Guam § 13102 - Definitions for Purpose of this Act.

§ 13102. Definitions for Purpose of this Act.

(a) The term official means any person elected to any public office in Guam and any person appointed,

with legislative concurrence or by the Legislature, to any public office, to include but not limited to:

(1) the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, members of the Legislature, Judges of the Superior Court,

Justices of the Supreme Court, both full time and part time, village Mayors and Vice Mayors, and elected

members of the Territorial Board of Education.;

(2) the directors and their deputies, the division chiefs, and executive directors, regardless of specific

titles by which the foregoing persons are designated, of every territorial agency;

(3) the Executive Director of the Legislature, and the staff or management assistants in the offices of

the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, other than persons employed in clerical, secretarial or similar

positions;

(4) the hearing officers of every territorial agency;

(5) members of every board or commission whose original term of office is for a period exceeding

one year and whose functions are not solely advisory;

(6) the members of the Guam Ethics Commission and the Executive Director of that Agency shall

file the required reports with the Legislative Secretary;

(7) The administrative director and deputy director of the courts;

(8) The Suruhanu;

(9) The Public Auditor; and

(10) The President, Vice President and Assistant Vice Presidents of the University of Guam and the

Guam Community College.

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However, P.L. 24-014:47 (Mar. 21, 1997) repealed and reenacted § 13102(a), and removed subsections (3)

through (10) from the Guam Code Annotated. When this provision was added by P.L. 24-091:3 (Oct. 7, 1997),

it referred to “appointees to Boards and Commissions of the government of Guam, as defined by § 13102(5) of

this Chapter.” Since its enactment, this provision referred to a statutory provision that no longer existed, as

subsection (5) of § 13102(a) had already been repealed by P.L. 24-014:47. Although P.L. 29-020:3 (Oct. 7, 2007)

amended Chapter 13 of this title, the amendment did not address the discrepancy in this provision.

To date, “§ 13102(5)” does not exist in Guam law. Consequently, there is no definition of “appointees to Boards

and Commissions of the government of Guam” for purposes of enforcing this provision.