Any person required by Subsections (a) and (b) of § 2952 to report a case of suspected elderly or adult with a disability abuse who fails to so report shall be liable for a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), except that for a second or subsequent offense, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Fines shall be deposited in the manner prescribed in § 2954(a), infra. (a) There is hereby created, separate and apart from other funds of the government of Guam, a fund known as the Bureau of Adult Protective Services Fund (Fund).
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(b) The Fund shall not be commingled with the General Fund, is exempt from I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi’s transfer authority and shall be kept in a separate bank account, and is not subject to fiscal constraints or limitations, such as a reserve account. (c) All funds collected shall be expended exclusively for purposes used to support the operations of the Bureau of Adult Protective Services. SOURCE: Amended by P.L. 31-278:4 (Dec. 28, 2012). Subsection (a) added by P.L. 31-278:5. 2025 NOTE: Reference to the “Governor” replaced with I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi pursuant to 5 GCA § 1510. 2017 NOTE: Subsection designations altered/added pursuant to the authority of 1 GCA § 1606.