Chapter 9 of Title 24 of the Chuuk State Code - Public Projects Act. Country/Territory Micronesia, Fed. States Territorial subdivision Chuuk Document type Legislation Date 1981 (2001) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry, Land & soil Keyword Land clearing Liability/compensation Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Micronesia, Oceania, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific Abstract This Act concerns compensation for fruit-bearing trees destroyed or damaged due to work on public projects. No claim for compensation shall be paid unless the destroyed tree is certified in the manner as prescribed by this Act. Claims shall be presented to the Division of Land Management in the Department of Resources and Development in the manner as prescribed by this Act. Every public project funded by the State Legislature which involves the destruction of trees to which this Act applies shall reserve 3 percent of the total appropriation for tree compensation. Full text English Website fsmlaw.org