This Act stipulates that the Department of Public Lands shall not assess rental fees in respect to small parcels of public land, not in excess of 300 square meters, adjacent to land used for residential purposes where the residential land owner maintains the public land by removing undesirable vegetation and habitat for pests.
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Under US administration as part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific, the people of the Northern Mariana Islands decided in the 1970s not to seek independence but instead to forge closer links with the US. Negotiations for territorial status began in 1972. A covenant to establish a commonwealth in political union with the US was approved in 1975, and came into force on 24 March 1976. A new government and constitution went into effect in 1978.
The Northern Mariana Islands are a presidential democracy and are part of the commonwealth in political union with the US.
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