Title 21, Real Property

(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…

There is hereby created the Guam Historic Resources Division within the Department of Parks and Recreation, which division shall be responsible for establishing a comprehensive historic preservation program for Guam. SOURCE: GC § 26030 added by P.L. 20-151:2 (Mar. 21, 1990). Publ…

The position of Guam Historic Preservation Officer is hereby created in the classified service under the Department of Parks and Recreation (the “Department”), the holder of which position shall be the State Historic Preservation Officer for federal purposes. The Director of Park…

The Guam Historic Preservation Officer shall administer the comprehensive program for historic preservation, restoration and presentation prescribed by 21 GCA § 76103. SOURCE: GC § 26032 added by P.L. 20-151:4 (Mar. 21, 1990). Public Law 25-69:9 repealed P.L. 20-151:4. However, P…

The Civil Service Commission shall establish the necessary qualifications and wage standards of the Guam Historic Preservation Officer. SOURCE: GC § 26033 added by P.L. 20-151:5 (Mar. 21, 1990). Public Law 25-69:9 repealed P.L. 20-151:5. However, P.L. 25-69:9 was itself repealed …

The preservation and protection of the bountiful resources with which this territory has been enriched demands ever-increasing vigil and continuing effort. To meet this responsibility this Legislature has determined that there is a need for an organized group of citizens who are …

There is hereby created within the territory of Guam, a Guam Ecology Corps which shall be governed by a Guam Ecology Council consisting of five (5) members who shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Legislature. A Chairman shall be selected by a maj…

The Guam Ecology Council shall recruit, on a voluntary basis, residents of Guam who desire to make available their services to the Guam Ecology Corps in carrying out its conservation programs.

The Council shall establish programs to aid in the maintenance of a natural ecology and preservation of the beauty and natural resources of the territory of Guam. The Guam Ecology Corps shall utilize its members for the purpose of protecting the natural resources of the territory…

The Council is hereby authorized and empowered to establish rules and regulations for the purpose of implementing this Chapter.

Membership in the Guam Ecology Corps shall be voluntary and members shall serve without pay. The only benefit extended to members of the Guam Ecology Corps shall be the right to be covered under the Workmen's Compensation Act.

(a) Notwithstanding § 78106, the Council may employ up to six hundred (600) students in grades nine through twelve for a ten week summer period at the minimum wage rate in order to further implement the purposes and goals of this Law. In addition, a cadre of up to sixty (60) stud…