Tinian lawmakers OK $112K for programs, projects

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Posted on Apr 03 2014

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The Tinian and Aguiguan Legislative Delegation passed yesterday morning an amended local bill appropriating $112,000 in poker license fees for patients’ subsistence allowance, medical referral, scholarship and other activities including $15,000 for the four-member delegation’s own spending.
House Local Bill 18-48, Draft 1 passed by a vote of 4-0. The bill, authored by Rep. Trenton Conner (Ind-Tinian), now goes to the governor for action.

The amendment includes removal of $10,000 originally proposed for payment of a court judgment, and gives the amount instead to the Tinian delegation, chaired by Sen. Frank Borja (Ind-Tinian).

The Tinian delegation gets a total of $15,000 under the amended local bill—$3,000 of which was taken from the Tinian Municipal Scholarship, and $2,000 from Tinian Health Center’s medical referral program.

Of the total $112,000 proposed appropriation, $45,000 is for the monthly subsistence allowance of patients on dialysis, those with cancer, multiple sclerosis, debilitating epilepsy seizure disorder and dermatomytositis, as well as post-cerebral vascular accident patients.

The Tinian Municipal Scholarship gets $35,000, while the Tinian and Aguiguan Legislative Delegation, $15,000.

Tinian Little League gets $10,000, while $5,000 goes to expenses related to the Attorney General’s Cup. The remaining $2,000 goes to the Tinian Health Center’s medical referral program.

Besides Conner and chairman Borja, the two other Tinian delegation members are Sens. Frank Cruz (R-Tinian) and Joaquin Borja (Ind-Tinian).Tinian lawmakers OK $112K for programs, projects

The Tinian and Aguiguan Legislative Delegation passed yesterday morning an amended local bill appropriating $112,000 in poker license fees for patients’ subsistence allowance, medical referral, scholarship and other activities including $15,000 for the four-member delegation’s own spending.

House Local Bill 18-48, Draft 1 passed by a vote of 4-0. The bill, authored by Rep. Trenton Conner (Ind-Tinian), now goes to the governor for action.

The amendment includes removal of $10,000 originally proposed for payment of a court judgment, and gives the amount instead to the Tinian delegation, chaired by Sen. Frank Borja (Ind-Tinian).

The Tinian delegation gets a total of $15,000 under the amended local bill—$3,000 of which was taken from the Tinian Municipal Scholarship, and $2,000 from Tinian Health Center’s medical referral program.

Of the total $112,000 proposed appropriation, $45,000 is for the monthly subsistence allowance of patients on dialysis, those with cancer, multiple sclerosis, debilitating epilepsy seizure disorder and dermatomytositis, as well as post-cerebral vascular accident patients.

The Tinian Municipal Scholarship gets $35,000, while the Tinian and Aguiguan Legislative Delegation, $15,000.

Tinian Little League gets $10,000, while $5,000 goes to expenses related to the Attorney General’s Cup. The remaining $2,000 goes to the Tinian Health Center’s medical referral program.

Besides Conner and chairman Borja, the two other Tinian delegation members are Sens. Frank Cruz (R-Tinian) and Joaquin Borja (Ind-Tinian).

Haidee V. Eugenio | Reporter
Haidee V. Eugenio has covered politics, immigration, business and a host of other news beats as a longtime journalist in the CNMI, and is a recipient of professional awards and commendations, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s environmental achievement award for her environmental reporting. She is a graduate of the University of the Philippines Diliman.

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