Title 1 — Government
110 chapters · 1,290 sections in this title.
1 CMC § 8383 Rights to Annuity
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8383. 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 …
1 CMC § 8384 Time for Payments
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8384. 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…
1 CMC § 8385 Obligation of Government: Intent of Law
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8385. 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.
1 CMC § 8386 Criminal and Civil Penalties
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8386. 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 misde…
1 CMC § 8387 No Taxation Under Gross Receipts Tax
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8387. 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 …
1 CMC § 8388 Withholding of Taxes, Insurance Premiums, and Obligations to the Fund
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8388. 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 fr…
1 CMC § 8389 Underpayment or Nonpayment by Members
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8389. 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…
1 CMC § 8390 Overpayment or Underpayment of Benefits
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8390. 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…
1 CMC § 8391 Benefit Consolidation
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8391. 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 t…
1 CMC § 8392 Reemployment and Double Dipping
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8392. 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…
1 CMC § 8393 Legislative Changes. [Repealed.]
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8393. Legislative Changes. [Repealed.] Source: PL 7-39, § 5 (repealing PL 6-17, ch. 8, § 83812).
1 CMC § 8394 Administrative COLA Provisions. [Repealed.]
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8394. Administrative COLA Provisions. [Repealed.] Source: PL 6-17, ch. 8, § 83813; repealed by PL 15-70, § 4(b). Commission Comment: Public Law 15-70, which was entitled “The Defined Benefit Plan Reform Act [DBPRA] of 2007,” was…
1 CMC § 8395 Full Pension Retirement Benefits
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8395. 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 em…
1 CMC § 8571 Sanctions
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8571. 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 s…
1 CMC § 8572 Judicial Penalties
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8572. 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 m…
1 CMC § 8573 Invalid Actions
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8573. 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 voi…
1 CMC § 8574 Limitation of Actions
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8574. 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).
1 CMC § 8575 Other Remedies
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8575. 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 damag…
1 CMC § 8576 Relationship to Other Laws
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8576. 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 gove…
1 CMC § 8577 Sanctions Applicable to Public Auditor
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8577. 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. Commi…
1 CMC § 8601 Short Title
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8601. Short Title. This act shall be known as the “The Law Enforcement Mandatory Drug Testing Act of 2013.” Source: PL 18-47 § 1 (Apr. 24, 2014). Commission Comment: PL 18-47 (Apr. 24, 2014) contained, in addition to savings and…
1 CMC § 8602 Law Enforcement Mandatory Drug Testing
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8602. Law Enforcement Mandatory Drug Testing. Random Testing. During each calendar year randomly selected employees performing safety-sensitive functions will be required to submit to breath tests for alcohol and urine tests for…
1 CMC § 8603 Exclusion of Drug Testing for Marijuana
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8603. Exclusion of Drug Testing for Marijuana. (a) Pre-employment Testing. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), pre-employment testing of persons applying for any position within the government of the Commonwealth of …
1 CMC § 9601 Short Title
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 9601. 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 Facsimil…
1 CMC § 9602 Definitions
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 9602. 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 req…
1 CMC § 9603 Use of Facsimile Signature
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 9603. 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 facsimil…
1 CMC § 9604 Use of Facsimile Seal
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 9604. 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 autho…
1 CMC § 9605 Prohibited Acts; Penalties
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 9605. 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)…
1 CMC § 2351 Department of Community and Cultural Affairs
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2351. Department of Community and Cultural Affairs. There is in the Commonwealth government a Department of Community and Cultural Affairs to be headed by a Director of Community and Cultural Affairs. Source: PL 1-8, tit. 1, ch. …
1 CMC § 2352 Department of Community and Cultural Affairs: Director: Appointment
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2352. Department of Community and Cultural Affairs: Director: Appointment. The Director of Community and Cultural Affairs shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. Source: PL 1-8, tit. 1, ch. 7…
1 CMC § 2353 Department of Community and Cultural Affairs: Duties
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2353. Department of Community and Cultural Affairs: Duties. The Department of Community and Cultural Affairs has broad responsibility over the following: (a) Commonwealth functions in the area of social services funded in whole o…
1 CMC § 2354 Department of Community and Cultural Affairs: Rules and Regulations
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2354. Department of Community and Cultural Affairs: Rules and Regulations. The Department of Community and Cultural Affairs shall adopt rules and regulations regarding activities over which the department has jurisdiction. Source…
1 CMC § 2355 Department of Community and Cultural Affairs: Staff
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2355. Department of Community and Cultural Affairs: Staff. The Department of Community and Cultural Affairs may employ staff as required to assist it in performing its duties, subject to budgetary appropriation. Source: PL 1-8, t…
1 CMC § 2371 Division of Youth Services
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2371. Division of Youth Services. There is in the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs a Division of Youth Services to be headed by an administrator. Source: PL 2-19, § 2, modified. Commission Comment: PL 2-19 took effect…
1 CMC § 2372 Division of Youth Services: Purpose
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2372. Division of Youth Services: Purpose. The purpose of the Division of Youth Services is to plan, coordinate, develop, and implement programs and services designed to provide developmental and rehabilitative services to youth.…
1 CMC § 2373 Division of Youth Services: Definitions
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2373. Division of Youth Services: Definitions. (a) “Administrator” means the administrator of the Division of Youth Services. (b) “Delinquent child” means a juvenile who violates any law, ordinance, or regulation of the Commonwea…
1 CMC § 2374 Division of Youth Services: Duties and Responsibilities
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2374. Division of Youth Services: Duties and Responsibilities. The division shall: (a) Provide services and programs to the youth of the Commonwealth, including but not limited to recreational services, individual and group couns…
1 CMC § 2375 Division of Youth Services: Staff
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2375. Division of Youth Services: Staff. Subject to budgetary appropriation, the Division of Youth Services may employ staff to assist it in performing its duties. Such staff shall be members of the civil service. Source: PL 3-67…
1 CMC § 2376 Division of Youth Services: Grants
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2376. Division of Youth Services: Grants. The division is hereby authorized to accept gifts, grants, or grants-in-aid from any source. Any funds received through gifts, grants, or grants-in-aid and their source, nature and value …
1 CMC § 2377 Separation of Juveniles from Adults
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2377. Separation of Juveniles from Adults. Juveniles assigned to secure care shall be kept apart from adult offenders by at least sight and sound. Source: PL 3-67, § 3 (§ 9).
1 CMC § 2378 Access to Information
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2378. Access to Information. The division staff shall have access to all official records of the courts, schools, hospital and other public and private agencies, which concern youth who have been referred to the division and for …
1 CMC § 2379 Designation of Division; Confidential Records; Regulatory Authority
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2379. Designation of Division; Confidential Records; Regulatory Authority. The division shall carry out Commonwealth efforts to strengthen and improve the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse, neglect, and sex…
1 CMC § 2380 Annual Report
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2380. Annual Report. The division shall prepare and transmit to the Governor and the legislature an annual report on child abuse, neglect, and sexual molestation. The annual report shall describe the specific measures adopted to …
1 CMC § 2381 Historic Preservation Office
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2381. Historic Preservation Office. (a) There is in the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs a Historic Preservation Office, to be headed by a Historic Preservation Officer. The Historic Preservation Officer shall be with…
1 CMC § 2382 Historic Preservation Office: Duties
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2382. Historic Preservation Office: Duties. The Historic Preservation Office shall have the duty: (a) To implement the intent of this article and carry out the responsibilities and adhere to standards set forth for state historic…
1 CMC § 2391 Division of Veterans’ Affairs: Established. [Repealed by PL 13-34.]
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2391. Division of Veterans’ Affairs: Established. [Repealed by PL 1334.] Source: PL 9-16, § 2 (§ 2391), modified; repealed by PL 13-34, § 7. Commission Comment: PL 9-16 took effect January 5, 1995. According to PL 9-16, § 1: Sect…
1 CMC § 2392 [Reserved.] [Repealed by PL 13-34.]
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2392. [Reserved.] [Repealed by PL 13-34.] Source: PL 9-16, § 2 (§ 2392); repealed by PL 13-34, § 7.
1 CMC § 2393 Assistance to Returning Veterans. [Repealed by PL 13-34.]
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2393. Assistance to Returning Veterans. [Repealed by PL 13-34.] Source: PL 9-16, § 2 (§ 2393), modified; repealed by PL 13-34, § 7.
1 CMC § 2394 Discrimination Against Veterans Prohibited. [Repealed by PL 13-34.]
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 2: EXECUTIVE BRANCH § 2394. Discrimination Against Veterans Prohibited. [Repealed by PL 1334.] Source: PL 9-16, § 2 (§ 2394); repealed by PL 13-34, § 7.
1 CMC § 3701 Commonwealth Recorder’s Office
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TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 3: JUDICIAL BRANCH § 3701. Commonwealth Recorder’s Office. (a) There is established within the CNMI Judiciary a Commonwealth Recorder’s Office. The Commonwealth Recorder under the general supervision of the Chief Justice, shall oversee the duties and …