Comments on: Apply the Open Government Act to the Legislature! (and other initiatives on the ballot this year) http://www.tinasablan.com/forum/2009/11/03/apply-the-open-government-act-to-the-legislature-and-other-initiatives-on-the-ballot-this-year/ CNMI House of Representative, Independent, Precinct 1 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:51:30 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Glen Hunter http://www.tinasablan.com/forum/2009/11/03/apply-the-open-government-act-to-the-legislature-and-other-initiatives-on-the-ballot-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-27453 Glen Hunter Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:55:00 +0000 http://www.tinasablan.com/forum/2009/11/03/apply-the-open-government-act-to-the-legislature-and-other-initiatives-on-the-ballot-this-year/#comment-27453 Here is the information that was on the petition to get this on the ballot: -------------- AN INITIATIVE PETITION TO PROPOSE A GENERAL LAW FOR THE COMMONWEALTH PURSUANT TO ARTICLE XI, SECTION I OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS Title: The Commonwealth Legislature, including all Commonwealth legislators and the Legislative Bureau, shall be subject to Public Law 8-41, the Open Government Act, 1 CMC §§ 9901, et seq. Purpose: The people of the Commonwealth find and declare that they do not yield their sovereignty to the agencies which serve them. The people, in delegating authority, do not give their public servants the right to decide what is good for the people to know and what is not good for them to know. The people insist on remaining informed so that they may retain control over the instruments they have created. It is the intent of this Initiative Petition that the Commonwealth Legislature, including all Commonwealth legislators and the Legislative Bureau, shall be subject to Public Law 8-41, the Open Government Act, 1 CMC §§ 9901, et seq. Amendment: Section 9913 of Title 1 of the Commonwealth Code shall be amended to read as follows: “§ 9913. Legislative Branch: Applicability. The Commonwealth Legislature, including all Commonwealth legislators and the Legislative Bureau, shall be subject to 1 CMC §§ 9901, et seq. The respective rules and procedures of the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Legislative Bureau shall be in compliance with this Chapter.” Here is the information that was on the petition to get this on the ballot:

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AN INITIATIVE PETITION TO PROPOSE A GENERAL LAW FOR THE COMMONWEALTH PURSUANT TO ARTICLE XI, SECTION I OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

Title: The Commonwealth Legislature, including all Commonwealth legislators and the Legislative Bureau, shall be subject to Public Law 8-41, the Open Government Act, 1 CMC §§ 9901, et seq.

Purpose: The people of the Commonwealth find and declare that they do not yield their sovereignty to the agencies which serve them. The people, in delegating authority, do not give their public servants the right to decide what is good for the people to know and what is not good for them to know. The people insist on remaining informed so that they may retain control over the instruments they have created. It is the intent of this Initiative Petition that the Commonwealth Legislature, including all Commonwealth legislators and the Legislative Bureau, shall be subject to Public Law 8-41, the Open Government Act, 1 CMC §§ 9901, et seq.

Amendment: Section 9913 of Title 1 of the Commonwealth Code shall be amended to read as follows:

“§ 9913. Legislative Branch: Applicability. The Commonwealth Legislature, including all Commonwealth legislators and the Legislative Bureau, shall be subject to 1 CMC §§ 9901, et seq. The respective rules and procedures of the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Legislative Bureau shall be in compliance with this Chapter.”

]]> By: Jane http://www.tinasablan.com/forum/2009/11/03/apply-the-open-government-act-to-the-legislature-and-other-initiatives-on-the-ballot-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-27452 Jane Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:12:09 +0000 http://www.tinasablan.com/forum/2009/11/03/apply-the-open-government-act-to-the-legislature-and-other-initiatives-on-the-ballot-this-year/#comment-27452 We need a link to the actual full OGA initiative. We need a link to the actual full OGA initiative.

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