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13th KSL State Laws

State Law              Effective Date      State Law Title
No.

S.L. No. 13-01 

To amend the Kosrae State Code by inserting a new subsection (3)(d) under Section 5.201 of Title 5, to add a new Division of Social Services under the Department of Health Services; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-02

To appropriate the sum of $17,250.00 from the US Federal Grant of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of funding the Kosrae -PMHCA23 program in the state; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-03

To appropriate the sum of $16,000 from the Local Revenue Fund of the Kosrae state Treasury to subsidize the operation of the Utwe Water System; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-04

To amend State Law No. 12-190, at Section 2(10) to adjust the Special Education Program budget for fiscal year 2023; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-05

To appropriate the sum of $300,000.00 from the Foreign Assistance Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of funding the State Road Maintenance and Improvement project; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-06

To amend State Law No. 12-126 by extending the lapse date set for Section 2(2) 2020 HPF SHPO (P20AF000 l2); and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-07

To amend State Law No. 12-190, by amending Section 4 at Subsection (C) to modify the Kosrae State Legislature's approved budget for contractual and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-08

To appropriate the sum of $8,000.00 from the Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to fund the 2023 International Women's Day celebration by each community women association; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-09

To appropriate the sum of $16,000.00 from the U.S Federal Grants of the Kosrae State Treasury to provide funding for subcontractor agreement between the Reach-Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii (RCUH) and Kosrae Department of Health Services; and for other purpos

S.L. No. 13-10

To Appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 from the Foreign Assistance Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of funding the 2023 Kosrae State Inauguration; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-11

To appropriate the sum of $500.00 from the Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of funding the APIL 2023; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-12

To appropriate the sum of $41,532,163.00 from the public sector infrastructure fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of funding the Kosrae Hospital; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-13

To appropriate the sum of $4,746.25 from the Local Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of funding the the Division of Public Safety's security support during the recent APIL Board of Directors meeting held in the State of Kosrae; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-14

To amend the Kosrae State Code by inserting a new subsection 8 of Title 9, Chapter 3, Section 9.301 of the Kosrae State Code; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-15

To amend State Law No. 12-190, by amending Section 2 at Subsection (b) to modify the Governor's Office approved Budget for travel; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-16

To appropriate the sum of $3,300 from the Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of funding the upcoming State Leadership's Community Visit/Outreach in support of the proposed FSM Constitutional amendments; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-17

To amend Title 6 of the Kosrae State Code by amending Section 6.1606 to change weekly deposit to daily deposit in the State Revenue Fund Fines and Fees received by the Court; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-18

To amend Title 7 of the Kosrae State Code by amending Section 7.113, to increase the meeting compensation fee from $20 to $40 per meeting; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-19

To amend State Law No. 12-153, by extending the lapse date set for Section 2 Substance Abuse Prevention & Treatment (SAPT - COVID 19); and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-20

To appropriate the amount of $25,000.00 from the Foreign Assistance Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to provide funding for Micronesia Conservation trust (MCT) Protected Area Network/Blue Prosperity Micronesia Coordinator in the State of Kosrae; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-21

To further amend State Law No. 12-136, as amended by State Law Nos. 12-141; and 12-173, by amending the lapse date for funding under Section 12(10); and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-22

To amend State Law No. 12-190 by amending Sections 1;2(2)(d); (15)(c) & (d); (17)(d); (18)(d); 8(d): 10(1)(c) & (d); (3)(d); 4(d); (5)(c); & (d); (6)(c); and (8)(c) & (d) to amend the approved fiscal year 2023 foreign assistance fund budget and transfer to the local revenue fund under contractual and consumables for some of the locally funded departments, offices and agencies of the executive branch; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-23

To further amend State Law No. 12-190, as amended by State Law No. 13-07, by amending Section 4 at Subsection (d) to modify the Kosrae State Legislature's approved budget for consumables (OCE); and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-24

To appropriate the sum of $10,000.00 from the Local Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of funding the 2023 Liberation Celebrations for the four Municipal Governments in the State of Kosrae; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-25

To appropriate the sum of $96,735.00 from the Foreign Assistance Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of funding the implementation of a Memorandum of Agreement between Kosrae State and National Institute of Biological Resources of the Ministry of environment of the Republic of Korea; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-26

To further amend State Law No. 12-190, as amended by State Law Nos. 13-04, 13-07, and 13-15, by amending Section 2 at subsection 1(c) to modify the Office of the Governor's approved budget to include representation fund for the Governor under Contractual; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-27

To appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 from the Local Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of funding the Joint Committee Meeting scheduled to be held in Kosrae on August 14-15, 2023; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-28

To further amend State Law No. 12-190, as amended by State Law Nos. 13-04, 13-07, 13-15, 13-22, and 13-23, by amending Section 10 at subsections 2(b), (c) and (d) to modify KIRMA's approved budget from the Local Revenue Fund by reclassifying funds under Contractual object class to the Travcel and Consumable object classes; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-29

To appropriate the sum of $14,358.71 from the US Federal Grant Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of funding Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (CCCP) in the State of Kosrae; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-30

To appropriate the sum of $12,500.00 from the Local Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of providing the first quarterly payment for the settlement agreement between Vixon Jesse and the Kosrae State Government; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-31

To amend the Kosrae State Code by repealing Section 13.07(30) of Title 13 of the Kosrae State Code in its entirety; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-32

To appropriate the sum of $8,000.00 from the Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to provide supplemental funding for the Respective Municipalities; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-33

To further amend State Law No. 12-190, as amended by State Law Nos. 13-07, 13-15, 13-22, 13-23, and 13-26, by amending the Title amount for the State Local Revenue Fund and Section 9 total amount for the Revenue Fund to correct the Revenue Fund appropriated amount reflecting the actual detailed breakdown of each Sections of the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Law; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-34

To amend the Kosrae State Code by inserting a new Section 3.140(5) of Chapter 14 of Title 3 of the Kosrae State Code to include a passport size color photo of all Candidates.

S.L. No. 13-35

To amend the Kosrae State Code by amending Section 10.212 of Title 10, by adding a new subsection (3), to require re-appropriation by the Kosrae State Legislature for all audited unused money in the State General Fund at each fiscal year ending; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-36

To appropriate the sum of $4,500 from the Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of funding the 2023 Senior Citizens Day Celebration; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-37

To appropriate the sum of $2,731,984 from the Amended Compact Fund; the sum of $1,453,762 from the State Revenue Fund funding the First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2024; the sum of $1,315,432 from the United States Grant Fund; and the sum of $866,259 from the Foreign Assistance Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2024, for the purpose of funding the operations of all branches of the Kosrae State Government, its agencies, and various programs; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-38

To further amend State Law No. 12-190 as amended by State Law Nos. 13-04, 13-07, 13-15, 13-22, 13-23, and 13-26, by amending section 10 at subsections (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(c), to redirect the travel budget for the Broadcast Authority to Contractual and Consumable budgets under the local Revenue Fund; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-39

To appropriate the sum of $61,000.00 from the Foreign Assistance Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of funding the renovation and capacity improvements of Kosrae State Governor's Office; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-40

To amend Section 18.604 of Title 18 of the Kosrae State Code by modifying the salary schedule of Kosrae State Government Public Service Employees to include a forty-five percent (45%) salary increase to its amounts and to award the same to all other state government employees; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-41

To appropriate the sum of $263,501 from the Amended Compact Fund of Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of funding the Kosrae - PMO and the IMF Project in the State; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-42

To amend State Law No. 13-37, by amending Section 4 (d) to modify the Kosrae State Legislature's FY2024 first quarter approved budget for consumables; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-43

To amend State Law No. 13-40, by amending the effective date of the salary increase for public service system employees authorized by law, from January 1st, 2024, to be subjected upon availability of secured funding; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-44

To appropriate the sum of $15,000.00 from the Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of providing funding assistance for the 2023 Women's Conference to be held in the State of Kosrae; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-45

To appropriate the sum of $12,500.00 from the Local Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of providing the Second Quarter Payment for the settlement agreement between Vixon Jesse and the Kosrae State Government; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-46

To award one-time increase in the Annual Salary for all full-time state government employees under Title 4, title 5, Title 6, and Title 7 of the Kosrae State Code regardless of employment status, whether it be contractual or exempt positions, to conform with State Law No. 13-40 which has instituted a 45% salary increase to all Public Service System Employee of the State Government and to further amend the Kosrae State Code at Title 4, Sections 4.301; at Title 5, Sections 5.501; at Title 6, Sections 6.1203; at Title 10 Sections 10.410; and Title 11, Sections 11.609, to comply with the same conformity and the Kosrae State Government; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-47

To appropriate the sum of $6,000.00 from the Local Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to subsidize the Utwe Water System in purchasing the supplies and materials necessary to maintain from the main water system to the households in Utwe; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-48

To amend State Law No. 13-37, to supplement operation budget for Fiscal Year 2024 and modify the allocations of funds under the Amended Compact Sector Fund (Per U.S. CR1 and CR2), the State Revenue Fund and the Foreign Assistance Fund; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-49

To amend State Law No. 13-41, by extending the lapse date; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-50

To appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 from the Foreign Assistance Fund of the Kosrae State Treausry for the purpose of funding the Kosrae State Government New Production Development Fund; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-51

To appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 from the Local Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of funding the 2024 Lelu Municipality's Annual Commemoration of January 18th; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-52

To amend State Law No. 12-120, by extending the lapse date of the Technical Assistant Program (TAP) Grant for the Kosrae Auditor Training Programs; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-53

To amend the Title 7 of the Kosrae State Code by amending Section 7.402, to alter the title of KIRMA Authority Staff from "Program Administrator" to "Executive Administrator" to be applied elsewhere applicable in the code; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-54

To appropriate the sum of $50,000.00 from the Foreign Assistance Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to fund the College of Micronesia Kosrae Campus Fencing Project; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-55

To appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 from the Local Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to fund Civil Case No. 2017-2001-Stipulated Settlement and Judgement between Ricky L. Anton and the State of Kosrae; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-56

To amend State Law No. 12-160, by amending Section 2, to extend lapse date of the grant to January 31st, 2025; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-57

To amend State Law No. 12-147, by amending Section 2, to extend lapse date of the grant of December 31st, 2025; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-58

To amend State Law No. 12-168, by amending Section 2, to extend lapse date of the grant to March 31st, 2024; and for other puposes.

S.L. No. 13-59

To appropriate the sum of $25,000.00 from the Local Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of providing the remaining two (2) quarter payments for the settlement agreement between Vixon Jesse and the Kosrae State Government; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-60

To further amend State Law No. 13-37, as amended by State Law Nos. 13-42 and 13-48, to supplement the operational budget for fiscal year 2024 modifying the allocations for the Amended Compact Sector Fund per CR3, correcting office budget amounts and inclusion of a 45% salary increase, pursuant to State Law Nos. 13-40 and 13-46; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-61

To appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 from the Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to fund the 2024 International Women's Day celebration by each community women association; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-62

To appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 from the Local Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of funding the College of Micronesia Kosrae Campus Security Office Renovation and Student Activities; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-63

To amend the Kosrae State Code by amending Chapter 2 of Title 5, by inserting a new Section 5.211 to designate and rename the Kosrae State-owned public tennis court as the Sterling N. Skilling Memorial Tennis Court; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-64

To appropriate the sum of $15,000 from the Local Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of funding an independent counsel/lawyer to primarily handle specific cases for the State of Kosrae; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-65

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S.L. No. 13-66

To appropriate the sum of $12,000 from the Local Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to subsidize the operation of the Utwe Water System; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-67

To appropriate the sum of $48,540.00 from the U.S. Federal Grant Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of funding the Kosrae FY22 HPF/Operation and HPF Subgrant/Contract/Special Project in the State of Kosrae; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-68

To appropriate the sum of $75,000 from the General Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to cover the equity payment for the State of Kosrae balance to the PIDB.

S.L. No. 13-69

To appropriate the sum of $5,824.00 from the U.S Federal Grant of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purposes of funding the Kosrae Japanese Era Project; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-70

To appropriate the sum of $9,100.00 from the US Federal Grants of the Kosrae State Treasury to provide funding for an agreement between the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii (RCUH) and Historic Preservation Office under Kosrae Island Resource Management Authority (KIRMA); and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-71

To further amend State Law No. 12-02 as amended by State Law No. 12-187 by extending the lapse date from March 31, 2023 to January 31, 2025; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-72

To appropriate the sum of $89,799.00 from the Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of funding the airfare of the Kosrae Delegation to the 2024 Micronesian Games in the Republic of the Marshall Islands RMI); and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-73

To appropriate the sum of $120,000.00 from the Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of funding sports uniforms for the athletes and coaches participating in the upcoming 2024 Micronesian Games in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI); and for other purpose

S.L. No. 13-74

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S.L. No. 13-75

To amend State Law No. 13-72, by amending Section 2 to include funding assistance to the 2024 FESTPAC; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-76

To appropriate the sum of $6,000.00 from the Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of funding assistance for the 2024 Memorial Days for the Municipality of Malem, Utwe and Tafunsak; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-77

To appropriate the sum of $12,000.00 from the local Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to provide additional subsidy for the operation of the Utwe Water System; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-78

To appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 (Donation from Da Yang)  from the Local Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of funding the 2024 Micro Games in RMI; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-79

To amend Section 2.601 (1) of Title 2 of the Kosrae State Code by inserting a new subsection (1) to add a new holiday known as Kosrae Disability Day; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-80

To further amend State Law No. 13-37, as amended by State Law Nos. 13-42, 13-48, and 13-60 by amending section 4 at subsection (d) to modify the Kosrae State Legislature's FY 2024 approved budget for consumables; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-81

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S.L. No. 13-82

To appropriate the sum of $10,000.00 from the Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of providing Kosrae State's Financial Supplement to the Micronesian Legal Services Corporation (MLSC) for its continuous services to the region and the people; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-83

To appropriate the sum of $39,920.00 from the General Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to fund the Kosrae State's participation in the Micronesian Exposition in Chuuk as a supplemental budget; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-84

To appropriate the sum of $40,000.00 from the Local Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to supplement personnel budget for the Division of Public Safety, Kosrae State Government, for the Fiscal Year 2024; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-85

To further amend State Law No. 12-75, as amended by State Law No. 12-193, to reflect a modification of $8,000.00 supplementing a shortfall on the UFC Coordinator's Salary covering up to September 20, 2024; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-86

To appropriate the sum of $20,000.00 from the Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of providing financial assistance to the communities of Tafunsak and Walung for the recent King Tide; and for other purposes, which has been repassed by the Legislature, Ninth Special Session, by four-fifths of the members of the Legislature, a quorum being present.

S.L. No. 13-87

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S.L. No. 13-88

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S.L. No. 13-89

To amend State Law No. 12-02, as further amended in State Law No. 12-87, extending the lapse date for Section 2(2) Kosrae Hospital Design Project; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-90

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S.L. No. 13-91

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S.L. No. 13-92

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To appropriate the sum of $25,000.00 from the Foreign Assistance Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury to provide funding for Micronesia Conservation Trust (MCT) Protected Area Network/Blue Prosperity Micronesia Coordinator in the State of Kosrae; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-93

To appropriate the sum of $14,000.00 from the Local Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of providing funding assistance to the 2024 Liberation Celebrations for the four municipal governments in the State of Kosrae; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-94

To amend Section 7.1307 of Chapter 13, Title 7 of the Kosrae State Code to change the ex-officio member for Housing and Rural Development Authority (HRDA) board from Executive Director of HRDA to Director of the Department of Economic Affairs; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-95

To further amend State Law No. 13-37, as amended by State Law Nos. 13-42, 13-48, 13-60 and 13-80, by amending Section 4  at subsection (d) to modify the Kosrae State Legislature's FY2024 approved budget for Consumables; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-96

To amend Section 7.1601 of Chapter 16, Title 7 of the Kosrae State Code to change the ex-officio for SBDC from Director of SBDC to Director of the Department of Economics Affairs; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-97

To appropriate the sum of $9,000 from the Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of providing subsidy to the Kosrae Farmers Association's operations and activities; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-98

To appropriate the sum of $14,909,292 from the Amended Compact fund; the sum of $6,051,949 from the State Revenue Fund; the sum of $1,253,933 from the United States Grant Fund; and the sum of $18,128 from from the Foreign Assistance Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025 for the purpose of funding the operations of all branches of the Kosrae State Government, its agencies, and various programs; and for other purposes.

S.L. No. 13-99

To appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 from the Local Revenue Fund of the Kosrae State Treasury for the purpose of providing funding assistance to the 2024 General Election for the Office of the Council of the Utwe Municipal Government; and for other purposes.

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