed by a Chief of Statistics. (b) The …
1 CMC § 2483 Roles and Duties of the Central Statistics Division
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2483. Roles and Duties of the Central Statistics Division. (a) The two central roles of the Central Statistics Division shall be: (1) To collect and provide information required by the Commonwealth government and its subdivisions…
1 CMC § 2484 Organization and Staff of the Central Statistics Division
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2484. Organization and Staff of the Central Statistics Division. (a) The Central Statistics Division shall consist of at least the following four offices: (1) Statistical Planning and Coordination; (2) Population and Social Stati…
1 CMC § 2485 Censuses of Population and Housing and Other Special Censuses
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2485. Censuses of Population and Housing and Other Special Censuses. (a) The Central Statistics Division shall be the agency responsible to plan, design and undertake the decennial censuses of population and housing in collaborat…
1 CMC § 2486 Confidentiality of Information
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2486. Confidentiality of Information. (a) Every employee of the Central Statistics Division, before entering his or her duties, shall take and subscribe to a statutory declaration to the effect that he or she will faithfully and …
1 CMC § 2487 Statistical Advisory Council
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2487. Statistical Advisory Council. (a) There shall be a Statistical Advisory Council established as a consultative body to the Central Statistics Division on matters of statistical activities. The Statistical Advisory Council sh…
1 CMC § 2488 Authorization of Appropriations
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2488. Authorization of Appropriations. There is authorized to be appropriated, out of the treasury of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this article. So…
1 CMC § 2489 Procurement of Professional Services
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2489. Procurement of Professional Services. The Chief of the Central Statistics Division, with the express authority of the Director of the Department of Commerce and Labor, and subject to budgetary appropriation, shall have the …
1 CMC § 2490 Penalties
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2490. Penalties. (a) Whoever, being over 18 years of age, refuses or willfully neglects, when requested by the Director of the Department of Commerce and Labor, the Chief of Statistics, or any other authorized officer, employee, …
1 CMC § 2491 Administrative Penalties
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2491. Administrative Penalties. In addition to any penalty or liability under other law or provisions of this article, whoever, being or having been an officer, employee or staff member referred to in this article, violates the p…
1 CMC § 2492 Enforcement
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2492. Enforcement. The Commonwealth Superior Court shall have jurisdiction over violations of this article. Source: PL 7-35, § 13.
1 CMC § 2494 Office of Foreign Corporation Liaison
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§ 2494 TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2494. Office of Foreign Investment Assistance. There is hereby established within the Department of Commerce an Office of Foreign Corporation Liaison, which shall be headed by a director appointed by the Secretary of the D…
1 CMC § 2495 Office of Foreign Corporation Liaison; Duties and Responsibilities
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT § 2495 DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2495. Office of Foreign Corporation Liaison; Duties and Responsibilities. (a) Primary Responsibility. The Office of Foreign Corporation Liaison through the director shall be principally responsible for assisting any foreig…
1 CMC § 2496 Investment Incentives
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2496. Investment Incentives. (a) The Office of Foreign Corporation Liaison shall propose a comprehensive package of financial and non-financial incentives to encourage foreign and domestic investments in the CNMI. These incentive…
1 CMC § 2497 Streamlined Investment Processes
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§ 2497 TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2497. Streamlined Investment Processes. (a) The Office of Foreign Corporation Liaison shall coordinate with other government offices and agencies to streamline investment processes, including business registration, permitt…
1 CMC § 2498 Promotion of the CNMI as a Trade and Investment Hub
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2498. Promotion of the CNMI as a Trade and Investment Hub. (a) The Office of Foreign Corporation Liaison, in collaboration with relevant agencies and organizations, shall develop and implement a comprehensive marketing and promot…
1 CMC § 2499 Reporting and Evaluation
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§ 2499 TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2499. Reporting and Evaluation. The Office of Foreign Corporation Liaison shall provide an annual report commencing on December 31, 2025 to the CNMI Legislature on the implementation and impact of the incentives, streamlin…
1 CMC § 2500 Director Hiring and Qualifications
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT § 2500 DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2500. Director Hiring and Qualifications. Within 90 days of the effective date of this Act, the Secretary of the Department of Commerce shall cause to be hired the director of the Office of Foreign Corporation Liaison Dire…
1 CMC § 3901 Marshals Service Division: Establishment
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 3: JUDICIAL BRANCH § 3901. Marshals Service Division: Establishment. (a) There is in the judicial branch of the Commonwealth government a CNMI Marshals Service Division, established by the Judicial Council, having the authority and responsibility to p…
1 CMC § 3902 Marshals Service Division: Powers and Duties
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 3: JUDICIAL BRANCH § 3902. Marshals Service Division: Powers and Duties. The chief marshal and his or her deputies shall be deemed law enforcement officers with authority equivalent to that of police officers in the performance of their duties. Such a…
1 CMC § 8441 Re-employed Retirees
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8441. Re-employed Retirees. Notwithstanding any other law or regulation to the contrary, a Commonwealth Government retiree, upon re-employment with the Commonwealth Government, shall have the option to waive salary and instead c…
1 CMC § 8442 Waived Salaries
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8442. Waived Salaries. (a) All salaries of elected officials that are waived under the provisions of this chapter shall be re-appropriated and transferred to a Scholarship Trust Account and funds from said account may be spent f…
1 CMC § 9901 Legislative Declaration
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 9901. Legislative Declaration. The legislature finds and declares that all public commissions, boards, councils, committees, subcommittees, departments, divisions, offices, and all other public agencies of this Commonweal…
1 CMC § 9902 Definitions
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 9902. Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise: (a) “Action” means the transaction of official business of a public agency by a governing body, including but not limited to receipt of p…
1 CMC § 9903 Right of Privacy
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 9903. Right of Privacy. A person’s “right to privacy,” “right of privacy,” or “personal privacy,” as these terms are used in this chapter, and as guaranteed by N.M.I. Const. art. I, § 10, is invaded or violated when an in…
1 CMC § 9904 Meetings Declared Open and Public
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 9904. Meetings Declared Open and Public. All meetings of the governing body of a public agency shall be open and public and all persons shall be permitted to attend any meeting of the governing body of a public agency, ex…
1 CMC § 9905 Conditions to Attendance Not to be Required
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 9905. Conditions to Attendance Not to be Required. A member of the public shall not be required, as a condition of attendance at a meeting of a governing body, to register his or her name or other information, to complete…
1 CMC § 9906 Interruptions: Procedure
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 9906. Interruptions: Procedure. In the event that any meeting is interrupted by a group or groups of persons so as to render the orderly conduct of such meeting unfeasible and order cannot be restored by the removal of in…
1 CMC § 9907 Ordinances, Resolutions, Rules, Regulations, etc., to be Adopted at Public Meetings; Sanction; Notice
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 9907. Ordinances, Resolutions, Rules, Regulations, etc., to be Adopted at Public Meetings; Sanction; Notice. No governing body of a public agency shall adopt any ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, order, or directiv…
1 CMC § 9908 Times and Places for Meeting; Emergencies; Exceptions
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 9908. Times and Places for Meeting; Emergencies; Exceptions. (a) The governing body of a public agency shall provide the time for holding regular meetings by ordinance, resolution, bylaws, or by whatever other rule is req…
1 CMC § 9909 Schedule of Regular Meetings; Publication in Commonwealth Register; “Regular” Meetings Defined
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 9909. Schedule of Regular Meetings; Publication in Commonwealth Register; “Regular” Meetings Defined. Commonwealth agencies which hold regular meetings shall file in the Commonwealth Register a schedule of the time and pl…
1 CMC § 9910 Notice
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 9910. Notice. (a) The governing body of a public agency shall give written public notice of any regular, special or rescheduled meeting. The notice shall include an agenda which lists all of the items to be considered at …
1 CMC § 9911 Special Meetings
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 9911. Special Meetings. A special meeting may be called at any time by the presiding officer of the governing body of a public body or a public agency or by a majority of the members of the governing body by delivering pe…
1 CMC § 9912 Executive Sessions
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 9912. Executive Sessions. (a) Nothing contained in this chapter may be construed to prevent a governing body from holding an executive session during a regular or special meeting: (1) To consider the selection of a site, …
1 CMC § 9913 Legislative Branch: Applicability
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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 t…
1 CMC § 9914 Minutes
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 9914. Minutes. The minutes of all regular and special and executive meetings of such boards, commissions, agencies or authorities shall be promptly recorded and such records shall be open to public inspection within 30 da…
1 CMC § 9915 Violations: Personal Liability Penalty; Attorney Fees and Costs
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 9915. Violations: Personal Liability Penalty; Attorney Fees and Costs. (a) Each member of the governing body who attends a meeting of such governing body where action is taken in violation of any provision of this chapter…
1 CMC § 9916 Violations: Mandamus or Injunction
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 9916. Violations: Mandamus or Injunction. (a) Any person may commence an act either by mandamus or injunction for the purpose of stopping violations or preventing threatened violations of this chapter by members of a gove…
1 CMC § 9917 Public Records: Availability for Inspection; Cost of Copies
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 9917. Public Records: Availability for Inspection; Cost of Copies. (a) Within 10 days of a request, all public records shall be available for inspection by any person during established office hours unless public inspecti…
1 CMC § 9918 Certain Personal and Other Records Exempt
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 9918. Certain Personal and Other Records Exempt. (a) The following are exempt from public inspection and copying: (1) Personal information in any files maintained for students in public schools, patients or clients of pub…