An Act to amend subsection (D) of section 8122 of Title Four of the Commonwealth Code to merely clarify an ambiguity regarding the Commonwealth Utilities Commission shall issue an order setting rates fees, charges or rents for utility service (P.L. 17-03)

Section 2. Amendment. Subsection (d) of Section 8122 of Title Four of the Commonwealth Code is hereby amended as follows: "(d) For the purposes of a deliberate and uninterrupted transition to regulation under the Public Utilities Commission, and notwithstanding 8433, 8442 and any other provision of law, the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation�s Executive Director's power and authority to set rates, fees, charges and rents shall take effect on January 27, 2006 and continue until such time as the Public Utilities Commission shall issue an order setting rates, fees, charges or rents for a utility service,"

Section 3. Applicability. This Act is intended to clarify the intent of the Legislature in passing Public Laws 15-35 and I 5-40 on the dates of enactment. This Act and 11 every modification or repealer herein shall constitute the law to be applied to any administrative proceeding in the Commonwealth or any case filed the courts of the I Commonwealth which has not been reduced to final judgment as of the effective date of this act, regardless of when such proceeding or case was filed, as was originally intended.

Section 4. Savings Clause. Subject to Section 3, the enactment of this Act shall not have the effect of terminating, or in any way modifying, any liability, civil or criminal, which shall already be in existence at the date this Act becomes effective.

Section 5. Severability. If any provision of this Act or the application of any such I provision to any person or circumstance should be held invalid by a court of competent 2 jurisdiction, the remainder of this Act or the application of its provisions to persons or 21 circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid shall not be affected thereby. 22 Section 6. Effective Date. This Act shall take effect upon approval by the 23 Governor or upon becoming law without such approval. Page 2 PUBLIC LAW NO. 17-3 SENATE BILL NO. 17-18 CERTIFIED BY: ATTESTED BY: ..') " �j !-\\A--'- -A � . ;/ (/ -1 ; PAlJl;A.MANGLONA TAM:'�M�A:C:N:-A-:O-­ PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE SENATE LEGISLATIVE SECRETARY ,2010 B·Il.4>j""",,-IQEJ1IU.A.L ELOY s. mos Acting Governor Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Page 3