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Northern Mariana Islands (USA) - Country Profiles

Policies

Marine Conservation Plan.
Date of text: 01 August 2019
Aquaculture Development Plan 2011 - 2015.
Date of text: 2011

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Commonwealth Comprehensive Infrastructure Plan Act of 2006 (P. L. 15-42).
Date of text: 11 January 2007
CNMI Agriculture Equipment Service Revolving Fund Program Act of 2002 (P.L. No. 13-28).
Date of text: 09 November 2002
An Act to define “public purpose” pursuant to Section 1, Article X of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Constitution; and for other purposes (P.L. No. 11-84).
Date of text: 01 July 1999
Commonwealth Development Authority Act of 1984 (P.L. 4-49).
Date of text: 31 May 1985
An Act to amend Public Law 11-84; and for other purposes (P.L. 12-2).
Date of text: 31 March 2000

Cultivated plants

Public Law No. 19-54.
Date of text: 20 July 2016

Disaster risk management

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Disaster Relief Act of 1979 (P.L. 1-023).
Date of text: 09 October 1979
Declaration of State of Public Health Emergency and Continued Declaration of State of Significant Emergency Establishing Response, Quarantine, and Preventive Containment Measures concerning Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (Executive Order No. 2020-04 of the Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marian Islands)
Date of text: 16 March 2020
Homeland Security and Emergency Management Act of 2013 (Commonwealth Code of the Northern Mariana Islands: Title 1 – Government; Division 2 – Executive Branch; Part 1 – Organization of the Executive Branch; Chapter 1 – Office of the Governor; Article 8)
Date of text: 0000 (26 January 2020)

Environment

Commonwealth Solid Waste Management and Disposal Act of 1988 (P.L. 6-30).
Date of text: 23 May 1989
Public Law No. 19-54.
Date of text: 20 July 2016
Public Law 18-42.
Date of text: 27 March 2014
Environmental and Tourism Promotional Act of 2012 (P.L. 17-75).
Date of text: 04 June 2012
Recycling Reporting Act of 2006 (P.L. 15-36).
Date of text: 06 November 2006

Fisheries and aquaculture

Commonwealth Aquaculture Development Act of 2006 (P. L. 15-43).
Date of text: 14 January 2007
An Act to amend 2 CMC § 5104, to establish a mandatory catch recording and reporting system and for other purposes. (P.L. 17-89).
Date of text: 28 November 2012
An Act to amend 2 CMC § 5631 and § 5634, as it applies to the surrounding waters of the municipality of Tinian, to ensure that such regulations do not restrict the rights of persons to engage in non-commercial net-fishing (P.L. 17-57).
Date of text: 06 October 2011
An Act to prohibit any person from possessing, selling offering for sale, trading, or distributing shark fins in the CNMI (P.L. 17-27).
Date of text: 27 January 2011
An Act to amend the CNMI Code to criminalize the taking of Rays from the CNMI waters; To authorize the Div. of Fish & Wildlife to regulate the taking and interaction of said Rays; To criminalize the feeding of sharks without a permit within the near shore waters of the CNMI (P.L. 15-124).
Date of text: 03 January 2008

Food and nutrition

Commonwealth Good Samaritan Food Donation Act (P.L. 4-26).
Date of text: 1984
Raising of Sambar Deer in Captivity Act of 2010 (P.L. 17-23).
Date of text: 19 October 2010
Pure Food, Drug and Cosmetic Device Act of 1998.
Date of text: 22 September 1998
An Act to amend 2 CMC, Division 5, Section 5109(f)(l) by authorizing the Chief of the Division of Fish and Wildlife to give the Division of Aging, Department of Community and Cultural Affairs for the consumption of the elderly; and for other purposes (P.L. 8-19).
Date of text: 22 April 1993
An Act to implement the U.S. Food Stamp Program in the Norther Marianna Islands and for other purposes (P.L. 2-14).
Date of text: 20 February 1981

Land and soil

Soil and Water Conservation Act (P.L. 4-44).
Date of text: 01 May 1985
Coastal Resources Management Act of 1983 (P.L. 3-47).
Date of text: 11 February 1983
Act to eliminate fees for the maintenance of small parcels of public land (P.L. No. 17-48).
Date of text: 27 July 2011
Northern Islands Village and Agricultural Homesteading Act of 2008 (P.L. 16-50).
Date of text: 15 January 2009
Public Lands Act of 2006 (P.L. No. 15-2).
Date of text: 22 February 2006

Livestock

An Act to establish the Animal Health Protection and Disease Control Act for the protection of animal and human health in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and for other purpose (P.L. 4-55).
Date of text: 22 August 1985
An Act to amend Title 2 section 5326 of the Commonwealth Code, to modify quarantine requirements; and for other purposes. (P.L. 12-29).
Date of text: 31 October 2000
An Act to add a new Section 5814 to Title 9 of the CNMI Code, to prohibit the tethering of cattle, goats, pigs or other livestock or domesticated animals within 20 feet from either edge of any public highway, and for other purposes (P.L. 4-57).
Date of text: 10 September 1985

Mineral resources and energy

An Act to amend 2 CMC par. 4483 by adding a new subsection (c) and for other purposes (P.L. 15-26).
Date of text: 25 August 2006
An Act to establish requirements for the use of renewable energy, energy efficiency and other energy and cost-saving measures; and to amend Title 4 of the Commonwealth Code, Division 8, by adding a new Chapter 6, Energy, Article 2-8; and for other purposes (P.L. 15-23).
Date of text: 10 August 2006
Submerged Lands Act of 1988 (P.L. 6-13).
Date of text: 03 November 1988
Submerged Lands Act (P.L. 1-023).
Date of text: 20 February 1979
An Act to amend the CUC Commission Act of 2006 to permit the CUC to procure emergency power without approval of the CUC Commission (P.L. 16-9).
Date of text: 01 June 2008

Sea

Coastal Resources Management Act of 1983 (P.L. 3-47).
Date of text: 11 February 1983
An Act to authorize the Department of Public Safety to close public beaches; and for other purposes (P.L. No. 14-48).
Date of text: 07 January 2005
An Act to vacate all provisions and impact of Executive Order 94-3 relative to the Commonwealth Ports Authority and Coastal Resources Management program and reestablish each as the same existed, and under the provisions of law then in effect, immediately prior to the effective date of Executive Order 94-3; and for other purposes (P.L. 11-109).
Date of text: 21 December 1999
An Act to add a new Article 4 to 3 CMC, Division 5, Oil Spill and Hazardous Materials Responder Immunity Act (P.L. 9-49).
Date of text: 05 September 1995
Marine Revitalization Corporation Submerged Land Lease Act of 1995 (P.L. 9-46).
Date of text: 02 February 1991

Water

Commonwealth Groundwater Management and Protection Act of 1988 (P.L. 6-12).
Date of text: 03 November 1988
P.L. 19-64.
Date of text: 21 December 2015
Public Law. 17-81.
Date of text: 31 August 2012
An Act to revise the CUC Rate Structure to ensure CUC's continuing ability to deliver vital utility services; to provide flexibility to the governor and other expenditure authorities to reprogram funds for the remainder of fiscal year 2008; to suspend earmarking of certain non-general fund revenue; to authorize CUC to use a portion of customer security deposits to pay for its fuel expenses; to set the government employer contribution rate at 11% for fiscal year 2008; to increase certain government services fees (P.L. 16-2).
Date of text: 03 May 2008
Theft of Utilities Services Act of 2006 (P.L. 15-74).
Date of text: 20 July 2007

Wild species and ecosystems

Public Law 18-42.
Date of text: 27 March 2014
Public Law 15-90.
Date of text: 02 October 2007
Park Rangers Act of 2004 (P.L. 14-27).
Date of text: 21 September 2004
An Act to designate Bird Island and Forbidden Island as sanctuaries for the conservation of wildlife and marine life; and for other purposes (P.L. 12-46).
Date of text: 21 April 2001
Maiiagaha Marine Conservation Act of 2000 (P.L. 12-162).
Date of text: 08 August 2000

Miscellaneous

Business Licensing Processing Act of 1998 (P.L. No. 11-73).
Date of text: 19 March 1999