Guam § 6206 - Settlement of Claim Before Action.

§ 6206. Settlement of Claim Before Action.

(a) The Attorney General, subject to the approval of I

Maga’lahen Guåhan for settlements of over Fifteen Thousand

Dollars ($15,000.00) for a claim for damages to a motor vehicle

incurred in an accident involving the motor vehicle of the

claimant filed exclusively pursuant to § 6105(b), where the

aggregate of the claim for the motor vehicle of the claimant, not

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including any claim, or any portion of the claim, for personal

injury, is for less than Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00);

and Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) for all other claims,

may settle for money damages any claim against a line agency or

autonomous agency under this Chapter. The Attorney General

may recommend other relief, if appropriate.

(b) In the case of autonomous agencies, the Claims Officer,

subject to the approval of the Board, the Attorney General and I

Maga’lahen Guåhan, or if there be no Board, the highest official

of such agency, the Attorney General and I Maga’lahen Guåhan

for settlements of over Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00)

for a claim for damages to a motor vehicle incurred in an

accident involving the motor vehicle of the claimant filed

exclusively pursuant to § 6105(b), where the aggregate of the

claim for the motor vehicle of the claimant, not including any

claim, or any portion of the claim, for personal injury, is for less

than Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00); and Three

Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) for all other claims, may settle for

money damages any claim filed against said agency under this

Chapter. The Attorney General may recommend other relief as

may be appropriate.

(c) Settlement of any claims concerning the government of

Guam shall not be sealed and shall be open to public inspection.

The Attorney General or the attorney for the agency shall send a

copy of each settlement to the Speaker of I Liheslaturan Guåhan

within five (5) days of approval by I Maga’lahen Guåhan.

(d) Approved settlements shall not be subject to fiscal year

limitations on the authority of government agencies to make full

payments in resolution of a claim.