Guam § 74121 - Special Litigator.

§ 74121. Special Litigator.

The Authority shall hire or retain an attorney or law firm

specifically to prosecute legal action on behalf of the people of Guam as

specified in § 74119 of this Chapter. The attorney or law firm retained by

the Authority may hire, within the level of appropriation made available

for the Office of Special Litigator, an additional attorney, attorneys, or a

law firm, to assist in the furtherance of the legal action authorized by §§

74118 and 74119 of this Chapter. The Special Litigator shall be hired or

retained by the Board of Directors of the Authority within thirty (30)

days of the enactment of this section. Funds held within the Landowners

Recovery Fund, as well as appropriations made to the Authority pursuant

to §§ 74113 and 74114 of this Chapter, are to be used for the purposes of

§§ 74118 and 74119 of this Chapter. The Authority shall enter, on behalf

of the people of Guam, the ongoing litigation initiated by private

landowners to challenge the designation of land in Guam as critical

habitat or a wildlife refuge and is authorized to make grants for this

purpose. In the event such private landowners receive monetary damages

or any recovery of legal costs in the course of such litigation, they shall

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reimburse the Landowners Recovery Fund their pro rata share of such

damages and costs that the Court determines in such action represents the

value of the services to such landowners rendered by the Special

Litigator.