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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 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Micronesia, Oceania

    This Act concerns the distribution of land held in the public trust. The purpose of this Act is to distribute lands held in trust for the people of Pohnpei to beneficiaries of the trust who have entered upon, developed, and possessed such lands for agricultural purposes pursuant to leasehold or other use agreements issued for that purpose by the government of Japan or the Trust Territory Government. The Act sets out criteria and procedures for transfer of title in land.

  5. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Micronesia, Oceania

    This Act aims at conveying title and other interest in land held by the Public Lands Trust Board of Trustees to residential lessees on eligible properties. Lessees eligible to receive title to a residential property shall apply to the Board for transfer. The Act sets out procedural requirements for the application and transfer. Land subject to transfer may not be alienated for a certain period. The Board shall establish Rules and Regulations for the proper administration of provisions of this Act.

  6. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Micronesia, Oceania

    This Chapter empowers the Public Lands Trust Board of Trustees to sell, lease or dedicate for public purpose specified lands held in trust by the Board for specified purposes. The Chapter specifies for each piece of land conditions or restrictions applying to the power of the Board to sell, lease or dedicate to public purposes such land. The Chapter defines “active use” by the Government. Land shall revert to the Board if such active use of the Government ceases.

  7. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Micronesia, Oceania

    This Act requires the Pohnpei Public Lands Trust Board of Trustees to identify and convey specified land to the Government of Pohnpei. The State Government Land Use Plan Master Plan Map,” is hereby adopted as the zoning map for the purposes of this Act. The Governor shall submit to the Land Use Planning and Zoning Commission the Map and plan for integration into the public services element of the Land Use Zoning Master Plan of the state of Pohnpei.

  8. 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)

  9. 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

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    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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