Guam § 71103 - Selection of Directors; Composition of District Boards;

§ 71103. Selection of Directors; Composition of District Boards;

Tenure of Directors; Board Vacancies; and Compensation of

Directors.

(a) Selection of Directors. Farmers or farm land owners or land

occupiers from within each district shall nominate individuals, from

among their number, to serve as non-partisan district directors; and shall

elect five (5) directors from among those nominated.

(b) Composition of District Boards. The Soil and Water

Conservation District Boards shall each:

(1) be composed of five (5) directors, each of whom is largely

engaged in farming and is a land occupier of the district to which

they are elected to serve;

(2) select a chairperson and a vice chairperson from among the

five (5) directors, who shall be elected by at least three (3)

affirmative votes; and

(3) have assigned to it an advisor from the University of Guam

College of Natural and Applied Sciences.

(c) Tenure of Directors. Each district director shall be elected to

serve for a term of three (3) years. Individuals serving as district

directors upon the enactment of this Chapter shall be permitted to serve

out the remainder of their term.

(d) Board Vacancies. Vacancies shall be filled for an unexpired

term. The selection of a successor to fill a vacancy for an unexpired term

shall be made by I Maga’lahen Guåhan within thirty (30) days of the

notification of such vacancy; such selection to be subject to the advice

and consent of I Liheslaturan Guåhan.

(e) Compensation of Directors. District directors shall be

compensated in the amount of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per meeting

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attended, such compensation not to exceed One Hundred Dollars

($100.00) per month.

(f) Per Diem Allowance. District directors shall receive one

hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the basic per diem rates, just as

other government boards and commissions, as stipulated in 5 GCA §

23104 (a)(2).