Public hearing on lease extension bill

Posted on Jun 04 2018

Tag: Capital Hill, House, Natural Resources

A House committee is looking to hold a public hearing this week on a Senate bill that seeks to extend maximum initial lease terms.

The House Committee on Natural Resources, led by chair Rep. Alice Igitol (R-Saipan), said that Senate President Arnold I. Palacios’ (R-Saipan) Senate Bill 20-35, which seeks to bump the maximum initial lease term of 25 years to 40 years, would be up for public comments on June 4 in the House chamber on Capital Hill at 5:30pm.

The bill was adopted by the committee in their May 18 committee meeting with a vote of 4-3, with Reps. Donald Barcinas (R-Saipan), Edmund Villagomez (Ind-Saipan), and Jose Itibus (R-Saipan) voting against its passage without first holding a public hearing.

Erwin Encinares | Reporter

Erwin Charles Tan Encinares holds a bachelor’s degree from the Chiang Kai Shek College and has covered a wide spectrum of assignments for the Saipan Tribune. Encinares is the paper’s political reporter.

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