{"id":337644,"date":"2021-02-01T06:05:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-31T20:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=337644"},"modified":"2021-02-01T06:05:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T20:05:00","slug":"deleon-guerrero-asks-for-list-of-all-revenues-for-snild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/deleon-guerrero-asks-for-list-of-all-revenues-for-snild\/","title":{"rendered":"Deleon Guerrero asks for list of all revenues for SNILD"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sen. Edith Deleon Guerrero (D-Saipan), second from left, and Rep. Celina R. Babauta (D-Saipan) check their phones during a recess of the Saipan and Northern Islands Legislative Delegation\u2019s first regular organization session at the House of Representatives\u2019 chamber. (FERDIE DE LA TORRE)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sen. Edith Deleon Guerrero (D-Saipan) asked the Saipan and Northern Islands Legislative Delegation last week for a list of all revenues intended for the delegation.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the SNILD\u2019s first regular session at the House of Representatives chamber, Deleon Guerrero said she was doing some research on SNILD when came across a Saipan Tribune article dated Sept. 23, 2020, \u201cSaipan, Tinian, Rota delegations owe $7.16 million to general fund.\u201d<\/p>\n

The article was about Sen. Paul A. Manglona\u2019s statement (Ind-Rota) that the Department of Finance\u2019s detailed accounting of the casino annual license fee fund appropriated to Saipan, Tinian, and Rota showed that the three legislative delegations owe a total of $7.16 million to the general fund.<\/p>\n

Manglona said this is so if Finance takes the position that Year 5 of the casino annual license fee funding\u2014$11 million for Saipan and $2 million each for Rota and Tinian\u2014was never allotted to the respective delegations, although Public Law 20-10 specifically appropriated the replenishment of the account from the Casino Gross Receipt Tax from fiscal years 2017 and 2018.<\/p>\n

Deleon Guerrero said now that the SNILD is duly organized, her question is what is SNILD\u2019s liquidity to commit fund on SNILD legislation?<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat revenue sources [are] funding SNILD?\u201d asked Deleon Guerrero as she requested for a list of all revenue sources for SNILD. \u201cCurrently, are we working with paper revenue or real liquidity, cash in a bank of funds for SNILD?\u201d<\/p>\n

She said she is sure all the other SNILD members will appreciate this report.<\/p>\n

Without naming who she is alluding to, Deleon Guerrero added that the 100% reprogramming authority is a reality that needs to be dealt with \u201cif we are to move forward with what is best for the CNMI and its people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Newly elected SNILD chair Sen. Vinnie F. Sablan (Ind-Saipan) told Deleon Guerrero that her message and concerns are \u201cduly noted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sablan said as soon as he appoints the chairs of the SNILD committees, he will ensure that those questions will be answered and send to her office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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