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Northern Mariana Islands Statutes, Title 2

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Title 2, Natural Resources

53 chapters · 855 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 2855 Ch 1, Marine Sovereignty Act of 1980162 Ch 3, Nuclear and Chemical Free Zone Act161 Ch 4, Lease of Certain Waters to United States109 Ch 2, Submerged Lands Act94 Ch 6, Coastal Areas85 Ch 5, Coastal Resources Management Act80 Ch 7, Saipan Boat Launching52 Ch 8, Waste Container Requirements38 Ch 10, The Commonwealth of the Northern Mar…23 Ch 9, Special Activities18 Ch 11, Commonwealth Fair Housing Act15 Ch 12, Holdover Tenancy10 Ch 13, Lease-to-Own Housing Program8

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2 CMC § 4445 Issuance of Obligations: Negotiability
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Issuance of Obligations: Negotiability. Obligations of NMHC shall be fully negotiable. In any suit, action or proceeding involving the validity or enforceability of any obligation of NMHC or the security therefore, any such obligation reciting in substance that it has been issued…
2 CMC § 4446 Issuance of Obligations: NMHC's Powers To Issue and Secure Payment
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Issuance of Obligations: NMHC’s Powers To Issue and Secure Payment. In connection with issuance of obligations, and to secure the payment of such obligations, NMHC may: (a) Pledge all or any part of its gross or net rents, fees or revenues to which its right then exists or may th…
2 CMC § 4451 Annual Report
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Annual Report. NMHC shall submit an annual report, signed by the chairman of the board, to the Governor and the legislature showing: (a) A summary of the year’s activities; (b) The financial condition of the properties; (c) The condition of the properties; (d) The number of units…
2 CMC § 4452 NMHC: Directors, Officials or Employees; Limitations on Interests
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NMHC: Directors, Officials or Employees; Limitations on Interests. During his or her tenure and for one year thereafter, no corporate director, official, board members or employee of NMHC, or member of the Commonwealth legislature, or of the governing body for the locality in whi…

2 CMC § 4453 Compliance With Federal Requirements

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Compliance With Federal Requirements. Each housing project developed, operated or assisted under a contract providing for federal financial assistance shall be administered in compliance with all requirements of the contract and applicable federal legislation, and with all regula…

2 CMC § 4454 Fidelity Bond Coverage

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Fidelity Bond Coverage. NMHC shall obtain or provide for the obtaining of adequate fidelity bond coverage of its officers, agents, or employees handling cash or authorized to sign checks or certify vouchers. Source: DL 5-67, § 7-4, modified; amended by PL 20-87 § 6 (Feb. 5, 2019)…

2 CMC § 4455 NMHC: No Profits From Housing

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NMHC: No Profits From Housing. NMHC shall not develop or operate any housing for profit. Source: DL 5-67, § 7-5, modified; amended by PL 20-87 § 6 (Feb. 5, 2019). Commission Comment: [Historical comments removed.] In codifying PL 20-87 § 6, which mandated a global amendment to Ch…

2 CMC § 4456 NMHC: Public Nature of Property

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NMHC: Public Nature of Property. The real and personal property of NMHC is declared to be public property to be used for essential public and governmental purposes and such property and NMHC are exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the Commonwealth government or any p…

2 CMC § 4457 NMHC: Exemption of Property from Levy or Execution

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NMHC: Exemption of Property from Levy or Execution. All property, including funds, acquired or held by NMHC pursuant to this chapter shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same nor shall any…

2 CMC § 4461 Short Title

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Short Title. This article may be cited as the Housing Mortgage Insurance Implementation Act. Source: PL 5-8, § 1. Commission Comment: PL 5-8 took effect April 9, 1986.

2 CMC § 4462 Findings and Purposes

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Findings and Purposes. (a) The legislature finds that: (1) The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), through its Federal Housing Administration (FHA), is willing to insure residential housing mortgages on real property in the Commonwealth if questions o…

2 CMC § 4463 Definitions

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Definitions. (a) As used in this chapter: (1) “Appraised value” means the fair market value of a parcel of real property at a given point in time as determined by a qualified real estate appraiser, who is approved by NMHC and the federal agency insuring or guaranteeing the mortga…

2 CMC § 4464 Marketability of Title

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Marketability of Title. Title to a permanent and long-term interest in real property in the Commonwealth shall not be considered unmarketable merely because of the restriction on alienation of permanent and long-term interests in real property contained in N.M.I. Const. art. XII,…

2 CMC § 4465 Title Assurance

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Title Assurance. (a) Promptly upon the enactment of this chapter, NMHC shall contact insurance agents and brokers within and without the Commonwealth, title insurance companies, attorneys, and others who may be interested in providing title assurance in the Commonwealth, inform t…

2 CMC § 4466 Salability After Foreclosure

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Salability after Foreclosure. (a) To assure any federal mortgage insurer that the provisions of N.M.I. Const. art. XII, prohibiting the acquisition of title to permanent and long-term interests in real property in the Commonwealth by persons not of Northern Marianas descent, will…

2 CMC § 4467 Conveyance of Title to a Permanent and Long-term Interest in Real Property

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Conveyance of Title to a Permanent and Long-term Interest in Real Property. Any person who is a mortgagee, or a federal mortgage insurer which succeeds to the interest of a mortgagee, including such a person who is not a person of Northern Marianas descent, to whom by deed or oth…

2 CMC § 4468 Conflict with other Laws

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Conflict with other Laws. If a provision of this chapter is in conflict or inconsistent with any other law, then the provision of this chapter shall control, unless it is expressly contravened by such other law. Source: PL 5-8, § 10.

2 CMC § 4481 Short Title

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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 Legislature finds that: (a) There is a need to provide securit…

2 CMC § 4482 Definitions

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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) Construction; (2) Purchase; (3) Refinancing of an existing lo…

2 CMC § 4483 Home Loan Authorized

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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 for NMHC’s use in the establishment of programs to provide for …

2 CMC § 4484 Guarantee and Security of the Funds

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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(d) and by the moneys received from public lands subject to N.M…

2 CMC § 4485 Use of the Funds

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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 to ensure that an amount of the money used for home constructi…

2 CMC § 4487 Homestead Participation and Real Property Security

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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 security for their home loans. NMHC shall take a deed of trust o…

2 CMC § 4488 Program Requirements

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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 programs authorized by this article. Nothing in this article shall be…

2 CMC § 4489 Special Trust Fund

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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 deposit all moneys received from public lands into the special t…

2 CMC § 4490 Enforcement

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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 home loans to qualified residents of the Commonwealth as publ…

2 CMC § 4493 Short Title

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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, and savings clauses as follows: Section 1. Findings. The Legisla…

2 CMC § 4494 Definitions

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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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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 Commonwealth, and all of its agencies and instrumentalities, as may be…

2 CMC § 4496 Guarantee Pledged

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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 as a general obligation of the Commonwealth government and its…

2 CMC § 4497 Payment by Appropriations

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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-hundred-thousand dollars, which total ten-million dollars, shall be…

2 CMC § 4499 Confirmation of Prior Loans

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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 proceeds or any other matters, except the original repayment terms co…

2 CMC § 5411 Short Title

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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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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 under one or more of the following circumstances: (1) If it bears or contain…

2 CMC § 5413 Examination and Inspection of Animals Prior to Slaughtering

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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, by inspectors appointed for that purpose, an examination and inspection…

2 CMC § 5414 Methods of Slaughtering Allowed

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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 methods of slaughtering and handling are hereby found to be humane in the…

2 CMC § 5415 Post-Mortem Examination

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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 thereof of all cattle, sheep, swine, and goats capable of use as human …

2 CMC § 5416 Application of Provisions

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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 be brought into any slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, render…

2 CMC § 5417 Examination and Inspection of Meat Products Prepared for Export

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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 food products prepared in any slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing…

2 CMC § 5418 Labeling of Packaged Meat Products

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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 placed or packed in any can, pot, tin, canvas, or other receptacle or cove…

2 CMC § 5419 Sanitation Inspections: Authorized; Action on Discovery of Unsanitary Conditions

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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 slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering or similar establishmen…

2 CMC § 5420 Sanitation Inspections: When Made

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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 described in the preceding sections of this chapter for the purposes of …

2 CMC § 5421 Compliance with Chapter Required

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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 animals or prepare any such articles which are capable of use as human f…

2 CMC § 5422 Marking to be Authorized; Practices Prohibited

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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 or simulation thereof, or any label bearing any such mark or simulation…

2 CMC § 5423 Appointment of Inspectors; Rules and Regulations on Inspections

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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 meat food products, and the sanitary conditions of all establishments in …

2 CMC § 5424 Bribing Officials; Accepting Bribe

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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 Commonwealth authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed by this chapter or …

2 CMC § 5425 Control of Handling and Storage

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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 as human food, shall be stored or otherwise handled by any person engage…

2 CMC § 5426 Animal Products Not Intended for Human Consumption

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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 carcasses or parts of products of such animals, which are not intended for u…

2 CMC § 5427 Maintenance and Inspection of Records

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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 the activities sought to be regulated by this chapter, and all such perso…

2 CMC § 5428 Registration of Business

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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 carcasses, or parts or products of the carcasses, of any cattle, sheep, …