Guam § 17102 - Duties of Election Commission.

§ 17102. Duties of Election Commission.

The Election Commission shall supervise campaign contributions and expenditures, and its duties in

regards to this Chapter shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(a) to ascertain whether any candidate, committee, political party, or other person has failed to

file a report required by this Chapter or has filed a substantially defective or deficient report, and to

notify the person(s) that their failure to file or filing of a substantially defective or deficient report shall

be corrected and explained, the correction or explanation to be submitted in writing to the Commission

within a reasonable time after the notification of the deficiency or failure to file. The Election

Commission shall make available a list of candidates, committees, and political parties who have failed

to correct their deficiency within the time allowed by the Election Commission. Failure to properly

respond to the notification shall constitute a violation of this Chapter;

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(b) to develop and adopt reporting forms required by this Chapter;

(c) to preserve all reports required by this Chapter for at least five (5) years from the date of

receipt;

(d) to permit the inspection, copying or duplicating of any report required by this Chapter

pursuant to rules adopted by the Election Commission for such purpose; provided, that no information

or copies from the reports shall be sold or used by any person for the purpose of soliciting contributions

or for any commercial purpose;

(e) to investigate and hold public hearings for receiving evidence of any violations, and to

summon witnesses before it;

(f) to request the initiation of prosecution for the violation of any requirements of this Chapter;

(g) to offer advisory opinions to interested persons regarding compliance with the requirements

of this Chapter; and

(h) to issue fines for any violations of this Chapter. Any fines herein shall be deposited in the

General Fund for the use of the Guam Election Commission, subject to appropriation by I Liheslaturan

Guåhan. A report of all fines shall be submitted quarterly to I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi and I

Liheslaturan Guåhan. Schedule of fines will follow the Administrative Adjudication Act.