Guam Administrative Code

§ 9266. Trip Records. (a) All taxicab drivers shall, keep a Trip Record containing the following entries: (1) Number of passengers, time (to the minutes), date and odometer reading when leaving the boarding point. (2) The time (to the minute), date, fare charged and odometer read…

§ 9267. Receipts to be Issued. Every taxicab driver when requested by a passenger to do so, shall give a receipt showing his name, I.D. card number, driver’s number, the time, date and place of origin and destination of the passenger’s trip, and the amount of the fare. For every …

§ 9268. Individual Taxicab Records. It shall be the responsibility of every individual, operator or taxi company to keep, at all times, a complete record of all taxicabs it owns or services. Such record shall contain the name of the driver and address (if different from the owner…

§ 9269. Narcotics, Amphetamine and Other Dangerous Drugs. (a) No person shall operate or be in physical control of a motor vehicle who is using any of the following substances: (1) A narcotic drug or any derivative thereof. 25 COL9292016 (2) An amphetamine or any formulation ther…

§ 9270. Intoxicating Liquor. (a) No person shall: (1) Consume an intoxicating liquor, regardless of its alcoholic content, or be under the influence of an intoxicating liquor within eight (8) hours before operating or having control of a taxicab. (2) Consume an intoxicating liquo…

§ 9271. Taxicab Over-Capacity Load. No taxicab may carry more adult passengers than the designed capacity of the vehicle, and no more children (except children under five (5) years of age carried in the arms of an adult) than can be seated comfortably on the seats. The taxicab mu…

§ 9272. Sleeping in the Taxicab. The practice of sleeping in the taxicab is prohibited. Every taxi driver is required to be at his rested and good appearance when reporting for duty. 26 COL9292016…

§ 9273. Advertising. No advertising or advertising device shall be placed on or in any taxicab without the approval of the Director.

§ 9274. Disorderly Person. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions, the operator of a taxicab may refuse to furnish transportation to a disorderly person.

§ 9275. Solicitation of Passengers. It shall be unlawful for a taxicab driver to harass or aggressively solicit passengers for hire, and it shall be unlawful for a taxi owner to permit the harassment or aggressive solicitation of passengers for hire.…

§ 9276. Complaints: Director Shall Notify. The Director upon receiving a complaint of a violation of these regulations against any driver or owner of a taxicab shall provide a copy of such complaint to such person with notice that an answer must be filed within ten (10) calendar …

§ 9277. Complainant: Notified of Non-Violation. If the fact as alleged in any complaint filed with the Director are clearly not in violation of these regulations, the complainant shall be so notified.

§ 9278. Complaint: Notification of Hearing. Where a complaint is forwarded pursuant to § 9276, a hearing thereon shall be held in accordance with the provisions of 16 GCA § 3312. 27 COL9292016…

§ 9279. Complaints: Filing Procedures Posted. There shall be displayed in a suitable frame on the back of the front seat of each taxicab, in such a position as to be clearly visible to passengers, a notice of the procedures to be followed by persons wishing to file a complaint ba…

§ 9280. Suspension or Revocation of Business Licenses of Taxicab Companies. The business license of a taxicab company may be suspended by the Director if he determines, pursuant to proceedings under the Administrative Adjudication law, that the licensee has been in substantial no…

§ 9281. Severability Clause. If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the article which can be given effect without the invalid provision or appl…

§ 9301. General Provisions: Title and Authority. The Director of the Department of Revenue and Taxation (“Director”) may designate one (1) or more employees of the Department as inspectors to determine whether persons subject to the requirements of the Federal Motor Carrier Regul…

§ 9302. Right of Entry and Inspection. Any employee designated pursuant to § 9101 shall have the following rights of entry and inspection: (a) Upon reasonable notice, to enter the business premises of any person subject to the requirements of the Regulations during regular busine…

§ 9303. Noncompliance with the Regulations. If any person subject to the requirements of the Regulations refuses or neglects to permit an entry or inspection that is authorized by these regulations, or, if the Director, after the making of an inspection that is authorized by thes…

§1101. Investigations: How Initiated. Office of Consumer Counsel investigations and inquiries may be originated upon the request of the Governor, the Legislature of Guam, agencies or departments of the government of Guam; upon referrals by the courts; upon complaint by members of…

§1102. Same: Request for Consumer Counsel Action. (a) Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or organization may request the Office of Consumer Counsel to institute and investigation in respect to any matter over which the office of Consumer Counsel has jurisdicti…

§2101. Investigations: How Initiated.

§2102. Same: Request for Consumer Counsel Action.

§2103. Same: Investigational Policy. The Office of Consumer Counsel encourages voluntary cooperation in its investigations. Where the public interest requires, however, the Office of Consumer Counsel may, in any matter under investigation, invoke any or all of the compulsory proc…

§2104. Same: By Whom Conducted. Inquiries and investigations are conducted under the various statutes falling within the scope of authority of the Office of Consumer Counsel by representative of the Office of Consumer Counsel designated and duly authorized for that purpose. Inclu…

§2105. Same: Notification of Purpose. Any person under investigation compelled or requested to furnish information or documentary evidence shall be advised with respect to the purpose and scope of the investigation.

§2106. Same: Subpoenas in Investigations. (a) The Office of Consumer Counsel may issue a subpoena directing the person named therein to appear before a designated representative at a designated time and place to testify or to produce documentary evidence, or both, relating to any…

§2107. Same: Investigational Hearings. (a) Investigational hearings shall be presided over by the Consumer Counsel, or a duly designated representative, for the purpose of hearing the testimony of witnesses and receiving documents and other data relating to any subject under inve…

§2108. Same: Rights of Witnesses in Investigations. (a) Any person compelled to submit data to the Office of Consumer Counsel or to testify in an investigational hearing shall be entitled to retain a copy or, on payment of lawfully prescribed costs, procure a copy of any document…

§2109. Same Depositions. The Office of Consumer Counsel may order testimony to be taken by deposition in any investigation at any stage of such investigation. Such depositions may be taken before any person having power to administer oaths who maybe designated by the Office of th…

§2110. Same: Orders Requiring Access. (a) The Office of Consumer Counsel may issue an order requiring any corporation, partnership and individual being investigated to grant access to files for the purpose of examination and the right to copy any documentary evidence. The Office …

§2111. Same: Reports. (a) The Office of Consumer Counsel may issue an order requiring a corporation, partnership and individual to file a report or answers in writing to specific questions relating to any matter under CH. 2 - OFFICE OF CONSUMER COUNSEL - 1997 - P. 6 investigation…

§2112. Same: Noncompliance with Investigational Processes. In cases of failure to comply with investigational processes of the Office of Consumer Counsel, appropriate court action may be initiated.

§2113. Same: Disposition. When a matter which has been investigated is not subject to informal disposition pursuant to Chapter 2 (§23101 Guam Admin. Rules) of these regulations and investigation indicates that corrective action is warranted, further proceedings may be instituted …

§2114. Informal Enforcement Procedure: Voluntary Compliance. (a) The Office of Consumer counsel, when it has information indicating that a person or persons may be engaging in a practice which may involve violation of a law which falls within its scope of authority, and if it dee…

§2115. Formal Voluntary Compliance and Consent Procedures: Notice of Probable Violation. Where time, the nature of the proceeding and the public interest permit, the Office of Consumer Counsel may notify a person, partnership, or corporation of its having reason to believe that s…

§2116. Same: Reply. (a) Within ten (10) days after service of such Notice, the party named in the Notice of Probable Violation may file with the Office of Consumer Counsel (1) an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance with respect to any method, act, or practice deemed to be violative…

§2117. Same: Agreement. Every agreement shall contain provisions that the Notice of Probable Violation may be used in construing the terms of the agreement, and that no understanding, representation, or interpretation not contradict the terms thereof; and that the Consumer Counse…

§2118. Same: Disposition. (a) If an agreement is reached and signed, the Office of Consumer Counsel will place it on the public record for a period of ten (1) days, during which time it will receive and consider any comments or views concerning the agreement that may be filed by …

§2119. Same: Notice of Probable Violation Included in Public Records. Notices of Probable Violation and proposed agreements under *3.1 (§23102 Guam Admin. CH. 2 - OFFICE OF CONSUMER COUNSEL - 1997 - P. 9 Rules) are included in the public records of the Office of Consumer Counsel.…

§2120. Same: Enforcement Actions. In every instance where a Notice of Probable Violation and a proposed agreement was served, and no timely satisfactory assurance or reply was filed, or a negative reply was filed, or an affirmative reply was filed but no agreement was reached wit…

§2121. Appearances. (a) Qualifications. (1) Members of the bar of a Federal court or of the highest court of any State or Territory of the United States are eligible to practice before the Office of Consumer Counsel. (2) Any individual or member of a partnership involved in any p…

§2122. Time. Computation of any period of time prescribed or allowed by these regulations or by order of the Office of consumer Counsel shall begin with the first calendar day following that on which the act, event, or development initiating such period of time shall have occurre…

§2123. Service and Filing. (a) By the Office of Consumer Counsel. Service of notices, orders, and other processes of the Office of Consumer Counsel may be effected as follows: (1) By registered mail. A copy of the document shall be addressed to the person, partnership, corporatio…