(a) There is hereby created, within the Office of I Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan, an Office of Civil Defense with an Administrator of Civil Defense, hereinafter called the “Administrator,” who shall be a member of the classified service and is the administrative head of the Office of Civil Defense, subject to the direction and control of I Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan. (b) The Administrator, with the approval of I Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan, may employ such technical, clerical, stenographic and other personnel and may make such expenditures within the appropriation therefore, or from other funds made available to him for purposes of civil defense, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Chapter. (c) The Administrator and other personnel of the Office of Civil Defense shall be provided by I Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan with appropriate office space, furniture, equipment, motor vehicles, supplies, stationery and printing in the same manner as are provided for personnel of other government of Guam agencies. (d) The Administrator, subject to the direction and control of I Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan, shall be the administrative head of the Office of Civil Defense and shall be responsible to I Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan for carrying out the program for the civil defense of Guam. He shall coordinate the activities of all organizations for civil defense within Guam, and shall maintain liaison with and cooperate with civil defense agencies and organizations and the Armed Forces of the Federal government, and shall have such additional authority, duties and responsibilities as are authorized by this Chapter, or as may be prescribed by I Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan. SOURCE: GC § 8503. Amended by P.L. 24-298:9 (Dec. 3, 1998) effective Jan. 4, 1999; P.L. 28-046:13 (June 10, 2005).
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2025 NOTE: Past publications of the GCA included a manifest error stating the effective date of P.L. 28-046 was June 10, 2007. This erroneous information has been corrected and will be omitted from future publications. NOTE: Public Law 28-068:IV:42 (Sept. 30, 2005) purported to transfer the duties herein assigned to the Civil Service Commission to the Director of Administration. However, P.L. 28-046:13 (June 10, 2005) already removed reference to the Civil Service Commission from subsection (a).