Exemption from BBMR Allotment Release Control

Section 1303 of this Chapter shall not apply to I Liheslaturan Guåhan (including the Office of Finance and Budget), the Public Defender Service Corporation, the Unified Judiciary of Guam, the Mayors’ Council of Guam, the Office of Public Accountability, the Office of the Attorney General, the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority, the Guam Visitors Bureau, the University of Guam (including the Guam Cancer Trust Fund, to be disbursed from the Healthy Futures Fund to the GCF in monthly payments prior to the twentieth (20th) day following the fiscal month from which the funds were collected), the Guam Community College, and the Guam Election Commission, Guam Ancestral Lands Commission, and the Chamorro Land Trust Commission. Said entities may draw against their respective appropriations as needed to meet their obligations in accordance with a drawdown schedule that said entities shall submit to the Director of Administration no later than October 31 of each fiscal year. If an entity fails to submit such drawdown schedule by October 31 of each fiscal year the Director of Administration may withhold a drawdown request for the current fiscal year until such time the entity submits its drawdown schedule for the entire fiscal year. The Director of Administration shall not, for any reason, withhold any amount appropriated by I Liheslaturan Guåhan to the Guam Election Commission. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 33-066:XII:25 (Sept. 5, 2015). Amended by P.L. 35-099:XII:24(b) (Sept. 15, 2020); P.L. 36-054:XII:48 (Sept. 11, 2021); and P.L. 38-118:2 (Apr. 8, 2026).