Guam § 1118 - Sessions of the Guam Legislature.

§ 1118. Sessions of the Guam Legislature.

(a) The Legislature shall convene in a new regular session at

the seat of Government at 10:00 a.m. on the first Monday in

January of each year. The regular session shall continue for such

period as each Legislature may determine, provided, however,

that in no event shall a session continue beyond midnight of the

day preceding the day upon which the next regular session of the

Legislature is to convene.

(b) At any time when the Legislature is in recess or has

adjourned and could be in session but for such recess or

adjournment, either the Speaker or the Committee on Rules may

summon the Legislature to meet for whatever period of time the

Legislature shall deem required. A meeting called pursuant to this

paragraph shall be a continuation of the regular session last

convened pursuant to Paragraph (a) of this Section.

(c) At any time when I Liheslaturan Guåhan is in recess or

has adjourned, the Speaker and the Legislative Secretary shall be

empowered to, and shall receive, any messages or

communications of any kind addressed to I Liheslaturan Guåhan

[Legislature] from I Maga’lahen Guåhan [Governor]. For

purposes of this Paragraph, receipt of messages or

communications of any kind from I Maga’lahen Guåhan to I

Liheslaturan Guåhan shall occur if delivered to the Speaker or the

Legislative Secretary, or to their respective offices.

(d) Any business, bill or resolution pending at the final

adjournment of a regular session held in an odd-numbered year

shall carry over with the same status to the next regular session.

(e) No business, bill or resolution pending at the final

adjournment of a special session shall carry over to any other

session.

(f) A session convening in an odd-numbered year shall be the

first regular session of a Legislature and the session convening in

the even-numbered year shall be the second regular session of the

Legislature organized the preceding year.