Guam § 12107 - Duties of COMRIGHT-21.

§ 12107. Duties of COMRIGHT-21.

(a) COMRIGHT-21 shall review the recommendations of the

heads of all departments, entities to amend, repeal or enact statutes

relative to their respective entity as contained in § 12102.1(a)(b)(c).

(b) Upon review, the Commission shall conduct public hearings,

pursuant to the provisions of the open government law, for each entity

for the purposes of consulting with public officers and their employees

and the general public and reconciling conflicting interests that arise

from modernization and streamlining or any suggested repeal or

enactment of law.

(c) After the requisite public hearings, COMRIGHT-21 shall

adopt, reject or amend the findings of the respective agencies and

forward their recommendations to the Speaker of I Liheslaturan Guåhan

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and the respective member and chairperson of I Liheslatura’s standing

committee with oversight over each entity for action.

(d) In its review of government agencies and in proposing reforms

pursuant to this Chapter, COMRIGHT-21 shall consider and make use of

such studies and recommendations as may be presented to it by each

respective entity with respect to enhancing the performance of the

agencies or programs and services for the island community.

(e) COMRIGHT-21 may also as part of its function recommend to

I Maga’lahi and I Liheslatura the merger, coordination, consolidation, or

integration of departments, agencies, offices, instrumentalities, and

functions of the government, and the transfer of functions,

appropriations, equipment, property, records and personnel from one (1)

department, agency, office or instrumentality to another.

(f) COMRIGHT-21 may recommend to I Maga’lahi and I

Liheslatura the dissolution or termination of departments, agencies,

offices, instrumentalities, programs or functions that are not necessary

for the efficient conduct of government functions, services and activities.

(g) COMRIGHT-21 may recommend to I Maga’lahi and I

Liheslatura the elimination or consolidation of overlapping and

duplicative services, functions and activities of the government.

(h) COMRIGHT-21 may recommend to I Maga’lahi and I

Liheslatura the creation, classification and dissolution of employment

positions.

(i) COMRIGHT-21 may recommend to I Maga’lahi and I

Liheslatura the standardization of salaries, materials and equipment

throughout the government; suggest changes to existing law; and create

and submit new legislation to I Liheslatura in addition to its triennial

review of the various government entities.