Title 4 — Economic Resources
115 chapters · 1,861 sections in this title.
4 CMC § 9321 Notice of Injury or Death
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9321. Notice of Injury or Death. (a) Notice of an injury or death for which compensation is payable under this chapter shall be given within 30 days after the date of such injury or death both to the administrator and to the employe…
4 CMC § 9322 Time for Filing Claims
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9322. Time for Filing Claims. (a) The right to compensation under this chapter shall be barred unless a claim therefore is filed within one year after the injury, and the right to compensation for death shall be barred unless a clai…
4 CMC § 9323 Payment of Compensation
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9323. Payment of Compensation. (a) Compensation under this chapter shall be paid promptly and directly to the person entitled thereto, without an award, except where the liability to pay compensation is controverted by the employer.…
4 CMC § 9324 Invalid Agreements
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9324. Invalid Agreements. (a) No agreement by an employee to pay any portion of a premium paid by the employer to a carrier or to contribute to a benefit fund or department maintained by such employer for the purpose of providing co…
4 CMC § 9325 Assignment and Exemptions From Claims of Creditors
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9325. Assignment and Exemptions From Claims of Creditors. No assignment, release, or commutation of compensation due or payable under this chapter, shall be valid, except as provided by this chapter, and such compensation shall be e…
4 CMC § 9326 Compensation: A Lien Against Assets
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9326. Compensation: A Lien Against Assets. Any person entitled to compensation under the provisions of this chapter shall have a lien against the assets of the carrier or employer for such compensation without limit or amount, and s…
4 CMC § 9327 Collection of Defaulted Payments
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9327. Collection of Defaulted Payments. In case of default by the employer in the payment of compensation due under any award of compensation for a period of 30 days after the compensation is due and payable, the person to whom such…
4 CMC § 9328 Procedure in Respected Claims
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9328. Procedure in Respect of Claims. (a) Subject to the provision of 4 CMC § 9322, a claim for compensation may be filed with the administrator in accordance with regulations prescribed by the commission at any time after the first…
4 CMC § 9329 Presumption
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9329. Presumption. In any proceedings for the enforcement of a claim for compensation under this chapter, it shall be presumed, in the absence of substantial evidence to the contrary: (a) That the claim comes within the provisions o…
4 CMC § 9330 Review of Compensation Order
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9330. Review of Compensation Order. (a) A compensation order shall become effective when filed in the office of the administrator as provided in 4 CMC § 9328, and unless an appeal to the commission is instituted as provided in subse…
4 CMC § 9331 Modification of Awards
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9331. Modification of Awards. Upon his own initiative, or upon the application of any party in interest, on the ground of a change in conditions or because of a mistake in a determination of fact by the administrator, the administra…
4 CMC § 9332 Procedure Before the Administrator
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9332. Procedure Before the Administrator. (a) In making an investigation or inquiry or conducting a hearing the administrator shall not be bound by common law or statutory rules of evidence or by technical or formal rules of procedu…
4 CMC § 9333 Witnesses
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9333. Witnesses. No person shall be required to attend as a witness in any proceeding before the administrator at a place outside the Commonwealth, but the testimony of any witness may be taken by deposition or interrogatories accor…
4 CMC § 9334 Witness Fees
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9334. Witness Fees. Witnesses summoned in a proceeding before the administrator or whose depositions are taken shall receive the same fees and mileage as witnesses in the Commonwealth Superior Court. Source: PL 6-33, § 1 (§ 9334).
4 CMC § 9335 Costs in Proceedings Brought Without Reasonable Grounds
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9335. Costs in Proceedings Brought Without Reasonable Grounds. If the court having jurisdiction of proceedings in respect of any claim or compensation order determines that the proceedings in respect to such claim or order have been…
4 CMC § 9336 Powers of the Administrator
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9336. Powers of the Administrator. (a) The administrator shall have the power to preserve and enforce order during proceedings before her or him; to issue subpoenas for, to administer oaths to, and to compel the attendance and testi…
4 CMC § 9337 Fees for Legal or Other Services
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9337. Fees for Legal or Other Services. No claim for legal services or for any other services rendered in respect of a claim or award for compensation, to or on account of any person, shall be valid for more than 15 percent of the t…
4 CMC § 9338 Record of Injury or Death
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9338. Record of Injury or Death. Every employer shall keep a record of any injury to an employee. Such record shall contain such information of disease, other disability, or death in respect of such injury as the commission may by r…
4 CMC § 9339 Reports
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9339. Reports. (a) Within 10 days of the date of any injury or death, or of the date that the employer has knowledge of such injury or of a disease or infection in respect to such injury, the employer shall send to the administrator…
4 CMC § 9340 Penalty for Misrepresentation
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9340. Penalty for Misrepresentation. Any person who willfully makes any false or misleading statement or representation for the purpose of obtaining any benefit or payment under this chapter or for the purpose of evading liability f…
4 CMC § 9341 Security for Compensation
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9341. Security for Compensation. (a) Every employer, except those specifically exempted by subsection (c) of this section, shall secure the payment of compensation under this chapter by insuring and keeping insured the payment of su…
4 CMC § 9342 Compensation for Injuries Where Third Persons are Liable
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9342. Compensation for Injuries Where Third Persons are Liable. The claim of an employee for compensation does not affect his claim or right of action for all damages proximately resulting from such injury or death against any perso…
4 CMC § 9343 Compensation Notice
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9343. Compensation Notice. (a) Every employer who has secured compensation under the provisions of this chapter shall keep posted in a conspicuous place in or about each of its places of business, typewritten or printed notices, in …
4 CMC § 9344 Substitution of Carrier for Employer
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9344. Substitution of Carrier for Employer. In any case where the employer is not a self-insurer, in order that liability for compensation imposed by this chapter may be most effectively discharged by the employer, and in order that…
4 CMC § 9345 Insurance Policies
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9345. Insurance Policies. (a) Every policy or contract of insurance issued under authority of this chapter shall contain: (1) A provision to carry out the provisions of 4 CMC § 9344, and (2) A provision that the insolvency or bankru…
4 CMC § 9346 Certificate of Compliance With Law
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9346. Certificate of Compliance With Law. (a) Every employer required to secure or renew workers’ compensation coverage pursuant to this chapter shall file a certificate of compliance with the administrator within 30 days of becomin…
4 CMC § 9347 Penalty for Failure to Secure Payment of Compensation
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9347. Penalty for Failure to Secure Payment of Compensation. (a) Civil Penalty. The administrator shall assess any employer required to secure the payment of compensation under this chapter who fails to secure such compensation a ci…
4 CMC § 9348 Interest, Penalties, and Waivers
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9348. Interest, Penalties, and Waivers. (a) For failure to pay any civil penalty assessed, or the two percent of premium required under 4 CMC § 9353(c)(2), or other remittances pursuant to this chapter, within the time specified, th…
4 CMC § 9351 Administration
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9351. Administration. (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided the Workers’ Compensation Commission shall administer the provisions of this chapter, and for such purpose the commission may: (1) Make rules and regulations in con…
4 CMC § 9352 Investigations by the Commission
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9352. Investigations by the Commission. (a) The commission shall make studies and investigations with respect to safety provisions and causes of injuries in employment covered by this chapter, and shall from time to time make to the…
4 CMC § 9353 Special Disability Fund
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9353. Special Disability Fund. (a) A Special Disability Fund is established in the Commonwealth for the purpose of making payments in accordance with the provisions of 4 CMC § 9308(f). Such fund shall be administered by the commissi…
4 CMC § 9354 Commonwealth Government Self-Insurance Fund
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9354. Commonwealth Government Self-Insurance Fund. (a) The legislature may establish, out of any money in the Commonwealth Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a fund sufficient to secure compensation payments under this chapter in …
4 CMC § 9355 Annual Report
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9355. Annual Report. The commission shall make to the Commonwealth Legislature and the Governor at the beginning of each calendar year a report of the administration of this chapter for the preceding fiscal year, including a detaile…
4 CMC § 9356 Effect of Unconstitutionality
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9356. Effect of Unconstitutionality. If any part of this chapter is adjudged unconstitutional by the courts, and such adjudication has the effect of invalidating any payment of compensation under this chapter, the period intervening…
4 CMC § 9357 Excess Coverage
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9357. Excess Coverage. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent an employer or employee from purchasing insurance coverage in addition to that coverage required by this chapter. Source: PL 6-33, § 1 (§ 9357).
4 CMC § 10401 Funds of the Authority
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 10: COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY § 10401. Funds of the Authority. (a) The funds available to the authority as paid-in capital shall consist of the following: (1) All United States economic assistance for economic development loans provid…
4 CMC § 10402 General Management Guidelines
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 10: COMMONWEALTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY § 10402. General Management Guidelines. (a) The board shall formulate operational plans, policies, and procedures to implement the provisions of this division. Plans, policies or procedures, othe…
4 CMC § 10403 Financial Prudence
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 10: COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY § 10403. Financial Prudence. (a) The authority shall engage in prudent financial management of all its assets. (b) The authority shall maintain such reserves of cash or other assets as are necessary and p…
4 CMC § 10404 Interest Rates
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 10: COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY § 10404. Interest Rates. In setting interest rates for loans for various types of projects and undertakings, the authority shall consider the cost and opportunity cost of capital, its own administrative e…
4 CMC § 10405 Borrowing by the Authority
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 10: COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY § 10405. Borrowing by the Authority. (a) (1) The authority may issue bonds, debentures, securities notes, collaterals, and other obligations, at such rates and with such maturities as may be stipulated th…
4 CMC § 10406 Project Supervision
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 10: COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY § 10406. Project Supervision. (a) The authority may at its discretion provide project guidance to any undertaking financed entirely or in part by the authority through periodic visits by authority staff a…
4 CMC § 10407 Economic Development Loan Fund
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 10: COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY § 10407. Economic Development Loan Fund. (a) The Northern Marianas Economic Development Loan Fund shall be managed and administered by the authority in accordance with the provisions of this division. (b)…
4 CMC § 10408 Conflicts of Interest
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 10: COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY § 10408. Conflicts of Interest. (a) No loan or other financial assistance shall be granted to any authority board member, the executive director, or any spouse or member of his or her household. Neither s…
4 CMC § 10409 Staff
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 10: COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY § 10409. Staff. (a) Subject to the provisions of this section, the executive director may hire no more than 15 employees for those positions that the board may specifically provide for; provided, that whe…
4 CMC § 10410 Privacy of Information
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 10: COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY § 10410. Privacy of Information. No member of the board, officer, counsel, agent, or employee of the authority who becomes privy to any proprietary information as a result of his official position with th…
4 CMC § 10411 Civil and Criminal Penalties
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 10: COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY § 10411. Civil and Criminal Penalties. (a) Criminal Penalties. Any member of the board, or any officer, employee, counsel, or agent of the authority or any other person who embezzles, abstracts, or wilful…
4 CMC § 10412 Legal Relationships
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 10: COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY § 10412. Legal Relationships. (a) The authority and all its property, transactions, and income shall be exempted from all taxes and other levies in the nature of taxes of the Commonwealth or any local gov…
4 CMC § 10413 Audits
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 10: COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY § 10413. Audits. The Public Auditor shall audit the operations, books, and records of the authority at least annually and in accordance with 1 CMC § 7710(a) and title 1, division 2, part 1, chapter 6 [1 C…
4 CMC § 10414 Exemptions
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 10: COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY § 10414. Exemptions. The funds of the authority shall be exempt from the regulations promulgated by the Director of Finance under 1 CMC §§ 7725 and 7726. The authority may promulgate regulations under 1 C…
4 CMC § 10415 Authority Reinvestment Revenue Bonds Program
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 10: COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY § 10415. Authority Reinvestment Revenue Bonds Program. (a) In furtherance of 4 CMC § 10203 and not in limitation thereof, the authority is expressly authorized and empowered to make and issue bonds, notes…