Title 4 — Executive

The Governor and the Lieutenant Governor shall be elected at the same time as the U.S. Presidential year general elections. History: 1977, PL 15-23 § 1.

(a) Candidates for the office of Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall be: (1) either a United States citizen or a United States national: (2) a bona fide resident of American Samoa for 5 years immediately preceding the election; and (3) at the time of assuming office, 35 years …

The candidates for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall be nominated jointly by filing a petition in the same manner as candidates for members of the House of Representatives except that the nominating petition for candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor …

The Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall be elected jointly, by a majority of the votes cast by qualified electors. Each vote shall be applicable to both candidates. If no candidates receive a majority of the votes cast in any election, on the fourteenth day thereafter a runoff…

The first elected Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall serve terms of 3 years each from 12 noon on 3 January 1978 until 12 noon 3 January 1981 and until their successors are elected and qualified. All succeeding Governors and Lieutenant Governors shall serve terms of 4 years ea…

(a) In case of temporary disability or temporary absence of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor has the powers of the Governor. (b) In case of permanent vacancy in the office of Governor, arising by reason of the death, resignation, removal by recall, removal by impeachment, pe…

No person who has been elected Governor for 2 full successive terms may be again eligible to hold that office until one full term has intervened unless otherwise provided by law. History: 1977, PL 15-3 § 1.

(a) Governors of American Samoa may be removed from office by a referendum election in which at least 2/3 of the number of persons voting for Governor in the last preceding general election at which a Governor was elected, vote in favor of recall and in which those so voting cons…

(a) The Governor and the Lieutenant Governor are subject to impeachment and, upon conviction, shall be removed from office. (b) The Legislature shall provide for the manner, procedure, and causes for impeachment including for conviction of felonies and for a course of conduct amo…

(a) The Governor is entitled to an annual salary of $85,000 and other perquisites provided by law including but not limited to: the rent-free use of Government House (the Governor’s official residence in Fagatogo); the free use of vehicles for executive, ceremonial duties and fam…

(a) The elective office of the Governor of American Samoa is created. The Governor is responsible for the faithful execution of the laws. The Governor has powers and duties and responsibilities as delegated to him from time to time by the President of the United States or his des…

(a) Appointive powers of the Governor and the legislative confirmation procedures are as follows: directors of cabinet departments (those under 4.0301), and the heads of bureaus or offices who do not report either to the head of a cabinet department or to the head of a bureau or …

The elective office of the Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa is created. The Lieutenant Governor has executive powers and duties as prescribed by the revised Constitution of American Samoa, the American Samoa Code or delegated by the Governor. The Lieutenant Governor has no l…

Authority but not the responsibility vested in the Governor or any other persons in the executive branch of the government may be delegated by that person to other officers and employees of the executive branch. History: 1977, PL 15-23 § 1.

The Governor is authorized to allow the American Samoa Telecommunications Authority (ASTCA) in the name of the American Samoa Government, to borrow money and incur indebtedness for infrastructure projects, and mortgage, assign, hypothecate and give security interests in ASTCA pro…