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An Act to restrict the leases of public agricultural land to the resident citizens of the CNMI and of the U.S., and to similarly restrict the use of publicly owned marine and wetlands areas that come under agricultural, aquacultural, or maricultural de...

Legislation
Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
protected areas
public ownership
coastal areas
farmland
land management
leases
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.
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An Act to amend 4 CMC $ 1708 to ensure equitable treatment between landowners who receive public land from the government in exchange for their private land and those who receive cash compensation from the government in exchange for their private land;...

Legislation
Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
natural disasters
This Act introduces a 100 percent tax reduction for persons that received cash compensation by the Commonwealth Government in exchange of transfer of the title in their land to the Government. Other landowners that exchanged their land for publicly-owned land were not required to pay taxes on the transfer. This Act remedies the unequal treatment prescribed by previous legislation.
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Guam Territorial Seashore Protection Act of 1974 - Chapter 63 of 21 GCA “Real Property”.

Legislation
Guam, Oceania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
protected areas
land management
coastal areas
Section 2 of this Chapter sets out findings and defines policy goals regarding the protection of the Seashore Reserve (defined in section 3). One of the particular goals is to protect wildlife, marine life, and other ocean resources, and the natural environment, to preserve the ecological balance of the seashore reserve and prevent its deterioration and destruction. The Guam Territorial Seashore Protection Commission is created under section 4.
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Guam Land Conservation Act - Chapter 65 of Division 6 of Title 5 of the Guam Code.

Legislation
Guam, Oceania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
protected areas
land management
land law
farming systems
farmland
This Act allows the Department of Agriculture to establish agricultural preserves, contains rules governing administration and establishment of preserves, grants authority to the Department to enter into contracts with landowners to limit the use of agricultural land for preservation purposes and provides for relief from the provisions of such contracts.The following lands may be included in an agricultural reserve: (a) land devoted to recreational use; (b) a wildlife habitat area; and (c) a submerged area.
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Public Purpose Land Exchange Authorization Act of 1937 (P.L. 5-33).

Legislation
Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
coastal areas
protected areas
public ownership
land management
This Act authorizes the Marianas Public Land Corporation to enter into agreements by which the Government obtains freehold interest in private land in exchange for a freehold interest in private land to be assigned to a private landowner.Exchange of land shall be authorized for a public purpose as defined by this Act. The Act sets out the conditions at which an agreement may be made and defines some terms of the agreement. The Corporation may exchange land at its own initiative but “protected resources” and adjacent areas shall be excluded from public lands that may be exchanged.
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Chapter 1 of Title 41 of the Pohnpei State - Pohnpei Land Use Planning and Zoning Act of 1993.

Legislation
Micronesia, Oceania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
land-use planning
land law
This Act concerns land use planning in the State of Pohnpei. Its objectives are to promote responsible and balanced development, to preserve and enhance cultural and traditional values, to conserve and protect the natural environment, and to assure adequate provision for community facilities and requirements. All use of land, both public and private, must be consistent with provisions of this Act.The Act establishes the Pohnpei Land Use Planning and Zoning Commission. The Commission shall prepare a master land use plan, the scope and contents of which are set out in this Act.
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Chapter 2 of Title 6 of the Pohnpei State Code - Planning.

Legislation
Micronesia, Oceania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
land-use planning
This Chapter makes provision for developmental planning in the State of Pohnpei. The Chapter requires each local government to develop a comprehensive plan for the development of the area where it has jurisdiction. A plan shall consider, among other things, the conservation of natural resources and protection of the environment. The Chapter sets out the procedures for the approval of development plans by the Legislature and provides for hearings and review prior to approval.
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An Act to authorize the Department of Public Safety to close public beaches; and for other purposes (P.L. No. 14-48).

Legislation
Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
natural disasters
land management
coastal areas
This Act authorizes the Department of Public Safety to close public beaches during potentially hazardous circumstances. Beaches can be closed in case of natural disasters such as typhoons and other tropical storms and abnormal tidal waves and other extreme climatic or environmental conditions. No person shall use any public beach when a notice of closure has been published.
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An Act to amend Public Law 11-84; and for other purposes (P.L. 12-2).

Legislation
Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
natural disasters
This Act amends the Public Purpose Definition Act so as to provide for the ratification of expenditures made for public purposes.A new provision is added to the Act: “Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or other Law to the contrary, expenditures authorized and regulated by legislative rules are expressly declared to be for a public purpose, unless proved by clear and convincing evidence that the expenditure in fact as for a personal or political activity.”
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Beach Preservation Act of 1998 (P.L. No. 11-62).

An Act regulate the removal of sand from beaches in the Commonwealth, and for other purposes.

Legislation
Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
protected areas
land management
coastal areas
This Act places restrictions on the mining of sand on beaches in order to protect the natural environment and the coastal zone and to prevent its deterioration and destruction.The Act prohibits the excavation or removal of sand from a prohibited area, i.e. presumably an area other than an Authorized Area. An Authorized Area is an area outside the coastal zone that has been designated by the Secretary of the Department of Public Works in concurrence with the Coastal Resources Management Office and the Division of Public Lands as a sand mining area.