Guam § 2107 - Separate Consideration of Land Bills.

§ 2107. Separate Consideration of Land Bills.

(a) Every bill authorizing the sale, gift, disposal, transfer, or trade of

government of Guam land (hereinafter called transfer of land or land

transfer), and every bill authorizing the leasing of any government land for

more than two (2) years shall contain only matters reasonably related to one

(1) such transaction, and may not be considered with any other transaction or

any unrelated matters, unless the particular transaction is a transfer or trade

which involves the taking by the government of Guam of more than one

privately-owned lot at essentially the same time for the same public purpose

and project, in which case the bill may contain all matters related to that

transfer or trade. No authorization for such land lease or land transfer may be

considered as a “rider” or amendment to another bill, and neither may any

unrelated amendment or “rider” be considered by the Legislature on any bill

which authorizes the lease or transfer of land.

(b) No such bill authorizing the transfer of land or leasing of land may

be considered by the Legislature on third reading unless accompanied by two

(2) appraisals on all land concerned, appraised for highest and best use

regardless of zoning, from two separate licensed real estate appraisers, one

(1) of which appraisals is not more than twelve (12) months old, and which

appraisals are paid for by the transferee. If the transferee is the government

of Guam by virtue of exercising its eminent domain power or similar action

for specific and identified public benefit, the appraisals, surveys, maps, and

recordation shall be paid by the government of Guam. The private land

owner shall sign a statement that the person agrees that his paying for the

appraisals does not in any way obligate the Legislature nor the government

of Guam to approve the transfer. One (1) of the appraisers shall be selected

by the Department of Land Management and the other by the private

landowner. The average of the two (2) appraisals may be used by the

Legislature as the value for the transfer or trade.

(c) Any proposed lease, sub-leases, requests to exchange land or

purchase any land owned in the name of the government of Guam to the

federal government or any agent of the federal government shall require the

approval of I Liheslatura.

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