Title 7 — Judiciary and Civil Procedure

There is hereby created a Judicial Building Fund for the Superior Court of Guam. All money collected for the Fund shall be deposited in interest earning bank accounts as provided in § 9503 and § 9505 of this Chapter. SOURCE: CCP § 189 added by P.L. 17-0082:1 (Dec. 21, 1984).

(a) All income and interest earned on such income received by the Courts for the filing of documents, or imposition of fines equal to the fees collected as of September 12, 2002, except as otherwise mandated by 7 GCA Chapter 9, Article 2 and 8 GCA Chapter 161 relative to the Guam…

The Superior Court of Guam shall establish an account or accounts for the Judicial Building Fund, separate and apart from that of the government of Guam General Fund accounts and the existing accounts of the Superior Court. The new account or accounts established for the Fund tog…

The Judicial Building Fund shall be under the stewardship of the Judicial Council. The Judicial Council shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, full statements of accounts of all money received and expended out of the account or accounts of the Building Fund, and shall transmit s…

The Superior Court of Guam is hereby authorized to deposit money in any of its accounts other than those established pursuant to § 9503 of this Chapter into interest earning checking or savings accounts. All interest so earned shall be withdrawn from the checking or savings accou…

The Judicial Council is authorized by this Section to enter into a loan agreement on behalf of the Government of Guam for the sole purpose of financing the planning, construction, furnishing and equipment of a new Judicial Building and to secure such loan by proceeds from the Jud…

I Liheslatura may, from time to time, appropriate funds from the General Fund for deposit in the Judicial Building Fund. Such funds, when appropriated, shall be paid directly to the Judicial Building Fund. SOURCE: CCP § 189.6 added by P.L. 17-082:1 (Dec. 21, 1984). 2025 NOTE: Ref…

The Judiciary shall retain an independent Value Engineering Consultant as their review agent for the purpose of ascertaining cost effectiveness and other related goals provided by value engineering studies. SOURCE: CCP § 89.7 added by P.L. 17-082:1 (Dec. 21, 1984). NOTE: P.L. 17-…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule or regulation, a maximum of Twenty Thousand Dollars per year from the amounts not used of financing the planning, construction, furnishing and equipment of the judicial building for the Superior Court of Guam, shall be available fr…

(a) [No text] (1) The Judicial Council is hereby authorized to provide for the design, construction and collateral equipment of a forensic science laboratory by entering into a financing arrangement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, or other financing source, with a lower …

After the debt service obligations are met to repay any debts funded by the Judicial Building Fund, such remaining sums as are needed for maintaining the Judicial Center and Forensic Science Building shall be expended from available funds in the Judicial Building Fund. SOURCE: Ad…

(a) [No text] (1) The Judicial Council is further authorized to enter into a financing arrangement to include a loan agreement or line of credit on behalf of the government of Guam to provide for: (A) Judiciary of Guam facility repairs, improvements, and acquisition of real prope…