Title 1 — Government
110 chapters · 1,290 sections in this title.
1 CMC § 6933 Committee on Transition
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 6: ELECTIONS § 6933. Committee on Transition. (a) For the purpose of carrying out the duties of the Mayor-elect, the Mayorelect may establish a committee on transition, the member of which shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Mayor-e…
1 CMC § 6934 Facilities
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 6: ELECTIONS § 6934. Facilities. The incumbent Mayor or designee shall provide, upon request, to the Mayorelect for use in connection with the preparation for the assumption of official duties as Mayor, necessary services and facilities, including sui…
1 CMC § 6935 Inauguration Ceremonies
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 6: ELECTIONS § 6935. Inauguration Ceremonies. The Mayor-elect shall provide for the inauguration of the new Mayor in appropriate ceremonies. Source: PL 19-11 § 3(106) (Oct. 15, 2015).
1 CMC § 6936 Termination of Activities
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 6: ELECTIONS § 6936. Termination of Activities. The Mayor-elect shall cease operations upon the inauguration of the new Mayor; provided, that the staff shall prepare and submit a financial summary and activities report to the Mayor and the legislature…
1 CMC § 6937 Appropriations and Reprogramming
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 6: ELECTIONS § 6937. Appropriations and Reprogramming. The Mayor shall include in his/her budget submission to the legislature, for each fiscal year in which his regular term of office will expire, an identified appropriation for use under this chapte…
1 CMC § 6938 Fixed Assets and Capital Goods of the Office of the Mayor
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 6: ELECTIONS § 6938. Fixed Assets and Capital Goods of the Office of the Mayor. All fixed assets and capital goods situated in Office of the Mayor, listed in the inventory as provided under 1 CMC § 6931(d), shall not be transferred out of the office. …
1 CMC § 6939 Penalty
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 6: ELECTIONS § 6939. Penalty. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, any person found by a court to be guilty of knowingly violating any of the provisions of this chapter or furnishing false, misleading or incomplete information to …
1 CMC § 7301 Expenditure Authority for Capital Improvement Projects
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7301. Expenditure Authority for Capital Improvement Projects. (a) No public officer or other person shall allot, obligate, or expend funds for capital improvement projects which require funding out of the guarante…
1 CMC § 7302 Capital Improvement Project Reprogramming Authority
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7302. Capital Improvement Project Reprogramming Authority. (a) The Governor may reprogram unobligated funds appropriated for capital improvement projects only after a reprogramming request has been approved pursua…
1 CMC § 7831 Authorization for Funding by Commonwealth Agencies
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7831 § 7831. Authorization for Funding By Commonwealth Agencies. (a) The Director of Finance shall withhold one percent of all locally generated funds appropriated by Commonwealth law for all Commonwealth governme…
1 CMC § 7832 Authorization to Accept Funds for Audits for Federal Agencies
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7832. Authorization to Accept Funds for Audits for Federal Agencies. (a) The Public Auditor may enter into agreements or contracts for the federal government, federal agencies, or Commonwealth agencies, acting in …
1 CMC § 7833 Budget
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7833. Budget. The Public Auditor shall advise the coordinating group of his annual budget at least 30 days before the date specified by the Governor for transmittal of the budget to the Office of Planning and Budg…
1 CMC § 8131 Civil Service System: Applicability; Exemptions
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§ 8131 TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8131. Civil Service System: Applicability; Exemptions. (a) Except as provided in this section the Civil Service System shall apply to all employees of and positions in the departments and agencies of the executive branch …
1 CMC § 8132 Civil Service System: Classification
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8132. Civil Service System: Classification. Class titles shall be used to designate positions in all official records, documents, vouchers, and communications; and no person shall be appointed to or be employed in a position in …
1 CMC § 8133 Civil Service System: Position Classification Plan
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8133. Civil Service System: Position Classification Plan. All positions in the civil service shall be classified within a position classification plan, and all persons holding such positions shall be compensated as provided by l…
1 CMC § 8134 Exemptions from Classification
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8134. Exemptions from Classification. The Commission may exempt positions from the classification system as it deems appropriate to meet the needs of the Commonwealth. Source: PL 1-9, § 6; repealed and reenacted by PL 17-80 § 3 …
1 CMC § 8135 FTE Vacancies. [Repealed]
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8135. FTE Vacancies. [repealed] Source: PL 5-31, § 413; repealed by PL 17-80 § 3 (August 31, 2012).
1 CMC § 8231 Utility Payments: Responsibility for Utility Charges
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8231. Utility Payments: Responsibility for Utility Charges. After September 30, 1977, occupants of houses owned or leased for employees by the Commonwealth government or the Trust Territory government in the Northern Mariana Isl…
1 CMC § 8232 Utility Payments: Nonapplicability to Preexisting Employment Contracts
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8232. Utility Payments: Nonapplicability to Preexisting Employment Contracts. The provisions of 1 CMC § 8231 shall not apply to any occupant who is guaranteed free electrical power or free water by virtue of any contract of empl…
1 CMC § 8233 Utility Payments: Responsibility of Trust Territory
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8233. Utility Payments: Responsibility of Trust Territory. If the Trust Territory government continues to provide free electrical power (up to 1,000 kilowatt-hours per month) or free water to their contract employees or to Unite…
1 CMC § 8341 Normal Retirement Benefits for Class I Members
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8341. Normal Retirement Benefits for Class I Members. Any class I member who is at least 62 years of age and who has 10 years of contributing membership service from May 7, 1989, may retire on a service retirement annuity upon w…
1 CMC § 8342 Early Retirement Benefits for Class I Members
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8342. Early Retirement Benefits for Class I Members. Any class I member who has attained 52 years of age and has a minimum of 10 years of membership service, or any member who has achieved a minimum of 25 years of membership ser…
1 CMC § 8343 Retirement: Class II Members
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8343. Retirement: Class II Members. (a) Any class II member who is at least 60 years of age may retire on a service retirement annuity upon written application to the board. (b) Any class II member who has 25 years of membership…
1 CMC § 8344 Retirement Annuity for Class II Members
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8344. Retirement Annuity for Class II Members. A class II member retirement annuity shall be calculated as follows: (a) An amount equal to two percent of average annual salary for each of the first ten years of membership servic…
1 CMC § 8345 Occupational Disability Benefits
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8345. Occupational Disability Benefits. (a) Any member who becomes totally and permanently disabled for service from an occupational cause shall receive an annuity equal to 50 percent of the salary such member was receiving at t…
1 CMC § 8346 Nonoccupational Disability Benefits
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8346. Nonoccupational Disability Benefits. Any member with at least five years of membership service who becomes totally and permanently disabled for service from nonoccupational causes shall receive the same benefits as those p…
1 CMC § 8347 Disability: Administrative Provisions
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8347. Disability: Administrative Provisions. (a) A member shall be considered totally and perm anently disabled after the board receives writt en certification by at least t wo licensed and practic ing physicians selected by the…
1 CMC § 8348 Benefits: Death Prior to Retirement Without Survivor Benefits
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8348. Benefits: Death Prior to Retirement Without Survivor Benefits. Upon death of a member occurring before his or her retirement on a retirement annuity, leaving no persons eligible for survivor annuities as provided herein, t…
1 CMC § 8349 Benefits: Death After Retirement Without Survivor Benefits
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8349. Benefits: Death After Retirement Without Survivor Benefits. Upon death of a member while in receipt of a service retirement annuity or disability retirement annuity, leaving no person entitled to survivor annuities as prov…
1 CMC § 8350 Benefits: Survivor Annuities for Class I Members
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8350. Benefits: Survivor Annuities for Class I Members. Upon death of a class I member while in service having completed at least 18 months of membership service, or death of a class I member who is in a receipt of a disability …
1 CMC § 8351 Benefits: Survivor Annuity Rate Formula for Class I Members
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8351. Benefits: Survivor Annuity Rate Formula for Class I Members. The annual survivor annuity payable for class I members shall be as follows: (a) Spouse. The basic annual survivor annuity shall be equal to 50 percent of the ad…
1 CMC § 8352 Benefits: Survivor Annuities for Class II Members
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8352. Benefits: Survivor Annuities for Class II Members. (a) Upon death of a class II member while in service, having completed at least three years of membership service, if a surviving spouse or minor children survive the memb…
1 CMC § 8353 Benefits: Survivor Annuity Rate Formula for Class II Members
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8353. Benefits: Survivor Annuity Rate Formula for Class II Members. (a) Spouse. The basic annual survivor annuity for spouses of class II members shall be equal to 50 percent of the disability or service retirement annuity earne…
1 CMC § 8354 Benefit Improvement for Class II Members
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8354. Benefit Improvement for Class II Members. Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, class II members and survivors will receive the greater of any benefit they are entitled to under class II eligibility and benefit…
1 CMC § 8355 Contingency Benefit
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8355. Contingency Benefit. If it is determined that a class I or class II member would have been eligible for a benefit under the Northern Mariana Islands Social Security System or United States Old Age, Survivor and Disability …
1 CMC § 8356 Benefits: Refund on Separation
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8356. Benefits: Refund on Separation. (a) Effective January 1, 2008, upon complete separation from service before a class I member shall have completed 15 years of contributing member service, the class I member may elect to rec…
1 CMC § 8357 Special Benefits for Governor and Lieutenant Governor
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8357. Special Benefits for Governor and Lieutenant Governor. (a) Special retirement annuities under this section shall only be available to former Governors and Lieutenant Governors of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is…
1 CMC § 8358 Annual Cost of Living Increase
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8358. Annual Cost of Living Increase. (a) Eligible class I and class II members in a receipt of a service retirement or disability annuity and eligible surviving spouses may be provided an annual cost of living increase. The ann…
1 CMC § 8359 Cost of Living Adjustments for Elected Officials. [Repealed PL 8-31.]
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8359. Cost of Living Adjustments for Elected Officials. [Repealed.] Source: PL 8-31, § 13 (repealing PL 7-39, § 10).
1 CMC § 8360 Future Benefit Increases Required to be Ratified by Referendum
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8360. Future Benefit Increases Required to be Ratified by Referendum. If there is enacted hereafter any changes that increase directly or indirectly the benefits to participants in the defined benefit plan of the Northern Marian…
1 CMC § 8531 Use of Office, Staff or Employees of Public Office
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8531. Use of Office, Staff or Employees of Public Office. A public official or public employee shall not use the public official or public employee’s office, staff or employees of the public official or public employee’s office …
1 CMC § 8532 Restraints on Use of Public Position to Obtain Private Benefit
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8532. Restraints on Use of Public Position to Obtain Private Benefit. (a) A public official or public employee shall not use or attempt to use the public position to obtain private financial gain, contract, employment, license, …
1 CMC § 8533 Restraints on Use of Public Position to Obtain Benefits for Business or Social Acquaintances
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8533. Restraints on Use of Public Position to Obtain Benefits for Business or Social Acquaintances. (a) A public official or public employee shall not participate in a transaction involving the public official or employee’s gove…
1 CMC § 8534 Restraints on Use of Public Supplies, Services, Time, and Personnel for Campaign Activities
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8534. Restraints on Use of Public Supplies, Services, Time, and Personnel for Campaign Activities. (a) A public official or public employee shall not use public funds, time, personnel, or equipment for the public official or pub…
1 CMC § 8535 Restraints on Votes, Deliberations, and Discussions
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8535. Restraints on Votes, Deliberations, and Discussions. (a) A public official shall not participate in, vote on, influence, or attempt to influence an official decision if the public official or business with which the public…
1 CMC § 8536 Appearance as an Advocate
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8536. Appearance as an Advocate. (a) A nonelected public official or public employee shall not appear as the advocate of another person before a Commonwealth governmental entity. (b) A public official or public employee may appe…
1 CMC § 8537 Appearance as an Attorney
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8537. Appearance as an Attorney. (a) A public official or public employee shall not appear as an attorney for another person before a Commonwealth governmental entity. (b) A public official or public employee may appear in an ad…
1 CMC § 8538 Representation for a Former Client
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8538. Representation for a Former Client. A public official or public employee shall not provide formal or informal representation for a client, constituent, or other person whom the public official or public employee has repres…
1 CMC § 8539 Partnership with a Person who Provides Representation Before Government
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8539. Partnership with a Person who Provides Representation Before Government. A public official or public employee shall not have a formal or informal business partnership with a person who provides representation before a Comm…
1 CMC § 8540 Use of an Agent to Perform Prohibited Acts
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8540. Use of an Agent to Perform Prohibited Acts. A public official or public employee shall not authorize or request another person to perform an act on the public official or employee’s behalf that the public official or emplo…