§ 8246. Compensation of the Executive Directors of Government Corporations, Semiautonomous and Autonomous Agencies
TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT § 8246. Compensation of the Executive Directors of Government Corpo- rations, Semiautonomous and Autonomous Agencies. The executive directors (the top administrative officers) of government corpo- rations, as defined in 1 CMC § 7103(n), and of other agencies, commissions, and offices shall receive an annual salary of not less than 70,000, as determined by the applicable boards based on duties and responsibili- ties of such agencies. Provided further that no executive director, or no top administrative officer, of the agency shall be paid a contract buyout in the event the employment of the executive director or the top administrative officer is terminated before the end of the contract term. Source: PL 7-31, § 4 (repealing PL 6-23, § 3, which had previously re- pealed PL 4-32, § 7); amended by PL 8-6, § 5; amended by PL 15-3, § 2; (d) amended by PL 17-52 § 2 (September 11, 2011). Commission Comment: PL 15-3 was enacted on February 22, 2006, and contained the following findings and purpose provision in addition to a savings clause: Section 1. Findings and Purpose. The Legislature finds that it is inappropriate for public funds to be used to pay government employment contract buyouts. Such a practice amounts to compensation for no work performed. This Act would prohibit employment contract buyouts by any public corporation, board, commission or other autonomous agency of the Commonwealth government.
Source: CNMI Law Revision Commission