Chapter 9 of Title 24 of the Chuuk State Code - Public Projects Act.

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.