Title 5, Government Operations

(a) Any commercial feed other than custom-mixed or toll-milled feed, distributed in this Territory or imported shall be accompanied by a legible label bearing the following information: (1) The net weight; (2) The product name or brand name under which the commercial feed is dist…

The Department of Agriculture is charged with the enforcement of this Chapter, and is empowered to promulgate and adopt rules and regulations with respect to: (a) Providing for inspection fees; COL120106 (b) Providing for penalties for deficiencies of official samples; (c) Determ…

This Act shall become effective July 1, 1976. SOURCE: P.L. 13-84:2. ---------- COL120106

and Fish from Local Fishermen. (a) The Department of Agriculture shall, on a continuing basis, make every effort to ensure that the crops of the farmers and the fish products of the fishermen of Guam are first procured by agencies of the government, such as Department of Educatio…

All government of Guam agencies mentioned in § 68101 above, will include in their budget request a plan for the purchase of farm and fish products from local farmers and fishermen, including a specific line item for local produce and fish purchases in the budget digest incorporat…

Local farmers and fishermen shall be exempt from the requirement of the Government of Guam local preference laws which would disqualify them in the procurement process. In addition, all local laws which outline the methods of procurement of local farm and fish products shall be r…

This Section shall be known as the, Guam Slaughterhouse Corporation Act.

Corporation. There is hereby authorized the establishment of a “Guam Slaughterhouse Corporation” (“Corporation”) to accomplish the mandate of this Act. Subject to Guam laws, the Corporation shall have the abilities and responsibilities of a privately-owned commercial corporation …

As an initial procedure, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Land Management, the Guam Waterworks Authority, the Bureau of Planning, the College of Agriculture and Life Science of the University of Guam, and the Guam Environmental Protection Agency, shall constitute …

The management, administration and operation of the Slaughterhouse shall be vested in a commercial corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “Corporation”), which shall have the initial support of the Slaughterhouse Task Force, and specifically the Department of Agriculture. Fi…

To facilitate the establishment and the success of the slaughterhouse operation, the government shall provide loan guarantees to the Corporation in the amount of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000). The Corporation shall be eligible for government of Guam inves…

COL 041309 The site for the construction of the slaughterhouse is designated as Lot 7150-R4-NEW-1-1, Municipality of Yigo, as shown on Land Management Drawing No. CC-8925Y, Certificate of Title 76418, registered on March 19, 1984, containing an area of 8,094 square meters (the “P…

The qualifications for any private operator of the Guam slaughterhouse shall be as follows: (1) That Guam hog producers be given priority or preference in the bidding process to operate the slaughterhouse; (2) That the operator be a citizen of the United States who shall have res…

(1) Public Law Number 20-68, which appropriated the sum of $250,000.00 for the construction of a slaughterhouse, is hereby repealed. (2) Public Law Number 20-197, which designated land for and provided for the construction of a slaughterhouse, is hereby repealed and is substitute…

This Chapter shall be known as the Guam Invasive Species Council Act of 2011.

The Guam Invasive Species Council (GISC) will be established for the special purposes of protecting Guam from alien species that threaten our economy, culture, ecosystem and human health; and providing policy direction, coordination, and planning among government of Guam departme…

The Council shall: COL622016 (a) create a mission statement on invasive species for Guam; (b) develop a Guam Invasive Species Management Plan (GISMP); (c) act as the lead entity for Guam to include local regional, national and international invasive species efforts; (d) provide a…

COL622016 (a) The Council shall be composed of the organizational heads, or their designees, from the Guam Department of Agriculture (GDOA), the Customs and Quarantine Agency (CQA), the A.B. Won Pat International Airport Authority, Guam; the Jose D. Leon Guerrero Port Authority o…

(a) Each government of Guam agency whose actions may affect the status of invasive species shall, to the extent practicable and permitted by law: (1) identify such actions; (2) subject to the availability of appropriations, and within the Administration’s budget limits, use relev…

The Council shall meet no less than once quarterly to discuss and assess progress, and to recommend changes to the invasive species programs based on the results of current risk assessments, performance standards, and other relevant data. A simple majority of voting members of th…

(a) The Council shall prepare and issue the Guam Invasive Species Management Plan, which shall detail and recommend performance- oriented goals and objectives and specific measures of success for government of Guam agency efforts concerning invasive species. The Plan shall recomm…

Whenever used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated, unless otherwise specified: (a) Cooperator means a land occupier or farm land owner who has entered into an agreement with a district requesting the district to provide aid under this Chapter. (…

COL1312018 A Northern Soil and Water Conservation District and a Southern Soil and Water Conservation District are hereby established to work in partnership with the University of Guam (University), and in cooperation with all government of Guam entities overseeing local and fede…

Tenure of Directors; Board Vacancies; and Compensation of Directors. (a) Selection of Directors. Farmers or farm land owners or land occupiers from within each district shall nominate individuals, from among their number, to serve as non-partisan district directors; and shall ele…

(a) Organization of Districts. (1) To complete the organization of a district, the University of Guam, in accordance with the Administrative Adjudication Act, shall present to I Maga’lahen Guåhan a statement setting out the name of the district and its boundaries, and certifying …

(a) Quorum, Meeting, and Budget Requirements. (1) Each board shall require a quorum of its members in order to conduct business. (A) Three (3) directors shall constitute a quorum; and (B) the concurrence of a majority vote, at least three (3) votes, shall be necessary to take act…

A district board, and the directors thereof, elected to serve a district organized under this Chapter shall have the following powers: (a) to provide for and encourage surveys, investigations and research relating to soil and water conservation, and to publish and disseminate inf…

COL1312018 (a) The University shall work in partnership with the Soil and Water Conservation District Boards to promote and support the conservation of Guam’s soil and water resources. (b) The University shall further: (1) assign to the district boards an advisor from the College…

The University shall have the power to: (a) delegate to any member, agent, or employee such powers and duties as it may deem proper to fulfill the duties set forth in this Chapter; (b) promulgate rules and regulations as may be necessary for the execution of its duties set forth …

All persons are prohibited from importing into Guam the following: (a) Printed matters or pictures of a seditious nature or of an obscene or immoral character. (b) Any article, manufactured or for manufacture or sale, or adulterated or misbranded or deleterious food, drugs, medic…

Any Customs Officer may: (a) arrest persons who violate a prohibition contained in Article 6 of Title 9 GCA Chapter 67; (b) make seizures of any controlled substance imported into Guam in violation of Article 6 of Title 9 GCA Chapter 67; (c) arrest persons who violate a prohibiti…

(a) Persons arriving from foreign countries are divided into two classes for the purpose of these regulations, first, residents of Guam and second, all other persons. (b) Personnel of the Armed Forces of the United States ordered to duty in Guam or to any U.S. ship stationed at G…

(a) Requirement and time. Except as otherwise provided, the consignee of imported merchandise shall make entry therefor either in person or by an agent authorized by him in writing to the Customs House COL 2026-05-05 within 48 hours, exclusive of Sundays and holidays, after the e…

(a) For the purpose of entry clearance and taxes, exemptions, or drawbacks applicable to imported or exported goods under Title 11, Guam Code Annotated, such goods shall be classified using the Harmonized Commodity and Coding System (HCCS) of classification and its related Explan…

(a) The Director of Guam Customs and Quarantine Agency shall: (1) ensure that the Customs Harmonized Commodity and Coding Classification Schedule, as amended, is published on the Guam Customs and Quarantine Agency website and is publicly available free of charge; and (2) ensure t…

(a) The Director of the Guam Customs and Quarantine Agency may, in accordance to 5 GCA Chapter 9, amend the Customs Harmonized Commodity and Coding Schedule for uniformity with amendments approved by the World Customs Organization. (b) No amendment made under this Section shall a…

(a) Only individuals designated by the Director of Guam Customs and Quarantine Agency may access the Customs Automated System to carry out any duties pursuant to this Act or any other statutory provisions of Guam law. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director o…

All articles, goods, wares or merchandise imported into Guam for the purpose of these regulations shall be deemed and held to be the property of the person to whom the same may be consigned; but the holder of any bill of lading, drawn to the order and indorsed by the co-signer, s…

(a) Importation Prohibited. If the laws or regulations of any country, dependency, province or other subdivision of government restrict the taking, killing, possession or exportation to the United States, or its possessions, of any wild mammal or bird, alive or dead, or restrict …

Every commercial vessel entering a port of Guam or anchoring or lying to in Guam waters shall be placed under guard during her stay. SOURCE: GC § 47105.

(a) Any Customs Officer may board and examine any privately owned, privately leased, commercially owned, or commercially leased aircraft, vessel, or contrivance arriving into Guam when it is necessary to carry out the provisions of applicable laws of Guam or the United States, an…

(a) Vessel means a craft used, or capable of being used, for transportation on water, and includes every description of watercraft or other contrivance used, or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, but does not include aircraft. (b) Aircraft means any craf…

The master of every aircraft, vessel, or contrivance arriving in Guam shall have on board a manifest for passengers, crew, and cargo destined for Guam, signed by such master under oath as to the truth of the statement therein contained. Failure to provide such manifests in the pr…

The master, owner, or authorized agent of an aircraft, vessel, or other contrivance required to make entry, shall submit to the Customs Officer the required manifests in the times set forth in this Section, as well as the format and manner as prescribed in § 73110. Times set fort…

(a) Vessels of war: (1) shall submit to the Customs Office an affidavit of self-inspection report immediately upon arrival; and (2) shall comply with all other applicable federal laws enforced by the Guam Customs and Quarantine Agency. (b) Vessels arriving in distress or for the …

Any vessel having on board merchandise shown by the manifest to be destined to a port or place outside of Guam, may, after the report and entry of such vessel under the provisions of this Chapter, proceed to such port of destination with the cargo so destined therefor without unl…