HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SIXTEENTH NORTHERN MARIANAS COMMONWEALTH LEGISLATURE THIRD REGULAR SESSION
SESSION DAY 11th Day, Third Regular Session
CALENDAR DAY Wednesday, March 11, 2009
TIME 9:30 a.m.
ORDER OF BUSINESS A Moment of Silence 1.
ROLL CALL
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ADOPTION OF JOURNALS – None
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INTRODUCTION OF BILLS House Bills:
House Legislative Initiatives: House Local Bills:
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INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTIONS House Commemorative Resolutions: House Resolutions:
House Concurrent Resolutions: House Joint Resolutions:
DRAFT – 3/9/09 PM
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MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR GOV. COMM. 16-334: (2/27/9) From Acting Governor Villagomez informing the House that he disapproved H. B. NO. 16-4, HD4, (the CNMI Government and Public Deposit Safety Act of 2008). [Deadline: 4/28/09] GOV. COMM. 16-337: (3/4/09) Extension of Emergency – Declaration of Emergency with respect to volcanic activity on the island of Anatahan.
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SENATE COMMUNICATIONS - None
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HOUSE COMMUNICATIONS - None
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COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE JUDICIAL BRANCH - None
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COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE NMI DELEGATE (U.S. CONGRESS) - None
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COMMUNICATIONS FROM DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES - None
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OTHER COMMUNICATIONS - None
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REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES S. C. R. NO. 16-77: Reporting on H. B. NO. 16-188, entitled, “To mandate the Department of Public Safety to remove dead animals from public highways and roads and thereafter contact the Mayor’s Office for its proper disposal; and for other purposes.” Your Committee on Judiciary and Governmental Operations recommends passage of the bill.
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REPORTS OF SPECIAL AND CONFERENCE COMMITTEES - None
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UNFINISHED BUSINESS – None
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RESOLUTION CALENDAR Resolutions H. R. NO. 16-77
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To recognize and commend the Marianas Public Land Trust and its Trustees for their proactive efforts in assisting borrowers in its MPLT Home Loan Portfolio, as an Economically Targeted Investment, in passing MPLT Resolution 0901 affording debt relief to the borrowers in the program.
BILL CALENDAR Bills/Initiatives H. B. NO. 16-201 * H. B. NO. 16-184 H. L. I. NO. 16-8
S. L. I. NO. 16-10, HS1
H. B. NO. 16-179, HD1
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To establish a government service severance package for employees funded by the General Fund with at least eighteen years of government service; and for other purposes. To provide for greater control and regulation on the hiring, training and licensing of security guards; and for other purposes. To amend Article XII of the Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands by adding a new Section 7 to allow each senatorial district to amend or repeal the restrictions on alienation of land with respect to its senatorial district [See S. C. R. NO. 1660, Subst. 1] To amend Article X of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands by amending Section 7 to require the reduction of government employment and to add a new section 10 to authority the Commonwealth to issue pension obligation bonds; and for other purposes. [See S. C. R. No. 1669] To amend and repeal certain sections of Public Law 15-46, the Probation Reform Act of 2006; and for other purposes. [See S. C. R No. 16-76]
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS
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ANNOUNCEMENTS (ADJOURNMENT) APPEARANCE OF LOCAL BILLS
FIRST APPEARANCE: 1st Legislative appearance of a local bill is on the day it is introduced. SECOND APPEARANCE: H. L. B. NO. 16-29: To appropriate $10,000.00 from the local license fees collected for pachinko sot machines and poker machines in the Second Senatorial District; and for other purposes. (Rep. Edwin P. Aldan) THIRD APPEARANCE: H. L. B. NO. 16-28: To amend the Saipan Zoning Law of 2009, 10 CMC § 3511; and for other purposes. (Rep. Rosemond B. Santos)