Title 12 — Autonomous Agencies

(a) The Authority may by its resolution, or by declaration of trust, trust indenture, mortgage, lease or other contract confer upon any obligee COL4122017 holding or representing a specified amount in bonds, the right (in addition to all rights that may otherwise be conferred), u…

Obligations. Notwithstanding any restriction on investments contained in any laws of Guam, the government of Guam, all public officers and other public bodies, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan as…

Government. In any contract with the Federal Government for financial assistance to the Authority, the Authority may obligate itself, which obligation shall be specifically enforceable and shall not constitute a mortgage, notwithstanding any other laws, to convey to the Federal G…

COL4122017 (a) For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, carrying out, developing, constructing and operating of projects, and of enabling the Authority to qualify for participation in federal programs in its authorized field of activity, the governm…

Borrowings, Bonds, Etc. The government of Guam may levy taxes, appropriate funds, incur indebtedness and issue bonds for the purposes of procuring funds to be loaned, appropriated, contributed or granted, to the Authority for carrying out its powers, functions and duties under th…

The government of Guam, for the purposes of this Article, may formulate for the territory of Guam, as a whole, and for each community and locality in Guam workable programs for utilizing appropriate public and private resources to eliminate, and prevent the development or spread …

Any instrument executed by the Authority, or by the government of Guam, purporting to convey any right, title or interest in any property under this Article, shall be conclusively presumed to have been executed in compliance with this Article insofar as the title or other interes…

If at any time title to, or possession of any project is held by any public body or governmental agency authorized by law to engage in the undertaking or carrying out of operations of such projects, including any agency or instrumentality of the United States, the provisions of t…

Fix Compensation. In any proceedings in eminent domain to fix or assess just compensation, evidence or testimony bearing upon the following matters shall be admissible, in addition to evidence or testimony otherwise admissible, and shall be considered in fixing such compensation:…

or Taxes; Payments in Lieu of Taxes. (a) All property, including funds of the Authority, shall be exempt from judicial process of every kind, including, without limitation, attachment, levy, execution and sale by virtue of an execution, and no judgment shall be a lien or charge u…

COL4122017 The Authority shall make administrative, maintenance and operating expenditures in accordance with an annual budget, and shall account to the government of Guam, in accordance with applicable law, for any funds that may have been furnished to it or appropriated to its …

Approval. The Authority shall submit to the Governor and the Legislature from time to time a report listing any area or areas deemed by the Authority to be suitable for consideration for housing project purposes. The utilization of any such area or areas for such purposes shall r…

At least once a year, the Authority shall file with the Governor and the Legislature a report of its activities for the preceding year, and shall make recommendations with reference to such additional legislation or other action as it deems necessary in order to carry out the pur…

(a) Insofar as the provisions of this Article are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this Article shall be controlling; and in particular but not by way of limitation, except as may be provided in this Article, no provision of any law with respec…

Authority. (a) Transfer of the Guam Housing and Urban Renewal Authority. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Governor is authorized to convey for One Dollar ($1.00) to Guam Housing and Urban Renewal Authority all right, title and interest of the government in Lots 10…

Without Regard to § 5133. Nothing in this Article shall prevent a mortgagee from foreclosing the interest of any mortgagor in default on a mortgage or deed of trust entered into as security for financing the improvement of a leasehold provided for by § 5133 of this Article. In th…

(a) The Guam Housing and Urban Renewal Authority shall offer for sale each of the five hundred (500) home lots it established pursuant to § 5133 and which it is authorized to lease pursuant to Subsection (d) of that section. (b) The sale of lots authorized by Subsection (a) of th…

In accordance with the powers conferred upon it by Article 1 of this Article and in conjunction with its responsibilities as a "public housing agency" within the meaning of the Federal Housing Act of 1937, as amended, as a "local public agency" within the meaning of Title I of th…

In order to facilitate the immediate construction of the one hundred ninety-five (195) low income housing units specified in § 5201 of this Article, the Legislature directs that such government land as is reasonably necessary for the development of the projects shall be conveyed …

The Director of Land Management is directed to cooperate fully with the Authority in the task of promptly and properly identifying the amounts of land in each of the communities identified in § 5201 that would be reasonably necessary for the development of the projects. The descr…

The Board of Commissioners of Guam Housing and Urban Renewal Authority, within the administrative powers conferred upon it by this Article and insofar as it shall be consistent with any supervening Federal law, shall develop a set of priorities in accordance with the COL4122017 A…

The Board of Commissioners of Guam Housing and Urban Renewal Authority shall submit a report to the Legislature on the progress made in accomplishing the objectives of this Article six (6) months after it shall have become law and continue to make reports every six (6) months the…

(a) In order to meet the housing needs of low-income elderly and handicapped persons residing in Guam, the Governor shall convey to Guam Housing and Urban Renewal Authority the following pieces of real property: (1) Tract 170 (Part), Dededo, containing an area of 618,807 ± square…

As used in this Article: (a) Authority means the Guam Housing and Urban Renewal Authority. (b) Board means the Board of Commissioners of the Guam Housing and Urban Renewal Authority. (c) Grant means a sum not in excess of Seven Thousand Dollars ($7,000) which the Authority shall …

(a) Pigua Subdivision (Merizo): Pigua Subdivision, as used in this Article, means the government of Guam land located in the municipality of Merizo designated as Lot No. 505-R6, land square 38, Sections 2 and 3 comprised of approximately 5,221,607 square feet/485,105 ± square met…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Governor shall convey from the government of Guam to the Authority the subdivisions defined in § 5302 of this Article. Provided, however, the Governor shall reserve for the government of Guam only such property as is reasonably req…

The Authority is authorized to develop and lease, for not longer than ninety-nine (99) years, land and to sell improvements within any of the subdivisions enumerated or established by this Article, in accordance with the approved plan for the respective subdivisions. Such leases …

For the purposes of § 5304 of this Article, ownership by a person or family of real property upon which a substandard dwelling is constructed shall not bar the eligibility for the preferences established by § 5304 of this Article if the applicant person or family was residing in …

(a) The Authority shall prepare or cause to be prepared subdivision plans and may utilize for this purpose the assistance and cooperation of any agency, public or private. Prior to its adoption of a subdivision plan, the Authority shall submit such plan to the Territorial Land Us…

Subject to such requirements and procedures as the Federal Government may impose with respect to federally-aided subdivision plans, which shall in any event prevail: (a) The Authority may lease, for not longer than ninety-nine (99) years, land or any interest therein acquired by …

There is authorized to be appropriated the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) to the Guam Housing and Urban Renewal Authority (GHURA) for the purpose of subsidizing directly home purchasers under Preferences 1 and 2 due to insufficient income, who would not othe…

There is appropriated from the General Fund the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) to the Guam Housing and Urban Renewal Authority (GHURA) for the purpose of establishing a revolving fund. The money in the revolving fund shall be used for the COL4122017 purpose …

(a) The Authority is authorized to acquire the real property upon which a substandard dwelling is constructed when such substandard dwelling is occupied by a family who were if not for ownership of such real property, would otherwise be eligible for a preference classification un…

Upon acquisition of title of real property upon which substandard dwellings are constructed, the Authority shall take such steps as are necessary to protect the health and safety of persons living in the immediate vicinity of said dwellings and to this end, the Authority may caus…

From time to time, the Authority shall prepare comprehensive plans for the redevelopment of real property that it acquires in accordance with § 5310 of this Article. The plans may provide for the selling, leasing or renting of said property with or without improvements. The prope…

As used in this Article: (a) Authority means the Guam Housing and Urban Renewal Authority. (b) Board means the Board of Commissioners of the Guam Housing and Urban Renewal Authority. (c) Plan means that subdivision plan described in the Consolidation Survey Map of Lot Numbers 101…

COL4122017 As-Tumbo Subdivision as used in this Article means the cadastral Lot Nos. 10124-R3, 10124-1, Part of Lot 10123 as shown on Land Management Map No. 364-FY74, said land located in the area known as- Tumbo in the municipality of Dededo. SOURCE: GC § 13941, as added by P.L…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all title and interest in the subdivision defined in § 5402 of this Article, is hereby transferred to the Guam Housing and Urban Renewal Authority. The Governor shall, within thirty (30) days of the passage of this Act, cause the necess…

The Authority is authorized and directed to cause the development of the subdivision in accordance with the subdivision plan described in the Consolidation Survey Map of Lots Nos. 10124-1, 10124-2 and 10124-R3, Dededo, into Tract 240 and in the Subdivision Survey Map of Tract 240…

Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the Authority is authorized to sell lots within the subdivision established by this Chapter for less than fair market value. Such sales shall be made only to either a single person or a family who are bona fide resident…

The Authority shall, by resolution, establish an application period or periods of reasonable length. During the application period, the Authority shall accept applications to purchase lots within the subdivision. After the close of the application period, the Authority shall revi…

The sale of lots shall begin as soon as practicable after the close of the application period. After determination of eligibility, each applicant shall, prior to the expiration of a time set by the Authority, make arrangement to purchase his lot. The Authority shall time the expi…

Subject to such requirements and procedures as may be imposed as a condition of and which shall in any event prevail: (a) The Authority may sell real property or any interest therein acquired by it and may enter into contracts with respect thereto in the subdivision area for resi…

The sum of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000) is hereby transferred from the revolving fund created by Section 3 of P.L. 14-5 as amended by P.L. 14-57, 14-92 and 14-137, to the Guam Housing and Urban Renewal Authority (GHURA) for the purpose of establishing the As-Tumbo Su…

Tenants. The Director of Land Management shall give written notification to all tenants under Land Use Permits and the Agricultural Permit Program that they may be eligible for a lot in the subdivision and shall furnish a list of such tenants to the Authority on the first day of …

(a) The Board shall promulgate reasonable rules and regulations, pursuant to the Administrative Adjudication Law, to effect the purpose of this Chapter, which regulations shall include requirements that: (1) the grantee(s) must personally occupy the property conveyed and not leas…

Effective March 1, 2000, the Authority may, notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, develop affordable housing within the As-Tumbo Subdivision on any lot that has not yet been conveyed to a buyer in accordance with the provisions of this Article, including: C…

(a) Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the Authority shall sell the properties developed pursuant to § 5412 of this Article for less than fair market value to families or heads of households who are lawful permanent residents or citizens of the United St…

(a) Except as provided for in § 5415 of this Article, the deeds conveying the properties developed pursuant to § 5412 of this Article shall, among other provisions agreed by the Board, contain: (1) a covenant that for a period of ten (10) years commencing on the date of the conve…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, rule or regulation to the contrary: (a) after a period of one (1) year from the date of purchase of a lot or home pursuant to this Article, any grantee(s) may sell, convey or otherwise transfer the lot or home to that person’s family m…