Title 4 — Public Officers and Employees

In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any contract entered into by the Guam in violation of this Chapter, is voidable by the Guam; provided that in any act to void a contract pursuant to this Section, the interests of third parties who may be damaged thereby, shall be…

(a) All financial disclosure reports required to be filed with the Guam Election Commission pursuant to Chapter 13 of Title 4, Guam Code Annotated, shall be reported to the Guam Ethics Commission within three working days of filing with the Guam Election Commission. COL 2026-05-0…

(a) All financial disclosure statements filed by an employee shall be maintained by the Guam Ethics Commission during the term of office of the employee, and for a period of three years thereafter. Upon the expiration of the three-year period, the financial disclosure statement a…

(a) No former employee shall disclose any information which by law is not available to the public and which the employee acquired in the course of official duties or use the information for personal gain or the benefit of anyone. (b) No former employee shall, within twelve (12) m…

(a) Any Guam action obtained in violation of this chapter for employees is voidable in the same manner as voidable contracts as provided for under § 15207; and Guam, by the Attorney General, may pursue all legal and equitable remedies available to it. (b) Guam, by the Attorney Ge…

(a) There shall be within the government of Guam, an autonomous and independent commission to be known as the ‘Guam Ethics Commission.’ (1) The Guam Ethics Commission (Commission) shall consist of seven (7) members to be appointed by I Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan with the consen…

Determination. (a) The Commission shall have the following powers and duties: (1) It shall prescribe a form for the financial disclosures required by § 15208 and shall establish an orderly procedure for implementing the requirements of that Section. (2) It shall render advisory o…

(a) Any person who knowingly and intentionally files a false charge with the commission, or any member of the commission who initiates action against any Guam official, Guam employee, or any other person covered by this chapter, knowing such charge to be false, shall be guilty of…

(a) When the Commission, after due hearings, believes that there is cause for the possible filing of criminal charges, it shall refer the complaint to the Attorney General’s Office or appropriate authority for its disposition. COL 2026-05-05 (b) With respect to former employees, …

In addition to any other powers the Civil Service Commission or other government agency may have to discipline employees, the appropriate agency involved may reprimand, put on probation, demote, suspend, or discharge any employee found to have violated this Chapter. COL 2026-05-0…

The Guam Ethics Commission may request and shall receive from every governmental agency cooperation and assistance in the performance of its duties.

In addition to any provision contained in this Chapter, the Legislature and the Judicial Branch may each prescribe further rules of conduct covering its members and may investigate and discipline its employees for any violation of this Chapter, or its own Rules, or both.

Staff. (a) The Guam Ethics Commission may employ such persons as it deems necessary for the performance of its functions. It shall submit an annual budget request to the Legislature for its required operations. (1) The Executive Director shall submit an annual fiscal year budget …

Members of the ethics commission and its staff shall not take an active part in political management or in political campaigns during the term of office or employment.

(a) Any person who is an elected official of the government of Guam shall attend an ethics in government program within ninety (90) days of taking office. Additionally, elected officials shall undergo refresher ethics in government program at least once every four (4) years. The …

The ethics in government program shall be provided by the Guam Ethics Commission or other providers approved by the Guam Ethics Commission. The Public Auditor shall develop standards for the ethics program until the Guam Ethics Commission is appointed and functioning, at which ti…

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall have jurisdiction and governance over all justices and judges of the COL 2026-05-05 judicial branch in matters of ethics as covered in this Chapter 15. SOURCE: P.L. 28-076:4 (Nov. 25, 2005), effective Jan. 1, 2007.

Those portions of the Guam Code Annotated and the Government Code of Guam, which are in conflict with any section of this Chapter, are hereby repealed. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 28-076:5 (Nov. 25, 2005), effective Jan. 1, 2007.

If any part of this Chapter 15 shall, for any reason, be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, or invalid as applied to a class of cases, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, and shall be confined in its operation to …

I Liheslaturan Guåhan [the Guam Legislature] finds and recognizes that the American Red Cross and other non-governmental organizations (NGOs), as well as faith-based member organizations, have a long tradition of humanitarian service. Guam has been assisted by the American Red Cr…

This Chapter may be cited as the Disaster Service Volunteer Leave Act. COL03142012

As used in this Chapter, unless the context indicates a different intent: (a) Department or agency means any office, officer, official, department, board, commission, institution, bureau, agency, division or unit of the government of Guam, including those within the legislative a…

(a) An employee of an agency who is a certified disaster service volunteer may be granted leave from work with pay, in accordance with Subsection (b) infra, for up to an aggregate of fifteen (15) days, consecutively or non-consecutively, in any twelve (12)-month period to partici…

No employee shall be paid during regular work hours in the completion of any training towards a certification as a disaster service volunteer, unless such employee uses personal or annual leave.

(a) An employee of any private sector business who is a certified disaster service volunteer may be granted leave from work with pay, in accordance with Subsection (b) infra, for up to an aggregate of fifteen (15) days, consecutively or non-consecutively, in any twelve (12)-month…

It is the intent of I Liheslaturan Guåhan to allow employees who have been certified as having a catastrophic illness to receive donated sick leave in excess of the maximum allowed under the Family and Medical Leave Act of twelve (12) weeks in any twelve (12) month period. I Lihe…

This Chapter may be cited as the “Catastrophic Leave Pool Act of 2015.”

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 8.800 of Chapter 1 of Division 1, Title 2 GARR, the Family and Medical Leave Act, an employee who has been certified by a physician to have a catastrophic illness shall be eligible to receive donated sick leave from the Catastrophic Leave Pool.

The Department of Administration is authorized to establish and maintain a “Catastrophic Leave Pool” into which shall be deposited donated COL622016 sick leave hours. For the purposes of this Section, there shall be no limitation on the number of hours that can be donated to the …

The Department of Administration shall promulgate such rules and regulations pursuant to the Administrative Adjudication Law as may be necessary to carry out the intent of this Act and shall, to the extent practicable, utilize the rules and regulations established for the Family …