(a) The employees of the Department of Law who are appointed as deputies under § 8107 of this Chapter shall exercise their office only in cases wherein the government of Guam is a party. (b) The employees of the Department of Revenue and Taxation who are appointed as deputies under said § 8107 shall exercise their office only in matters concerning the income tax laws and other tax and revenue laws of Guam. (c) The School Attendance Officers of the Department of Education under § 8107 shall exercise their office only in matters concerning truancy proceedings of the Superior Court of Guam. (d) No deputies under said § 8107 shall be entitled to compensation in addition to the compensation they are receiving as employees of the government of Guam. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 21-147:2 (Jan. 14, 1993). Amended by P.L. 24-139:21 (Feb. 21, 1998) (But see Court Decisions annotation below), P.L.27-031:30 (Oct. 31, 2003), P.L. 30-167:3 (July 16, 2010). 2015 NOTE: Subsection designations were added in accordance with the authority granted by 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). 1985 SOURCE: CCP § 199 as modified. 1985 COMMENT: The modification here refers to the employment of full-time deputies and distinguishing them from the deputies appointed from within the Executive Branch of the government of Guam. Supreme Court also added to conform with § 6307.
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