Guam § 16104 - Summary of Proposed Initiative, Referendum or Legislative
Full text of Guam Guam Code Annotated § 16104 — Summary of Proposed Initiative, Referendum or Legislative, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 16104. Summary of Proposed Initiative, Referendum or Legislative
Submission: Fees.
(a) The proponents of any proposed initiative or referendum measure,
prior to circulating any petition for signatures, shall submit a draft of the
measure to the Election Commission with a request that it prepare a
summary of the chief purposes and points of the proposed measure. The
summary shall not exceed one hundred (100) words, and shall be a true and
impartial summary of the measure.
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(b) The Election Commission shall also, upon request of the Speaker of
I Liheslatura (the Legislature), prepare a summary of each legislative
submission measure to be submitted to the voters by I Liheslatura (the
Legislature). The summary shall not exceed one hundred (100) words.
(c) The proponents of any initiative or referendum measure shall, at the
time of submitting the draft of the measure to the Election Commission, pay
a non-refundable fee of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for the cost of
preparing the measure for the ballot. No fee shall be charged for legislative
submissions.
Source: official Guam text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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