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AT THE LEGISLATURE December 2, 2008
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Posted on Dec 01 2008
[B]House session today[/B]
The CNMI House of Representatives will have a session today, Dec. 2, at 1:30pm in the House Chamber. The House is likely to take up the revised budget proposal for FY 2009 at the next session. The bill is still under review and undergoing changes, and the session may be postponed for later this week until the bill is finalized.
[B]Public hearings set[/B]The House has scheduled public hearings on the proposed public land lease for a new 357-room hotel in As Matuis, immediately north of Palms Resort. Flame Sako Resort Hotel & Spa is seeking 109,003 square meters of property for the facility.
The hearings are scheduled for Dec. 9, 6:30pm at GTC Elementary School, and Dec. 10, 6:30pm, at Multi-Ppurpose Center and will be conducted jointly by the House Committee on Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Resources, Economic Development, and Programs. Comments may also be submitted in writing via email, hand-delivery, fax (664-8983 or 664-8938), or mail (CNMI Legislature PO Box 500586).
For more information, contact House Natural Resources chair Rep. Ramon Tebuteb at 664-8893 or email rtebuteb@yahoo.com; or contact Senate Economic Development chair Sen. Jude Hofschneider at 664-8922 or senatorjuhofschneider@yahoo.com.
[B]McPhee-Conway economic report presentation[/B]Malcolm McPhee will be coming to the CNMI to deliver presentations on the economic report that he recently prepared with Dr. Dick Conway for the Governor through a Department of the Interior grant. The presentation for the members of the Legislature, the Governor, and the members of his Cabinet is scheduled for Dec. 9, 2008, at 1:30pm in the Multi-Purpose Center.
[I]Source: Office of Rep. Tina Sablan[/I]
