§ 6906. Office of the Governor-Elect- Committee on Transition
TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 6: ELECTIONS § 6906. Office of the Governor-Elect: Committee on Transition. (a) For the purpose of carrying out the duties of the office of the Governor- elect, the Governor-elect may establish a committee on transition, the members of which shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Governor-elect. (b) Any branch, office, agency, board, commission, instrumentality, or other entity of the Commonwealth government which employs any person appointed to the committee may assign, as available without substantial interference with the routine administration of government, the person on reimbursable or nonreim- bursable detail to the committee for such time as the Governor-elect may request. While so detailed, the employee shall be responsible only to the Governor-elect for the performance of his or her duties; provided, that any employee so detailed shall continue to receive the compensation provided pursuant to law for regular employment, and shall retain the rights and privileges of his or her employment without interruption. Such persons shall not receive any additional compensation by virtue of their service on the committee. (c) Any person appointed to the committee who is not subject to detail pursu- ant to subsection (b) of this section may be compensated pursuant to short-term employment contracts for service actually rendered at an appropriate rate to be determined by the Governor-elect pursuant to budgetary appropriation. No such person shall become a member of the civil service by virtue of this appointment. (d) The committee may be assisted by persons of its own choosing who shall not be compensated for their services, but who may be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses incident to their assistance. (e) The Governor may make clerical and administrative staff available to the office of the Governor-elect on the same basis as provided in subsection (b) of this section. Source: PL 3-53, § 6; renumbered.
Source: CNMI Law Revision Commission