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  1. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania

    This Act restricts the use of public lands set aside for agricultural purposes to citizens of the Northern Mariana Islands and US nationals so as to prevent large-scale commercial exploitation of such lands which are scarce.Such lands as are leased or its use is permitted in accordance with the provisions of this Act and shall be developed in accordance with their most appropriate use or uses, i.e. either agricultural, aquacultural, maricultural, or animal husbandry.

  2. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania

    This Act makes provision for the control of the development and use of publicly owned wetlands and submerged lands and especially of areas subject to adverse possession by virtue of adjacent private property. All exploration, development, water or non-water dependent uses of submerged lands or extraction of petroleum deposits or mineral deposits which may be located in submerged lands of the Commonwealth require an approved license, lease, or permit from the Secretary of Lands and Natural Resources.

  3. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania

    This Act requires the Marianas Public Lands Authority to waive any conditions, limitations or regulations relating to the agricultural homesteading program in effect prior to 9 January 1978.

  4. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania

    This Act makes provision with respect to the control of the carrying out of designated village homestead programmes by the Marianas Public Lands Authority. The Authority shall grant certificates of compliance to homesteaders but may revoke such certificate if, within a prescribed period, the homesteader has not complied with requirements. However, the certificate may not be revoked if services such as public water and sewerage were not extended to the homestead concerned.

  5. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania

    This Act stipulates that the Department of Public Lands shall not assess rental fees in respect to small parcels of public land, not in excess of 300 square meters, adjacent to land used for residential purposes where the residential land owner maintains the public land by removing undesirable vegetation and habitat for pests.

  6. Library Resource

    An Act to amend 2 CMC, Div. 4,s 4382; and for other purposes.

    Legislation
    Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania

    The amendments of the Rota Agricultural Homestead Act concern the designation of homestead areas by the Board of Public Lands. Designated lands shall be allotted to qualified persons for purposes of farming. Those persons shall have the right to acquire title upon the fulfilment of conditions prescribed in the principal Act.

    Amends: Rota Agricultural Homestead Act of 1990 (P.L. 7-11). (1990-10-24)

  7. Library Resource

    An Act amend 2 CMC, Div. 2, Article 2, Sections 4323 and 4327; to amend 2 CMC, Div. 2, Article 2 by adding a new 0 4328; and for other purposes.

    Legislation
    Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania

    This Act concerns the waiving of any requirements, limitations or regulations relating to the agricultural homesteading program by the Marianas Public Land Corporation.Any person who can demonstrate continuous and actual occupancy or use of public land for agricultural purposes for period of 15 years prior to a specified date or who can demonstrate that he or she would have continuously and actually occupied or used public land for agricultural purposes for a period of 15 years prior to a specified date, shall be legally entitled to all the rights and interest of ownership of such land, and

  8. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania

    This Act makes provision for the protection and conservation of public land of Managaha Island.These public lands that are of importance to culture, traditions and history of the people of the Northern Mariana Islands shall be leased preferentially to persons, including corporations, of Northern Marianas descent.

  9. Library Resource

    An Act to provide a summary procedure for eviction of a holdover tenant or lessee and for granting of immediate possession of the property to the lessor or landlord; and for other purposes.

    Legislation
    Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania

    This Act makes provision for more efficient procedures regarding eviction proceedings in respect of lessees of real property.In the Northern Mariana Islands leasehold transactions regarding real property are very common because of government policy restricting outright sale of property. This Act corrects procedural and other requirements regarding eviction of tenants so as to simplify eviction procedures. The Act defines causes for the removal of tenants and provides rules for the termination of a leasehold agreement.

  10. Library Resource

    An Act to amend the Rota Agricultural Homestead Act; to ratify actions taken and agricultural permits issued in accordance with the terms of Public Law No. 7-11; to repeal and reenact CMC §§ 4382 and 4383; and for other purposes.

    Legislation
    Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania

    This Act amends the Rota Agricultural Homestead Act by ratifying all actions taken in conformance with the provisions of sections 1 to 6 of Public Law No. 7-11 and related law, and all permits or other instruments issued, executed, or delivered in conformance therewith and otherwise in compliance with Commonwealth law and by blocking any challenge, defence, claim, remedy, cause of action, or other right, based on section 7 of Public Law 7-11 arising from such action.This Act also repeals and reenacts a section on the designation of Homestead Areas, i.e.

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