American Samoa § 24.0202 - Authority of village council to enact ordinances.
Full text of American Samoa American Samoa Code Annotated § 24.0202 — Authority of village council to enact ordinances., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 24.0202. Authority of village council to enact ordinances.
Each village council is authorized by majority vote of those present to enact land use ordinances which: (1) prescribe soil conservation practices that must be followed when growing specified agricultural crops on any land in the village; (2) prescribe soil conservation practices that must be followed for specified lands in the village regardless of the crop grown; (3) limit, to the extent reasonably necessary to carry out the policy of this chapter, the agricultural use that may be made of specified lands in the village; (4) provide for coordinated soil conservation programs on lands owned by different persons, and prescribe joint or community obligations with respect thereto; (5) provide penalties for violating, and methods for enforcing, the ordinances, which may include action by the village when a landowner refuses to comply with an ordinance, and assessment against the landowner of the cost of village action.
Source: official American Samoa text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 24.0202 ("Authority of village council to enact ordinances.") is part of the American Samoa Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of American Samoa. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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