Title 12, Autonomous Agencies

If any member, officer or employee of the Board shall be interested either directly or indirectly, or shall be an officer or employee of or have an ownership interest in any firm or corporation interested directly or indirectly in any contract with the Board, such interest shall …

The foregoing sections of this Chapter shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws, and shall not be regarded as in derogation…

This Chapter, being necessary for the health and welfare of the people of the Territory, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof. COL120106 SOURCE: GC §53608.22, as added by P.L. 12-69.

Insofar as the provisions of this Chapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any general or special laws, or parts thereof, the provisions of this Chapter shall be controlling. SOURCE: GC §53608.23, as added by P.L. 12-69.

Limitations on Actions Involving Bonds. Within fifteen (15) days of the adoption of a resolution by the Board constituting an indenture providing for the issuance of bonds under this Chapter, the Board shall publish notice of adoption of the resolution, stating the aggregate prin…

Additional hotel accommodations and tourist facilities and services are essential to the further development of Guam’s tourist industry, now the island’s principal industry, in view of the downsizing of the territory’s military facilities. Additional hotel accommodations and tour…

The Corporation shall promote the construction of new hotels, the expansion of existing hotels, and the construction of tourist facilities for COL120106 the adequate accommodation, amusement of, and service to tourists and other visitors to Guam. SOURCE: GC §53609.1, as added by …

The Corporation is authorized and empowered to do all things necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this Article. It is expressly authorized: (a) Information on tourism. To work with the Guam Visitors Bureau and other concerned agencies to collect and disseminate i…

For purposes of this Article and unless the context otherwise requires, Hotel means a building or buildings containing not less than two hundred (200) guest rooms held out to the public as a place where all transient persons, including but not limited to tourists, who come will b…

(a) Business Privilege Tax. The proceeds from any contract for building materials or supplies, or for labor or supervision used in the construction of any new hotel or tourist facility in Guam, or for the expansion of any existing hotel, or for the development of affordable housi…

The Board shall exercise its powers with respect to this Article so as to promote the construction of new hotels, the expansion of existing hotels, and the construction of tourist facilities in an orderly manner and with due regard being given to the profitability of existing hot…

COL120106 This Act [Sections 70110-70114] may be cited or referred to as >The Southern Economic Incentive Construction Act of 2000=. SOURCE: Sections 70110 - 70114 (as renumbered by Compiler) have been added by P.L. 25-124:2-6.

For purposes of this Act, the following villages and municipalities shall constitute the Southern Economic Incentive Region: Piti, Santa Rita, Agat, Umatac, Merizo, Inarajan, Talofofo and Yona.

Contractors or Developers. In order to participate in the tax rebates, abatement and exemption benefits for home contractors or developers (Benefits Program) established in 12 GCA §§ 70107 and 70109, the respective home contractor or developer shall apply to the Guam Economic Dev…

To effectuate the intent of this Act, the Guam Economic Development Authority (>GEDA=) together with the Guam Housing Corporation (>GHC=) shall, within thirty (30) days upon enactment, amend the existing rules and shall submit the same to I Liheslaturan Guåhan for review and appr…

If any provision of this Law or its application to any person or circumstance is found to be invalid or contrary to law, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Law which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications, and to …

The Legislature hereby finds and determines that loans made for the purpose of assisting land claimants under the Omnibus Territories Act of 1977 (48 U.S.C. 1424c) are of such vital need to the economy of Guam as to warrant additional risk and subsidies not normally assumed or pr…

There is created the "Land Claimants Small Loan Revolving Fund" to grant loans to those persons who are eligible to bring proceedings for additional compensation under the provisions of Section 204 of the Omnibus Territories Act of 1977 (P.L. 94-134, 48 U.S.C. 1424c) for addition…

As used in this Chapter: (a) Land Claimant means any person who has a right under the Omnibus Territories Act of 1977 (P.L. 94-134, 48 U.S.C. 1424c) to request additional compensation for land acquired by the United States between July 21, 1944 and August 23, 1963 and to litigate…

The sum of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) is appropriated from the General Fund to the Land Claimants Small Loan Revolving Fund for the uses and purposes specified in this Chapter, provided that no loan to a land claimant shall exceed the sum of Five Hundred Dollar…

The Board of Directors of the Guam Economic Development Authority shall be the administering authority of the Land Claimants Small Loan Revolving Fund, and the word ‘Board’ as used in this COL120106 Chapter shall refer to that Board of Directors. The word Corporation as used in t…

There shall only be one (1) class of loan which may only be used by the land claimant for necessary fees, costs and expenses, including expenses of expert witnesses, in connection with litigation, or negotia- tions, for added compensation for property acquired by the United State…

To be eligible for loans under this Chapter, an applicant shall: (a) Be a person, or the Administrator(trix) of the estate of a deceased person from whom interests in land on Guam were acquired by the United States between July 21, 1944 and August 23, 1963, other than through jud…

Applications for loans shall be accompanied by a certificate from an attorney duly licensed in Guam certifying that he or she has been em- ployed by the claimant to proceed under Section 204 of the Omnibus Territories Act of 1977, and giving the name and case number of the litiga…

Each borrower under the provisions of this Chapter shall execute an assignment of the proceed which he or she may receive from the litigation being conducted, which document shall also state that the applicant has made arrangements with his or her attorney for the appropriate use…

Every borrower who receives a loan shall comply with the following conditions: (a) Expend no portion of the loan for purposes other than those specified in this Chapter; and (b) Make specific arrangements with the Clerk of Court, or claimant’s attorney, to direct that payment fro…

The Corporation is authorized to make loans, or guarantees of loans, in furtherance of the purposes and activities stated in this Chapter, and all loans or guarantees so made need not meet the normal requirements of a usual commercial loan or guarantee and shall not be refused fo…

Upon repayment of loans to the Land Claimants Small Loan Re- volving Fund, the Corporation shall pay over the entire balance to the Treasurer of Guam for deposit into the General Fund. SOURCE: GC §53610.11, as added by P.L. 16-111. ---------- COL120106

The Legislature hereby finds and determines that loans made pursuant to 12 GCA, Chapter 72 (P.L. 16-111, Chapter II, Section 21) are not adequate to address the need of landowners to pursue appropriate remedies to redress the harm done to landowners as individuals and to Guam as …

(a) Landowner means the government of Guam and any person who has or whose predecessors in interest had beneficial ownership of any land interest on Guam which interest was adversely affected by taking of the Naval Government of Guam or the United States Government between July 2…

There is created the Landowner=s Recovery Fund to further the purposes of 21 GCA Chapter 80, to grant loans, or guarantees of loans or grants-in-aid to landowners, or to defer costs or fees of professional services required by those landowners or class of landowners whose land, r…

The sum of Two Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($220,000) is appropriated from the General Fund to the Landowner’s Recovery Fund for the uses specified in this Chapter. Additionally, there is authorized to be appropriated by legislative enactment Four Hundred Ninety-Five Thousand…

The Board of Directors of the Guam Economic Development Authority shall be the administering authority of the Landowner’s Recovery Fund and shall administer the Fund and make loans therefrom. The Board shall promulgate all rules and regulations necessary for the operation of the …

There shall only be one (1) class of loan which may only be used by the attorneys for a land owner for necessary fees, costs and expenses, including expenses of expert witnesses and other consultants, in connection with prosecution of claims for redress of damages or restoration …

To be eligible for loans under this Chapter an applicant shall be a landowner as defined in § 74106(a) of this Chapter.

All loans extended under this Chapter shall comply with the following standards and conditions: (a) Application for Assistance. Any landowner may apply for a loan of funds by setting forth on an application form authorized by the Authority a statement showing: COL120106 (i) name …

Any money remaining in the Land Claims Loan Revolving Fund established under 12 GCA Chapter 72 (P.L. 16-111, Chapter II, Section 21) shall be transferred to the Landowner’s Recovery Fund established by this Chapter.

The revenues obtained by the government pursuant to the license fee imposed by 11 GCA § 22202 shall be a source of funding for the appropriation made in § 74108 of this Chapter.

Any appraiser who is owed money by land claimants shall file a list of such land claimants and the amount of the debt with the Authority. Such statements shall be confidential except that the Authority may COL120106 inform a land claimant who makes application under this Chapter …

Chapter. The purpose of the enactment of § 74116 through § 74122 of this Chapter is to supplement and further the aims established under Chapter 72 of this Division. The Legislature finds and declares: (a) That the portion of Route 3 known as the Ritidian Spur, running from Potts…

(a) Two Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($220,000) are appropriated from the General Fund to the Landowner’s Recovery Fund for the uses specified in this Chapter. (b) Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) are appropriated from the General Fund to the general operating fun…

(a) Four Hundred Ninety-Five Thousand Dollars ($495,000) are hereby authorized to be appropriated from the General Fund to the Landowners Recovery Fund for the uses specified in this Chapter. (b) Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000) are hereby authorized to be appropri…

The Authority is authorized to grant to private landowners or otherwise create such easements and rights-of-way across Lot No. P04.1, Machanao, as in its discretion are required to increase the use and enjoyment and facilitate the development of private property adjacent to Lot N…

The Guam Environmental Protection Agency is hereby directed to carefully study, determine and then report to the Legislature the full scope of the adverse environmental impact of unclean, unsafe military hazardous waste dump sites following a study to be performed under COL120106…

The Authority is directed to produce an economic impact appraisal study to appraise the impact of undue military restriction upon peaceful civilian access to the development of public and private landlocked parcels in Northwest Guam. The Authority is authorized to use funds appro…

Authority’s Receipt of Damage Claims Awards. Upon determination of the adverse economic impact and damage done private landowners and the government of Guam resulting from long term loss of use due to unduly restricted access and the maintenance of unsafe land polluting dumps, th…