Title 21, Real Property

As used in this Chapter, unless otherwise indicated by the context: (a) Department means the Department of Parks and Recreation. (b) Director means the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation. (c) Commission means the Parks and Recreation Commission. (d) Alcohol Free Z…

The Department shall be responsible for the accomplishment of the provisions of this Chapter and Chapter 76 of this Title. SOURCE: GC § 26001 repealed and reenacted by P.L. 12-209 (Jan. 23, 1975).

The Department is divided into three divisions, to be known as the Parks Division, the Recreation Division, and the Guam Historic Resources Division. SOURCE: GC § 26002 repealed and reenacted by P.L. 12-209 (Jan. 23, 1975). Amended by P.L. 20-151:23. Public Law 25-69:9 repealed P…

The Director shall have the following duties: (a) Except for the use of sports fields, pools, playgrounds, and youth centers by bona fide youth sports, groups, non-profit youth organizations, public or private school youth sports activities or other youth league sporting activiti…

Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation, there is established within the Guam Territorial Park system “Alcohol Free Zones”, as defined in this Chapter. Any person who possesses or consumes alcohol in an “Alcohol Free Zone” shall be in violation of this provision and sha…

Zone. (a) If any person is guilty of a first violation of § 77104.1 of this Chapter, that person shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00), but no more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). In addition, the judge may impose any additional pen…

The Commission is hereby established for the purpose of recommending to the Governor the appointment or removal of the Director, and advising the Director. SOURCE: GC § 26004 repealed and reenacted by P.L. 12-209 (Jan. 23, 1975). Amended by P.L. 35-139:2 (Jan. 16, 2021).

The Commission shall consist of seven members two of whom shall be youth members in their first terms on the Board who are between the ages of eighteen (18) and twenty-two (22), when appointed, who shall be appointed by the Governor with the consent of the Legislature. The Govern…

The Commission shall have the following duties: (a) To recommend to the Governor the appointment of the Director, who shall serve at its pleasure, the affirmative vote of not less than four (4) members being necessary to recommend his or her appointment or removal; (b) To advise …

There is hereby created the Guam Territorial Park System. The Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation shall inventory all lands belonging to the government of Guam and determine which lands shall be included therein. A detailed list shall be forwarded to the Speaker of…

The Territorial Surveyor shall provide the Director with maps of record for all property within the Guam Territorial Park System not later than eighteen (18) months after request by the Director. The Department of Land Management shall similarly provide recorded document numbers …

The Director shall classify, and may subsequently reclassify, each area of the Guam Territorial Park System according to (a) through (e) below, unless an area is listed in the Guam Register of Historic Places pursuant to § 76205 of this Title, in which case such area shall be cla…

Pursuant to §§ 77108 and 77110 of this Chapter, the below described properties are reserved for public parks according to their respective classifications in numerical order: (a) Natural Preserves; (b) Conservation Reserves; (c) Territorial Parks or Community Parks; (d) Territori…

Control. The control, management, development and general minor maintenance of areas classified as community parks and community recreation facilities shall be vested in the Commis- sioner of the municipality or village in which such area is located, in accordance with the provis…

(a) Department of Parks and Recreation facility maintenance. The Department of Parks and Recreation (the “Department”) may contract for the maintenance and upkeep of its recreational facilities with responsible persons and organizations under the provisions of this section. “Main…

(a) Plans for structural changes or improvements, intended to induce private sector participation, including, but not limited to, the improvement, expansion or re-configuration of the facility, playing field and other ancillary facilities, shall be made pursuant to the Stadium Ma…

(a) Individuals, corporations, or limited liability companies making up-front contributions, as approved by the Director of Parks and Recreation and the GBF Board of Directors, towards the development, upgrading, repair and maintenance of the Paseo Stadium and ancillary facilitie…

The Parks Division shall have the following duties: (a) To control, manage, develop and maintain all areas of the Guam Territorial Park System except as provided in § 77112; and (b) To keep a listing of all areas of the Guam Territorial Park System according to classification, wi…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there is hereby created, within the Department of Parks and Recreation, the ‘Public Recreation Services Fund’, which shall be a fund separate and apart from the General Fund and from any other special funds of the government of Guam…

The Director of Parks and Recreation (the Director) shall be the custodian of the Fund and may deposit monies collected therein in one (1) or more local banks. The Director is authorized to draw monies from the Fund, at the request of the Commission, for the development, improvem…

The Director is authorized to grant permits to individuals or groups to establish concessions on or otherwise use any part of the Guam Territorial Park System, the fees for which shall be deposited in the Parks Fund; provided, that any person or group granted such a permit shall …

The Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB), and the Department of Public Works (DPW), are hereby tasked to work with the Department to determine the appropriate design, quantity, locations and construction costs of permanent concession facilities for public parks and historic sites in place …

Money or the proceeds of any property donated, granted or bequeathed generally for the benefit of the Guam Territorial Park System shall be deposited in the Parks Fund; provided, however, that money or property donated, granted or bequeathed for specific purposes, concerning the …

The Parks and Recreation Commission may permit a person or legal entity to improve and maintain, without expense to the government of Guam, any part of the Guam Territorial Park System. Permits may be renewed annually by the Governor. No permit shall grant any exclusive use of an…

Any person who injures or damages any property within the Guam Territorial Park System, or who removes, destroys, or defaces any free, shrub, plant, or other attraction of any nature on or in such property is guilty of a violation. SOURCE: GC § 26016 repealed and reenacted by P.L…

The Recreation Division shall be responsible for: (a) Initiating, promoting and supervising recreational programs on areas within the Guam Territorial Park System, except as provided in § 77120, and, with the consent of the Department of Education, initiating, promoting and super…

All residents of Guam sixty (60) years of age or older shall be admitted free of charge to those games, entertainments, or other recreational activities sponsored by the Department of Parks and Recreation or by any other department or agency of the government of Guam. When the De…

The initiation, promotion, and supervision of recreation programs in Community Parks and Recreation Facilities, and the supplying of equipment therefor, is the responsibility of the Commissioners of the municipality or village in which such Park or Recreation Facility is located.…

The Department may serve as the agency for compliance with the terms of any Federal program, as determined by the Governor, which concerns the implementation or development of plans for the conservation or utilization of water and related land resources. SOURCE: GC § 26019 repeal…

There is hereby established the Ronnie Tavares Memorial Trophy to be awarded annually to the most outstanding Guam Major League Player, as determined through balloting by the league’s players and coaches. This trophy shall be maintained by the Department of Parks and Recreation, …

Management. [Repealed] SOURCE: GC § 26020 enacted by P.L. 14-33:7. Subsection (b) added by P.L. 14-76:4. Amended by P.L. 31-132:7 (Nov. 17, 2011). Repealed by P.L. 36-071:22 (Dec. 27, 2021). NOTE: The Section naming Jose V. Atoigue Memorial Park, also enacted as GC § 26020, was p…

Administration of the Department of Parks and Recreation to the Guam National Tennis Federation. (a) I Maga’lahen Guåhan is authorized to lease a portion, no less than 20,235± square meters of land area, of Lot No. 10142- New, municipality of Dededo, consisting of 242,694.07± squ…

The Department shall be authorized to establish a Lifeguard Volunteer Corps program for the purpose of supplementing its water safety programs and activities relative to lifeguard services. The Commission shall establish rules and regulations necessary and applicable to the progr…

The general functions and duties of the Volunteer Lifeguard Corps shall be to provide backup, supplemental manpower for the provision of the lifeguard duties and services of the Department. The Director shall formulate a program whereby the members of the Volunteer Lifeguard Corp…

The Director shall recruit, on an entirely voluntary basis, local residents who desire to make available their services to assist the Department in carrying out its lifeguard program functions. The Director, with the concurrence of the Commission, shall further promulgate rules a…

The Director shall devise a program whereby the Department shall provide the volunteer lifeguards with training on an ongoing basis, so as to ensure their continuing competence and qualification for participation in the Department’s lifeguard program. The Department shall maintai…

Whenever the members of the Volunteer Lifeguard Corps program are rendering assistance to the Department, such volunteers shall have the same powers, duties, privileges and immunities, as if they were paid, full-time members of the Department, except that they shall earn recruitm…

Privately employed lifeguards who are certified pursuant to the requirements of law may be accepted as “volunteers”, and shall be exempted from the qualification screening requirements contained in § 77126 (d) of Article 1, Chapter 77, Title 21, Guam Code Annotated, except that a…

Each member of the Volunteer Lifeguard Corps program who successfully completes probationary requirements as established by the Department, and who contributes a minimum of forty-two (42) hours or more per month, shall receive an honorarium of Three Hundred Five Dollars ($305) pe…

and Outreach Plan. (a) The Department of Parks and Recreation shall, subject to the availability of funds, prepare and implement a public safety awareness program, which may include general public safety awareness materials, to educate swimmers, hikers, visitors, and the general …

The Legislature hereby finds that there exists a special need to provide for general visitors services, protection of persons and property, and the enforcement of laws and rules and regulations within all parts of the Park System. It is determined that the establishment of a Park…

As used in this Chapter: (a) Department means the Department of Parks and Recreation. (b) Director means the Director of Parks and Recreation. (c) Park System means the Guam Territorial Park System as described in § 26007 of this Code.

There is hereby established within the Department a Park Protection Section which shall be responsible for the effective and specialized protection of the Park System. The Director shall select persons based on qualifications prescribed by the Director of Administration as employ…

Officer Reserve. (a) Creation. There is hereby created within the Department of Parks and Recreation of the government of Guam the Civilian Volunteer Territorial Park Patrol Officer Reserve Program, which shall be headed by the Director. The Director, subject to the advice and co…

A Territorial Park Patrol Officer, while within the Park System and acting within his official capacity, shall have the authority and powers conferred by law on a peace officer, including, but not limited to, the following: (a) The power to arrest persons for public offenses comm…

The duties of a Territorial Park Patrol Officer shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) Enforcement of all laws, rules and regulations relating to the Park System; (b) Patrol of the Park System to provide information, assistance, and protection for visitors and t…

A Territorial Park Patrol Officer shall be required to complete training with a minimum of at least 120 hours on the laws of arrest, search, seizures, the Vehicle Code of Guam, the Criminal and Correctional Code, the Criminal Procedure Code, laws, rules and regulations relating t…

The Department shall, pursuant to the Administrative Adjudication Law, establish rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary to implement the provisions of this Chapter. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 20-201:2.

(a) Creation. There is hereby created within the Department of Parks and Recreation the Territorial Park Patrol Officer Reserve, which shall be headed by the Director. The Director, subject to the advice and direction of the Commission, shall be responsible for carrying out the p…

(a) Creation. There is hereby created within the Department of Parks and Recreation the Beautification and Maintenance Volunteer Reserve, which shall be headed by the Director. The Director, subject to the advice and control of the Commission, shall be responsible for carrying ou…