Guam § 6205 - No Recruitment or Compensation Above-Step 10.

§ 6205. No Recruitment or Compensation Above-Step 10.

(a) No agency, department, autonomous agency, public corporation, or other instrumentality of the

government of Guam shall authorize compensation above Step 10 for the initial appointment, hiring or

recruitment of an employee. This Section shall not apply to the Office of I Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen

Guåhan, Office of I Sigundo Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan, Guam State Clearinghouse, I Liheslaturan

Guåhan, to any agency whose governing board has exclusive authority over compensation, or to any

positions specifically exempted by law.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of Administration shall adjust to Step 10

the compensation of an unclassified employee who was hired above Step 10 before enactment hereof

effective the date of this enactment. Failure to comply with this Section shall result in the deappropriation

of the total amount of compensation paid in violation hereof from the budget of the non-compliant agency.

(c) An employee hired by the Office of the Public Auditor prior to October 2007 shall not be personally

liable for repayment of any salary received in good faith prior to December 2008.

(d) [No text]

(1) The Department of Public Works (DPW) is authorized to recruit and compensate above step

one (1) professional engineer in the unclassified service to fill the vacant position of Chief Engineer

for DPW’s Highway Division and one (1) professional engineer in the unclassified service to fill the

vacant position of Chief Engineer for DPW’s Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) Division. In addition

to meeting the qualifications and requirements for the position as established by the Department of

Administration, the candidate shall be registered as a professional civil engineer in Guam, or shall

become registered in Guam within two (2) years after beginning employment. Additionally, when

hiring above step per this Subsection, the candidate for Chief Engineer of DPW’s Highway Division

shall have a minimum of ten (10) years of relevant highway engineering experience; and the candidate

for Chief Engineer of DPW’s CIP Division shall have a minimum of ten (10) years of relevant civil

engineering experience.

(2) The Department of Administration shall review and confirm that the person(s) recruited for

the position of Chief Engineer for DPW’s Highway Division and Chief Engineer for DPW’s CIP

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Division are registered professional engineers in any U.S. jurisdiction and have a minimum of ten (10)

years of highway engineering and civil engineering experience, respectively. If the person filling either

position is not a Guam registered professional engineer, and fails to attain professional engineer status

on Guam within the two (2) year period after beginning employment, the position(s) shall be vacated

immediately. The Department of Administration shall also recommend the step in Pay Grade S that

the selected applicant is entitled to as a result of a review of his or her education, experience, and

professional licensure.