Gov. Eloy S. Inos is poised to sign into law the fiscal year 2015 budget bill as early as today, 10 days after the $134.33-million spending package reached his desk.<\/p>\n
Senate President Ralph Torres (R-Saipan) and other officials said yesterday that the governor has scheduled the budget bill\u2019s signing today.<\/p>\n
This comes after the governor himself said on Thursday that he is close to acting on the budget bill. He said there are concerns but \u201cnothing major.\u201d<\/p>\n
If and when he signs the budget bill today, it would be a record-early for the CNMI. It would still be more than two weeks before the Sept. 30 deadline. <\/p>\n
The CNMI government must have a new budget on or before Oct. 1, the start of fiscal year 2015, or the government would have to partially shut down again.<\/p>\n
The budget bill that\u2019s before Inos went through a bicameral committee that came up with a compromise House-Senate version. The compromises included those pertaining to education funding, restoration of Tinian\u2019s prior year funding level, and scrapping of a provision waiving taxes and gaming fees in exchange for the government$400,000 in unpaid La Fiesta leases, among other things.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are getting there. We are pretty close. I do believe we have a budget, but it\u2019s just that we want to make sure that we point out some areas of concern,\u201d Inos told reporters on Thursday on Capital Hill. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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