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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 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.

  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 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.

  5. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania

    This Act creates the Department of Public Lands within the Executive Branch and provides for some other matters relating to land.The Department shall be responsible for the administration, use, leasing, development and disposition of all lands defined as public lands by art. XI of the Northern Marianas Constitution.

    Amends: An Act to make amendments to the Board of Public Lands Act of 2000, 1 CMCG 101 (a), Section 102,s 104 (h) and 8 106 (d); and for other purposes (P.L. 12-71). (2001-11-13)

  6. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania

    This Act amends the Public Purpose Land Exchange Authorization Act of 1987 with respect of compensation of private landowners in land exchanges called "short exchange". In this kind of exchange of public land for private land the full area of public land agreed upon was not conveyed to the landowner or to his or her heirs or successors in interest. "Public purpose" now also includes this kind of exchange.

  7. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania

    This Act provides for the establishment of Village and Agricultural Homesteading Program in the Northern Islands. It amends Title 2, Division 4 of the Commonwealth Code so as to insert a new article 9, which designates an Agricultural Homestead Area and provides rules for the use, transfer, etc. of property in the area. Areas shall be allotted to qualified persons for the purpose of establishing and developing village lots or agricultural lots with the right to acquire title upon the fulfilment of the conditions prescribed in this Act.

  8. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania

    This Act amends environmental legislation of 2 CMC relating to legal proceedings, assessment and collection of penalties or fines, inspection of records, the Division of Environmental Quality Special Fund, emergency permits for disposal of waste in areas affected by typhoons or other destructive natural events.This Act allows for civil action under 2 CMC after all administrative appeal procedures are exhausted.

  9. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania

    This Act establishes a Land Compensation Fund and provides for the payment of compensation of claims against the Commonwealth arising from land acquired by the Commonwealth by eminent domain or other legal processes.The Commissioner of the Marianas Public Lands Authority shall have expenditure authority over the Fund, subject to approval of claims by the Board of the Authority. The Authority shall compensate acquisition of lands according to priority established by this Act. Claims for compensation shall be submitted to the Marianas Public Land Corporation.

  10. 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.

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