Guam § 68401 - Eligibility for Bonus.

§ 68401. Eligibility for Bonus.

(a) If a person is entitled to a Guam Civilian Scout Bonus and if he is

not living, the amount of compensation to which the person would be

entitled shall be paid to his beneficiaries in this order:

1. To the living spouse, except where at the time of the death of

the civilian scout, either:

(a) the civilian scout and his spouse were separated by

consent as defined in § 99 of the Civil Code of Guam; or

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(b) the spouse had deserted the civilian scout as defined in §

95 of the Civil Code of Guam; or

2. If there is no eligible living spouse, such compensation shall be

paid to the living child or children of the deceased civilian scout to

share and share alike; or

3. if there is no living child or children, the compensation shall be

paid to the living mother; or

4. if there is no living mother, the compensation shall be paid to

the living father; or

5. if there are no eligible living beneficiaries as set forth above, to

the estate of the civilian scout.

(b) All applications for the bonuses authorized by this Article must be

made to the Chief of Police on or before March 31, 1981.

(c) The Chief of Police, upon satisfactory proof that such applicants

were civilian scouts or are such a civilian scout's survivor or survivors, shall

certify to the Treasurer of Guam the eligibility of such applicants for such

bonuses, and the Treasurer shall thereupon pay the same to them. The Chief

of Police shall promulgate, pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative

Adjudication Act, such rules and regulations as are required to establish

eligibility for such bonus by way of documentary evidence of such civilian

scout service, affidavits based on personal knowledge, or such other proof

as would establish by a preponderance of the evidence the fact of eligibility

for such bonus.