Guam § 3201 - Definitions.

§ 3201. Definitions.

(a) Administrator means the Administrator of the Guam

Film Office, who shall be the Station Manager of the Guam

Educational Telecommunications Corporation or his/her

designee.

(b) Board means the Guam Educational

Telecommunications Corporation Board of Trustees.

(c) Charitable or student films means commercials, motion

pictures, television, videotapes, or still photography produced by

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a nonprofit organization that is registered with the Guam

Department of Revenue and Taxation or the Internal Revenue

Service as a charitable organization, or is produced by students

of an educational institution, and for which no person, directly or

indirectly, shall receive a profit from the marketing and

production of the film or from showing the films, tapes, or

photos.

(d) Commercial films means and includes all activity

attendant to filming any entertainment or advertising programs

for any media now known or hereafter created.

(e) Committee means an Advisory Committee established

by the Station Manager.

(f) Contractors’ Registry means a list of all Guam licensed

businesses, and their contact information, who provide services

to companies engaged in the film industry.

(g) Corporation means the Guam Educational

Telecommunications Corporation.

(h) Filming/production means and includes all activity

attendant to staging or shooting commercial motion pictures,

television shows or programs, and commercial still photography,

videotapes, computer-based programs, or other visual

reproduction technology now known or hereafter created. The

period of filming includes the set-up, strike, and time of

photography.

(i) Government means the government of Guam, its

authorized agents, officers, representatives, and employees of

departments, agencies, autonomous agencies, offices, or

instrumentalities.

(j) News media means the photographing, filming or

videotaping for the purpose of spontaneous, unplanned television

news broadcasts, or reporting for print media by journalists,

reporters, photographers, or camera operators.

(k) Person means an individual or business.

(l) Private property means any property not owned by the

government of Guam on which filming would not interfere with

the public’s right-of-way, access, or safety.

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(m) Station Manager means a person appointed in

accordance with § 3107 of this Chapter.

(n) Studio means a fixed place of business where filming

activities (motion or still photography) are regularly conducted

upon the premises.