THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE OF AMERICAN SAMOA

FIRST REGULAR SESSION

 

 

                                    Public Law No.                    Senate/House Bill No.                                      Summary

 

                                   P.L. 30-1                                S.B. No. 30-13                             An Act reauthorizing the temporary establishment

                                                                                                                                    of the “Family, Drug and Alcohol Court” Pilot

                                                   project for an additional three (3) year period, and,

                                                   with approval of the U. S. Secretary of the Interior,

                                                   making the Family, Drug, and Alcohol

                                                                                                                                    Court a permanent Division of the High Court by

                                                                                                                                    later repealing Section 3.0505 A.S.C.A.;

                                                                                                                                    Recreating Chapter 5 under Title 3 A.S.C.A.

                                  

                                                                                                                                    English (FaaPeretania)   FaaSamoa (Samoan)

 

                                   P.L. 30-2*                              H.B. No. 30-8                              An Act appropriating the sum of $1,044,000 to

                                                                                                                                    supplement the FY-2007 Budget for the provision

                                                                                                                                    of funding for American Samoa Government

                                                                                                                                    operations for Fiscal Year 2007.

 

                                   P.L. 30-3*                              S.B. No. 30-30                             An Act appropriating the sum of $60,000 from the

                                                                                                                                    budget of the Department of Legal Affairs,

                                                                                                                                    Claims and Damages Fund No. 100790, to pay in

                                                                                                                                    full the settlement agreement entered into as a

                                                                                                                                    Resolution of a Tort Claim brought by Lynette and

                                                                                                                                    Roderick Atafua against the American Samoa

                                                                                                                                    Government and L.B.J. Tropical Medical Center.

 

                                   P.L. 30-4                                S.B. No. 30-8                               An Act amending the ratio of the Aggregate

                                                                                                                                    Guarantees of the Development Bank of American

                                                                                                                                    Samoa to its capital and surplus; amending

                                                                                                                                    Section 28-0105 A.S.C.A.

 

                                                                                                                                    English (FaaPeretania)   FaaSamoa (Samoan)

 

                                   P.L. 30-5                                S.B. No. 30-32                             An Act authorizing the American Samoa

                                                                                                                                    Government to enter into a Loan Agreement with

                                                                                                                                    The American Samoa Government Employees’

                                                                                                                                    Retirement Fund; appropriating monies for the

                                                                                                                                    repayment of such loan and identifying the source

                                                                                                                                    of funding; authorizing the use of loan proceeds

                                                                                                                                    to finance the acquisition, equipping and

                                                                                                                                    renovation of Capital Improvements and

                                                                                                                                    Programs; adjusting the cap on ASCIERF

                                                                                                                                    investments and loans to the American Samoa

                                                                                                                                    Government; appropriating revenue and

                                                                                                                                    identifying the source of funding; and providing

                                                                                                                                    for an early effective date; amending Sections

                                                                                                                                    7.1444, 11.1002, and 27.1014 A.S.C.A.;

                                                                                                                                    creating a Section 7.1444.5 A.S.C.A.; and

                                                                                                                                    repealing Section 7.1444.3 A.S.C.A,

 

                                                                                                                                    English (FaaPeretania)   FaaSamoa (Samoan)

 

 

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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE OF AMERICAN SAMOA

FIRST SPECIAL SESSION

 

 

                                   Public Law No.                    Senate/House Bill No.                                       Summary

 

                                   P.L. 30-6*                             H.B. No. 30-14                            An Act appropriating the sum of $900,000 to

                                                                                                                                   supplement the FY-2007 Budget to fund the

                                                                                                                                   American Samoa Government operations.

 

                                   P.L. 30-7                               S.B. No. 30-38                              An Act authorizing the issuance of Guest Worker

                                                                                                                                    Permits by the Attorney General for employees

                                                                                                                                    of the Fish Canneries and Call Center;

                                                                                                                                    establishing the special requirements and

                                                                                                                                    limitations, and gives the Governor of American

                                                                                                                                    Samoa the authority to place a moratorium on the

                                                                                                                                    issuance of such permits; amending Sections

                                                                                                                                    41.0301 and 41.0410 A.S.C.A.; and creating a

                                                                                                                                    Chapter 09 under Title 41 A.S.C.A.

                                                                                

                                                                                                                                    English (FaaPeretania)   FaaSamoa (Samoan)

 

                                   P.L. 30-8                              S.B. No. 30-39                               An Act authorizing the American Samoa Medical

                                                                                                                                    Center Authority (ASMCA) to borrow $1.7

                                                                                                                                    Million pursuant to Public Law 29-21: amending

                                                                                                                                    Section 7.1444.4 A.S.C.A. and providing for an

                                                                                                                                    early effective date

                                                                                

                                                                                                                                    English (FaaPeretania)   FaaSamoa (Samoan)

 

 

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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE OF AMERICAN SAMOA

SECOND REGULAR SESSION

 

                                   Public Law No.                    Senate/House Bill No.                                       Summary

 

                                    P.L. 30-9*                              H.B. No. 30-20                            An Act reprogramming the amount of $578,500

                                                                                                                                    From unexpended and unobligated revenues

                                                                                                                                    to certain Executive Agencies and Special

                                                                                                                                    Programs in order to provide specific funding

                                                                                                                                    for the Legislature and Governor’s Office; and

                                                                                                                                    providing for an early effective date.

                                                                                                                       

                                    P.L. 30-10*                            H.B. No. 30-17                            An Act appropriating funds from the Special

                                                                                                                                    Revenue Account No. 1002214512 for the

                                                                                                                                    purchase and outfitting of four new vehicles

                                                                                                                                    for the Department of Public Safety, and

                                                                                                                                    providing for an early effective date.

                                                                                                                                   

                                    P.L. 30-11                              S.B. No. 30-27                             An Act establishing a new Public Health Law for

                                                                                                                                    American Samoa; repealing the preceding Public

                                                                                                                                    Health Act; and establishing the American Samoa

                                                                                                                                    Emergency Powers Act; creating a new Chapter

                                                                                                                                    02 and 03 under Title 13 A.S.C.A.; and repealing

                                                                                                                                    Chapters 02 and 03 currently under Title 13

                                                                                                                                    A.S.C.A.

 

                                                                                                                                    English (FaaPeretania)   FaaSamoa (Samoan)

 

                                    P.L. 30-12*                            H.B. No. 30-18                            An Act providing for the appropriation of the

                                                                                                                                    American Samoa Government Annual Budget for

                                                                                                                                    Fiscal Year 2008 and for an early effective date.

 

 

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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE OF AMERICAN SAMOA

THIRD REGULAR SESSION

 

 

                                    Public Law No.                    Senate/House Bill No.                                      Summary

 

                                   P.L. 30-13                              S.B. No. 30-29                             An Act appropriating funds from the interest

                                                                                                                                    earned "from the American Samoa

                                                                                                                                    Community College Land Grant Endowment

                                                                                                                                    Fund for the purchase and implementation

                                                                                                                                    of a computer network system at the

                                                                                                                                    American Samoa Community College, and

                                                                                                                                    providing for an early effective date.

 

                                                                                                                                    English (FaaPeretania)   FaaSamoa (Samoan)

 

                                   P.L. 30-14                               S.B. No. 30-58                            An Act expanding the designation of Capital

                                                                                                                                    Projects approved for funding with proceeds

                                                                                                                                    of the American Samoa Government Loan

                                                                                                                                    Authorized by P.L. No. 30-5; amending

                                                                                                                                    Section 7.1444.5 A.S.C.A.; and providing for

                                                                                                                                    an early effective date.

                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                    English (FaaPeretania)   FaaSamoa (Samoan)

 

                                   P.L. 30-15                              H.B.  No.  30-27                          An Act establishing the American Samoa

                                                                                                                                    Visitors Bureau an Agency of the American

                                                                                                                                    Samoa Government within the Executive

                                                                                                                                    Branch, and as the leading government entity

                                                                                                                                    for the promotion of American Samoa a tourist

                                                                                                                                    destination in order to increase the contribution

                                                                                                                                    of tourism to the economy, by facilitating the

                                                                                                                                    development of a competitive and profitable

                                                                                                                                    tourism industry, through the creation of tourism

                                                                                                                                    sensitive policies, and regulating tourism as it

                                                                                                                                    impacts Samoan Culture and way of life;

                                                                                                                                    renaming Title 17 A.S.C.A. to provide for the

                                                                                                                                    placement of the Visitor's Bureau; amending

                                                                                                                                    Subtitle Heading Under 17 A.S.C.A.; and

                                                                                                                                    creating a New Chapter 06 in said Title.

                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                    English (FaaPeretania)   FaaSamoa (Samoan)

 

                                   P.L. 30-16                              S.B. No. 30-51                             An Act prohibiting underage persons from

                                                                                                                                    consuming or possessing beer or other alcoholic

                                                                                                                                    beverages; prohibiting consumption or

                                                                                                                                    possession of such beverages in certain places;

                                                                                                                                    and providing penalties and procedures for

                                                                                                                                    violations; amending Section 27.0532 A.S.C.A.

 

                                                                                                                                    English (FaaPeretania)   FaaSamoa (Samoan)

 

                                   P.L. 30-17*                            H.B. No. 30-31                            Act appropriating the sum of $147,230 Dollars,

                                                                                                                                    plus post judgment interest, from the budget

                                                                                                                                    of the Department of Legal Affairs Claims and

                                                                                                                                    Damages Fund no. 100790 for the payment of an

                                                                                                                                    outstanding judgment entered by the High Court

                                                                                                                                    of American Samoa on September 21, 2006, in

                                                                                                                                    the case of Leasuasu Tupono v. American

                                                                                                                                    Samoa Government, Civil Action No, 100-2003.

 

                                   P.L. 30-18                              S.B. No. 30-49                             An Act modernizing the Notary Public Office by

                                                                                                                                    establishing rules, procedures, guiding principles,

                                                                                                                                    defining duties and responsibilities, and providing

                                                                                                                                    for sanctions for Notaries Public of the Territory of

                                                                                                                                    American Samoa, and to assure the integrity of

                                                                                                                                    documents essential to commercial and legal

                                                                                                                                    transactions; amending Section 4.0604 A.S.C.A.;

                                                                                                                                    and creating a New Chapter 03 under Title 31

                                                                                                                                    A.S.C.A.

 

                                                                                                                                    English (FaaPeretania)   FaaSamoa (Samoan)

 

 

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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE OF AMERICAN SAMOA

SECOND SPECIAL SESSION

 

 

                                   Public Law No.                    Senate/House Bill No.                                       Summary

 

                                    P.L. 30-19                              S.B. No. 30-73                             An Act providing for absentee registration

                                                                                                                                    for Uniformed Services Voters desiring to

                                                                                                                                    register as qualified Electors and cast ballots

                                                                                                                                    in Elections for he Office of Governor and

                                                                                                                                    Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa and

                                                                                                                                    Representatives to the American Samoa

                                                                                                                                    House of Representatives; amending Section

                                                                                                                                    6.0214 A.S.C.A.; and providing for an early

                                                                                                                                    effective date.

 

                                                                                                                                    English (FaaPeretania)   FaaSamoa (Samoan)

                                                                                                                       

                                    P.L. 30-20                                 S.B. No. 30-78                          An Act providing for the reclassification of

                                                                                                                                    Teachers in the Territory and for the Certification

                                                                                                                                    Board, outlining certifications and minimum

                                                                                                                                    requirements, requiring rules to be promulgated

                                                                                                                                    by the Director of education, outlining exceptions,

                                                                                                                                    authorizing the charging of fees, setting forth

                                                                                                                                    the official teacher payscale, appropriating

                                                                                                                                    revenue to pay for the reclassification and

                                                                                                                                    identifying the source of funding; amending

                                                                                                                                    Section 16.1001 A.S.C.A.; and creating

                                                                                                                                    Sections 16.1003 and 16.1004 A.S.C.A.

 

                                                                                                                                    English (FaaPeretania)   FaaSamoa (Samoan)

 

                                                                                                                                   

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