Guam § 70103 - Duties of Council.

§ 70103. Duties of Council.

The Council shall:

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(a) create a mission statement on invasive species for Guam;

(b) develop a Guam Invasive Species Management Plan

(GISMP);

(c) act as the lead entity for Guam to include local regional,

national and international invasive species efforts;

(d) provide annual reports on the progress made in achieving

the objectives of the GISMP to I Maga’lahen Guåhan and I

Liheslaturan Guåhan;

(e) coordinate and promote Guam’s position with respect to

federal issues concerning invasive species in Guam;

(f) identify and record all invasive species present in Guam;

(g) identify all needed resources for the purpose of working

on invasive species prevention, suppression and eradication;

(h) advise I Maga’lahen Guåhan and I Liheslaturan Guåhan

on budgetary and other issues concerning invasive species;

(i) review the structure of fines and penalties to ensure

maximum deterrence for invasive species-related crimes;

(j) make appropriate recommendations for legislation to

improve the management of invasive species programs and policies;

(k) the Council, in coordination with I Maga’lahen Guahan,

shall review the Interagency Biosecurity Task Force Work Plan

adopted in 2009 (see Appendix A), and in accordance with the

framework and recommendation detailed in the 2009 Plan, the

Council shall formulate an updated version of such a plan, to

include replacing the mentions of the USDA APHIS PPQ, with the

“Guam Invasive Species Council” or the “Invasive Species

Coordinator”, as appropriate. Such plan shall be submitted to I

Liheslaturan Guahan in accordance with the Adminstration

Adjudication Law process no later than ninety (90) calendar days

from the date of enactment of this Act, and shall be subject to

legislative approval; and

(l) perform all functions necessary to effectuate the mission

of the Council.