The Saipan and Northern Islands Legislative Delegation on Thursday passed a bill appropriating $3.72 million for Saipan-centric activities.<\/p>\n
House Local Bill 18-63, D2 passed on a unanimous vote of 19 with two absences. It appropriates $3,672,000 from the revenues generated from the poker fees to be collected for fiscal year 2015 for various purposes in the Third Senatorial District. <\/p>\n
The lion\u2019s share of the funds is allocated to the scholarship program Saipan Higher Education Financial Assistance, at $3.1 million, with $100,000 of that for SHEFA operations.<\/p>\n
HLB 18-63 also earmarks $105,000 to patients of the Medical Referral Program who have already expended their $50,000 limit; $75,000 to the Saipan Little League Baseball Association; $50,000 for the Tipieew Cultural Village; $30,000 for the Saipan Zoning Office; $30,000 for the paving of a section of Mt. Tapochau Road; $20,000 for the 2015 Liberation Day activities; $15,000 for the 31st Annual Flame Tree Arts Festival; $12,000 for the procurement of two Port-A-Cool 36\u201d evaporator cooler units; $10,000 for the NMI Crime Stoppers; $5,000 for the Agricultural Fair; and $5,000 for the Saipan International Fishing Tournament.<\/p>\n
Saipan Little League was earmarked $75,000 for the hosting of the district ($25,000) and Asia-Pacific Regional tournaments ($50,000), while the monies appropriated for the Saipan Zoning Office will cover its enforcement and operations.<\/p>\n
The Department of Community and Cultural Affairs, meanwhile, is expected to use the two Port-A-Cool 36\u201d evaporator cooler units at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium, where players and spectators alike have long complained about the venue\u2019s humidity.<\/p>\n
The Medical Referral Office, for its part, will use the $105,000 as stipend for Saipan and Northern Islands patients.<\/p>\n
The balance of the $3.72 million will go to operational funds under the expenditure authority of delegation chair Rep. Ramon Tebuteb ($15,000) and equally distributed to each precinct ($200,000). <\/p>\n
The expenditure bill now goes directly to Gov. Eloy S. Inos\u2019 desk for approval. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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