Title 5, Government Operations

[Repealed.] COL120106 SOURCE: Added by P.L. 19-47:2 as GC § 21206.2. Repealed b P.L. 26-164:4. Replaced by 12 GCA § 12015.5.

(a) All fire hydrant barrels shall be painted with yellow paint. Tops and nozzle caps of these hydrants shall be painted as follows: (1) In the case of hydrants with a flow capacity of one thousand (1,000) or more gallons per minute, the tops and nozzle caps shall be painted pink…

Location markers of a reflective-type paint for rapid identification at night of fire hydrants shall be installed on public roads. Marking on private hydrants within private enclosures is to be at the owner’s discretion. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 19-49:2 as an uncodified section; cod…

There is hereby established a bounty to be paid of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to any person who reports an illegal water or sewer hookup. If more than one person reports an illegal hookup, the bounty shall be split equally between the persons who report the illegal hookup.

If any person reports more than ten (10) illegal hookups in a twelve- month period of time, he may not receive any bounty unless at least fifty percent (50%) of the reported illegal hookups are actually illegal.

An illegal water hookup is any hookup to water pipes or sewer pipes belonging to the government of Guam made without the prior written permission of the Public Utilities Agency of Guam or any water hookup without a water meter belonging to the Public Utility Agency of Guam being …

If any illegal hookup is discovered (including but not limited to illegal hookups by building contractors), water shall be disconnected at that location and may not be reinstated directly or indirectly for that lot until a penalty of not less than Twenty-Five Hundred Dollars ($2,…

It is the specific responsibility of landowners and tenants to make sure that there are no illegal hookups serving the property. It is immaterial to those who connect an illegal connection. It is the responsibility of the landowner (and tenant, if any) of any lot served by an ill…

In addition to the penalty, the Public Utility Agency shall determine the estimated value of the water used by the illegal water connection for a period of up to four (4) years, based upon the estimated time the illegal hookup was in place, using average consumption figures for t…

It shall be considered an illegal water hookup to interconnect a residence or a commercial business to a line which is metered for agricultural use. Any person who is receiving water at any agricultural rate may not use such water for residential or commercial purposes, or for an…

The Legislature finds that illegal connecting into the water and sewer system is a hazard to the public’s health. Therefore, it shall be a felony of the third degree for any person other than an employee of the Public Utility Agency of Guam acting in his official capacity to know…

In addition to all other penalties imposed by law, it shall be theft to knowingly take or use water from an illegal water hookup or for any person other than a firefighter to take water without prior written permission of the Public Utility Agency of Guam. Such theft shall be pro…

Sections 56208, 56209 and 56211 of this Law shall take effect upon enactment. All other Sections of this Act shall take effect One Hundred Twenty (120) days from the date of enactment of this Act. This delay is to provide the Public Utility Agency of Guam with a grace period or a…

The Chief Officer of the Public Utility Agency of Guam may promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Act, in accordance with the Administrative Adjudication Law. The Rules and Regulations shall provide for such hearing procedures as will adequately prot…