Title 1, General Provisions

I Liheslaturan Guåhan determines that as of the Year 2000, the Guam Code Annotated has been updated with a General Index, Session Laws published through the Twenty-Third (23rd) Guam Legislature, and the Administrative Rules republished. I Liheslatura finds that the Internet has c…

There is hereby created within the Supreme Court of Guam, a Compiler of Laws. In addition to any other qualifications which may be established in accordance with the Personnel Rules and Regulations promulgated and adopted by the Judicial Council, the Compiler of Laws shall be an …

It shall be the responsibility of the Compiler of Laws, through outsourcing, privatization, or other means, to: (a) cause to be published annually, together with an adequate index, all laws enacted by any given legislature in the form in which the laws were enacted, commonly know…

(a) Publication Defined. The terms ‘publish, published, publishing, and publication’ as used in this Chapter mean any printed or duplicated material, regardless of format, which is produced, purchased for distribution, or authorized by the Compiler of Laws for distribution and pu…

The Supreme Court of Guam shall provide technical, clerical, and administrative support to the Compiler of Laws. In the exercise of the responsibilities included in this Chapter, the Supreme Court of Guam may: (a) Accept grants, contributions, appropriations, and payments for the…

In the exercise of his or her responsibilities under this Chapter, the Compiler of Laws may: (a) Request and utilize the services of any bar association, legislative committee, legislative office, profession or other organization in any matter suitable for the fulfillment of the …

In preparing the Guam Code Annotated, the Guam Administrative Rules and Regulations, court reports and other publications of the Office, the Compiler of Laws may: (a) Number and renumber chapters, sections and parts of sections; (b) Rearrange sections so that they fit harmoniousl…

The government of Guam shall have the right to copyright or permit any appropriate private contractor to copyright any or all of the work product developed pursuant to this Chapter; provided, that the Supreme Court of Guam shall retain the power and right to distribute within the…

(a) All funds required to pay for printing the publications published by the Compiler of Laws or printed by him or her at the request of other government entities shall be taken from the proceeds from sales of publications, appropriations of I Liheslaturan Guåhan or by transfer f…

Documents. In addition to the duties of the Compiler of Laws specified in this statute, the Compiler of Laws shall maintain a repository of all laws of Guam and all Opinions of the Attorney General, Executive Orders of I Maga’lahi, and court decisions used in his or her annotatio…

All rules and regulations or amendments to rules and regulations promulgated by any Director and/ or board for departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the government of Guam, pursuant to specific statute or through the Administrative Adjudication Act, shall be codified an…

(a) Commission Duties. There is hereby created a Guam Code Advisory Commission, which shall have the following duties: (1) To conduct a review of the structure, format, and organization of Guam’s laws, rules and regulations, and court reports and recommend ways by which these mat…

There is hereby created a special fund entitled ‘Compiler of Laws Fund’, for the purposes of receiving payment for all fees associated with the publication provided by the Compiler of Laws as authorized by this statute. The Fund shall be maintained by the Supreme Court of Guam, s…

Supplies and Funds. (a) Personnel. The incumbent Compiler of Laws shall remain an Attorney at the Office of the Attorney General subject to the appointing authority of the Attorney General and all funds appropriated for his or her personnel costs shall remain within the budget of…

Any licenses granted, or contract entered into, by the Compiler of Laws prior to the effective date of this Act, and in accordance with the laws of Guam, shall continue in full force and effect for the term of such license or contract or as allowed by the laws of Guam. SOURCE: Ad…

Nothing herein shall prevent I Liheslaturan Guåhan, I Maga’lahen Guåhan, the Courts of Guam, or the office of the Attorney General from publishing on their websites, in print or otherwise, any laws, decisions, executive orders, opinions, or other information promulgated by that b…