PUBLIC LAW NO. 10-40 TENTH NORTHERN MARIANAS COMMONWEALTH LEGISLATURE H.B. NO. 10-229, SD1 SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 1996 AN ACT To reappropriate unexpended fund balances from Public Law No. 9-24; and for other purposes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE TENTH NORTHERN MARIANAS COMMONWEALTH LEGISLATURE: Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of this bill is to reappropriate fund balances from Public Law No. 9-24 for the construction of drainage, road paving, sewer distribution and traffic lights under Section 6 of Public Law 9-24. Section 2. Reappropriation. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Public Law 9-24, there is hereby reappropriated from Public Law No. 9-24, $1,786,943.00 in unexpended fund balances, as follows: FROM: 1. Chalan Monsignor Guerrero waterline: Estimated Cost: $720,000.00 Actual: $ 444,829.00 Balance: $275,171.00 2. Chalan Kiya Waterline: Estimated Cost: $915,000.00 Actual: $ 500,645.00 Balance: $414,375.00 3. Chalan Pale Arnold waterline: Estimated Cost: $1,956,000.00 Actual: $1,225,442.00 Balance: $730,558.00 4. (Beach Road) Quarter Master Road waterline: Estimated Cost: $840,000.00 Actual: $ 473,161.00 Balance: $366,839.00 Total $1,786,943.00 TO: 1. Puerto Rico, Navy Hill and Gualo Rai Roads and roads improvement: $ 313,375.00 2. Quarter Master and Gualo Rai traffic lights $ 150,000.00 3. Drainage in Precinct III: $ 194,971.00 4. Sewer distribution in Precinct III $1,127,597.00 Total $1,786,943.00 The Executive Director of Commonwealth Utilities Corporation shall be the expenditure authority for line item 4 and the Secretary of Public Works shall be the expenditure authority for line items 1, 2, and 3. Funds shall be available without fiscal year limitation. Section 4. Severability. If any provision of this Act or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstance should be held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this Act or the application of its provisions to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid shall not be affected thereby. Section 5. Effective Date. This Act shall take effect upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval. CERTIFIED BY: ATTESTED BY: /s/ Diego T. Benavente /s/ Evelyn C. Fleming DIEGO T. BENAVENTE EVELYN C. FLEMING Speaker House Clerk House of Representatives Approved this 22nd day of November , 1996 /s/ Froilan C. Tenorio FROILAN C. TENORIO Governor Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.