NITIJELA OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

34TH CONSTITUTIONAL REGULAR SESSION, 2013

BILL NO: 9

P.L. 2013-12

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT 2013

AN ACT

to amend Chapter 1, Title 4 of the MIRC, the Local Government Act of 1981 in order to provide for representation of a member of the Nitijela to the executive of local government.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE NITIJELA OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS:

Section 1. Short Title

This Act may be cited as Local Government (Amendment) Act, 2013.

Section 2. Amendments

(1) Section 114 of the Local Government Act is amended as follows:

"§114. The executive.

(1) The constitution of every local government shall provide for an executive committee, which shall be the principal executive arm of local government and shall have such powers, functions, duties and responsibilities as are conferred or imposed on it by this or any other Act, the constitution of the local government or an ordinance.

(2) The executive committee shall consist of the head of the local government, a member of the Nitijela representing the local government area, and such other members of the Council selected in such manner as the constitution provides.

(3) Nothing in Subsection (2) of this Section prevents:

(a) persons other than members of the Council being nonvoting members of the executive committee; or

(b) the executive committee including all members of the Council.

Section 3. Effective Date

This Act shall take effect in accordance with the Constitution and the Rules of Procedures of the Nitijela
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CERTIFICATE
I hereby certify:

1. That Nitijela Bill No.9 was passed by the Nitijela of the Republic of the Marshall Islands on the 19th day of March, 2013; and

2. That I am satisfied that Nitijela Bill No.9 was passed in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Rules of Procedures of the Nitijela.

I hereby place my signature before the Clerk this 3rd day of June 2013.
	
Attest:
	
Hon. Donald F. Capelle
Speaker
Nitijela of the Marshall Island
	Tadashi Lometo
Clerk
Nitijela of the Marshall Islands