Despite his reservations, Gov. Eloy S. Inos signed into law on Monday Sen. Frank Cruz\u2019s (R-Tinian) bill allowing the use of 1.5-inch net mesh to catch bigeye scad or \u201catulai\u201d during its seasonal run on Tinian.<\/p>\n
Inos said he signed the bill despite his reservations after receiving assurance from the Law Revision Commission that the legal flaw in the bill can be corrected through codification.<\/p>\n
Senate Bill 18-29, House Draft 1 is now Public Law 18-48.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy concern with the bill is that it purports to amend the language of 2 CMC 5631, as amended by Public Law 17-57. However, the language of Public Law 17-57 that this bill seeks to amend was repealed by Public Law 18-32. As a result, Senate Bill 18-29 seeks to amend language that no longer exists. Despite this flaw, the Law Revision Commission has taken the position that Senate Bill 18-29 may still be codified into law by adding new subsection to 2 CMC 5631,\u201d the governor said in his transmittal letter.<\/p>\n
Under the new law, the use of drag nets (chenchulun lagua), surround nets (chenchulun umesugon), or trap nets (chenchulun managam) with a net mesh size \u201cno smaller than one and one-half inches shall be legal in the waters surrounding the Second Senatorial District when used for non-commercial purposes to catch bigeye scad (atulai) during its seasonal run.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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