27th Guam Legislature - Public Laws
The following list of Public Laws currently available in electronic format from the 35th Guam Legislature. Records of session agendas, votes, legislation and messages and communications are also available throughout this website. If you do not see the Public Law you are looking for within the following list, please contact the Clerk of the Legislature or call (671) 472-3465/3474
PUBLIC LAWS AUTHORED
AN ACT TO REDUCE THE COST OF GOVERNMENT BY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF LOWER UNIT COSTS MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE BULK PURCHASE OF STANDARDIZED SERVICES REGULARLY UTILIZED BY ALL BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE CONSOLIDATED COMMISSION ON UTILITIES TO EXAMINE THE
FEASIBILITY OF INCREASING THE SPEED AND REDUCING THE COST OF POWER RECOVERY FROM NATURAL DISASTERS BY PLACING CERTAIN POWER LINES UNDERGROUND AT THE SAME TIME THAT MAJOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND WATER/WASTEWATER PROJECTS ARE UNDERTAKEN.
AN ACT TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF RECREATION AND SPORTS IN GUAM BY REPEALING AND REENACTING SECTIONS 2, 3, 4, AND 5 OF PUBLIC LAW 26-166 AS §§77112.1(d), 77112.2, AND 77112.3 OF TITLE 21 OF THE GUAM CODE ANNOTATED, RELATIVE TO THE LEASE OF THE PASEO STADIUM BY THE GUAM BASEBALL FEDERATION, A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION; BY AMENDING §2111 OF TITLE 4, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED, RELATIVE TO THE ISSUANCE OF COURT CLEARANCES AND POLICE REPORTS FOR VOLUNTEERS OF YOUTH RECREATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; AND BY ADDING A NEW §15201.2 TO TITLE 22 OF THE GUAM CODE ANNOTATED, RELATIVE TO THE PROCUREMENT OF ACCIDENT AND LIABILITY INSURANCE BY YOUTH RECREATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
AN ACT TO CREATE A MUNICIPAL RECYCLING PROGRAM, BY ADDING A NEW ARTICLE 6 TO CHAPTER 51 OF DIVISION 2 OF PART 2 OF TITLE 10, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED.
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE LATTE STONE PARK IN HAGATNA TO "THE SENATOR ANGEL LEON GUERRERO SANTOS LATTE STONE MEMORIAL PARK" TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PARK IN HIS LIFE AND ACKNOWLEDGE HIS SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF GUAM, TO PERMANENTLY BAN VENDORS FROM OPERATING ON THE PARK'S GROUNDS, AND TO TASK THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION TO DESIGN AND DEVELOP A MEMORIAL TO THE LATE SENATOR SANTOS TO BE PLACED IN THE PARK, BY ADDING A NEW 1 GCA §839.
AN ACT TO ADD NEW SUBSECTIONS (m) AND (n) TO §9106 OF TITLE 12, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED, TO REQUIRE THAT AT LEAST ONE (1) DIRECTOR ON THE GUAM VISITORS BUREAU HAVE A BACKGROUND IN CHAMORRO FOLK ARTS, LANGUAGE, CULTURAL HERITAGE OR HISTORIC PRESERVATION, AND TO
REQUIRE REPRESENTATION OF BOTH GENDERS ON THE GVB BOARD.
AN ACT TO AMEND §40113(b)(3) OF CHAPTER 40, TITLE 5 OF THE GUAM CODE ANNOTATED, AND TO REQUIRE THAT A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BE ENTERED INTO BETWEEN THE GUAM WATERWORKS AUTHORITY (GWA) AND THE GOVERNMENT OF GUAM TO LIMIT GWA'S USE OF A SPECIFIC PARCEL OF LAND TO A SPECIFIC USE AND PURPOSE.
AN ACT TO AMEND §8404 OF CHAPTER 8, ARTICLE 1, OF TITLE 19 OF THE GUAM CODE ANNOTATED, RELATIVE TO MEDIATION IN ACTIONS FOR CUSTODY OR CHANGE OF CUSTODY, AND RELATIVE TO AUTHORIZING THE SUPREME COURT OF GUAM TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS AND THE
JUDICIAL COUNCIL OF GUAM TO ENACT FEES TO IMPLEMENT PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT.
AN ACT TO EXEMPT SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES FROM THE PROHIBITION AGAINST GOVERNMENT SPENDING ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, AS CONTAINED IN PUBLIC LAW 27-29:V:28, FOR THE "SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES UNIVERSAL SERVICE SUPPORT MECHANISM," OR "E-RATE" PROGRAM.
AN ACT TO ADVANCE HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAMS IN GUAM BY REPEALING AND REENACTING ARTICLE 6 OF CHAPTER 76 OF DIVISION 2 OF TITLE 21, REPEALING §§ 87138 THROUGH 87141, AND ADDING A NEW §5117 TO TITLE 5, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED, RELATIVE TO THE GUAM PRESERVATION TRUST.
AN ACT TO APPROVE THE LEASE OF THE PASEO STADIUM BY THE GUAM BASEBALL FEDERATION, A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 3 OF PUBLIC LAW 27-27, AND TO AMEND SECTION 5 OF PUBLIC LAW 27-27 RELATIVE TO YOUTH RECREATIONAL ORGANIZATION VOLUNTEERS.
AN ACT TO ADD SECTION 5212 TO CHAPTER 5 OF TITLE 5 OF THE GUAM CODE ANNOTATED, TO CLARIFY BID SECURITY AND PERFORMANCE BOND REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTRACTORS.
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE HAGATNA TENNIS CENTER TO "THE ENRIQUE R. 'RICK' NINETE TENNIS CENTER" TO RECOGNIZE AND MEMORIALIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF MR. ENRIQUE R. "RICK" NINETE AND HIS DECADES-LONG EFFORTS TO ADVANCE THE SPORT OF TENNIS IN GUAM, BY
ADDING A NEW §841 TO ARTICLE 1 OF CHAPTER 8 OF TITLE I, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED.
AN ACT TO AMEND §1000 OF CHAPTER 10 OF TITLE 1, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED, RELATIVE TO FOLLOWING THE PRACTICE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR FEDERAL HOLIDAYS FALLING ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS.
AN ACT TO APPROVE AN AREA-FOR-AREA EXCHANGE OF PROPERTY UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE CHAMORRO LAND TRUST IN IJA, MUNICIPALITY OF INARAJAN, FOR A PRIVATELY OWNED LOT IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF INARAJAN, DISCOVERED TO CONTAIN SIGNIFICANT CULTURAL, HISTORIC AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES, AND TO REQUIRE THAT A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BE PREPARED TO ADDRESS THE PROPERTY EXCHANGE.