All agencies, departments, boards, commissions and other instrumentalities of the government of Guam shall review their present statutory authority, administrative regulations and current planning policies and procedures to determine whether there is any duplication, any deficiencies or inconsistencies therein which prohibit or tend to prohibit integration, coordination and compliance with respect to the purposes and provisions of this Chapter and shall thereafter propose to the Bureau at a date determined by the Bureau such measures as may be necessary to bring their planning authority functions and programs into conformity with the intent, purposes, and procedures set forth in this Chapter. All master plans, development plans, long-range plans, and the like prepared by public agencies shall be submitted to the Bureau for processing as part of the comprehensive planning program. Emphasis will be placed on the continuing nature of the comprehensive plan program rather than a final completion of a single plan. The Bureau may assign, with concurrence of the director or other head of the agency involved, planning staff or portions thereof of staff or line agencies who shall prepare portions of the plan under the supervision of the Bureau of Statistics and Plans. SOURCE: GC § 62104 reenacted by P.L. 20-147 (Mar. 21, 1990). 2025 NOTE: Past publications referred to the “Bureau of Plans and Statistics”; this reference has been corrected by the Compiler pursuant to the authority of 1 GCA § 1606. The Bureau of Statistics and Plans was established by P.L. 26-076:31(a) (Mar. 12, 2002). 2021 NOTE: P.L. 35-110:9 (Dec. 1, 2020) stated: Unless otherwise indicated in this Act, “Council” shall be changed to “Bureau”; “Chairman” shall be changed to “Director”; “Comprehensive Development Plan,” “Guam Comprehensive Development Plan,”
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“Guam’s Comprehensive Development Plan,” and “Comprehensive Development Plan for Guam” shall be changed to “Guåhan 2050 Sustainability Plan” in Article 2 of Chapter 1, Title 5, Guam Code Annotated. Pursuant to this provision, references in this section to “Council” have been changed to “Bureau.”