Administration of the Courts of Guam

(a) The Judicial Council shall administer the operations of the Supreme Court and Superior Court and shall promulgate rules, regulation and policy governing personnel, procurement, finance and travel for the Judicial Branch. The Judicial Council shall adopt a unified pay schedule for the employees of the Judicial Branch consistent with the Hay Study and Unified Pay Schedule adopted in 1991, as amended. The Judicial Council shall recommend and submit, under the signature of its Chairperson, the annual budget of the Judicial Branch to I Liheslaturan Guåhan by the first day of May of each year. (b) The Judicial Council shall promote early childhood development and literacy to parents and guardians of children from birth to eight years of age, in consultation with the Department of Public Health and Social Services. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 24-139:25 (Feb. 21, 1998). Added, as amended, by P.L. 27-031:4 (Oct. 31, 2003) to reflect the unified court structure. Amended by P.L. 38-049:26 (Aug. 18, 2025) effective within one year upon enactment pursuant to P.L. 38-049:29. 2025 NOTE: Subsection designations added pursuant to 1 GCA § 1606. COURT DECISIONS: Pangelinan v. Gutierrez, 2000 Guam 11 ¶ 8 (“We find that Bill 495 [designated as P.L. 24- 139] was pocket vetoed and that the Legislature’s subsequent actions did not serve to ratify Bill 495.”), aff’d by Gutierrez v. Pangelinan, 276 F.3d 539 (9th Cir. 2002), cert. den. 537 U.S. 825 (Oct. 7, 2002).