Guam § 76601 - Guam Preservation Trust.

§ 76601. Guam Preservation Trust.

There is hereby established as a public, non-profit

corporation, the Guam Preservation Trust (the >Trust=). The Trust

shall have the following purposes, which are within its powers:

(a) To seek grants and donations;

(b) To acquire title to threatened Guam properties for

the preservation of their historical value, whether in fee

simple, by leasehold, or by easement, and whether through

donation, transfer, dedication, or purchase;

(c) To award grants for the following:

(1) Historic property documentation and historic

register nomination;

(2) Architectural and archeological history and

documentation of historic structures and sites;

(3) Protection of historic structures and sites

through stabilization, rehabilitation, reconstruction, or

restoration, including adequate lighting when

appropriate on such sites being utilized for non-profit

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and non-commercial purposes, such as private homes,

schools, churches, public buildings and facilities, except

that commercial activity is allowable on such sites

pursuant to a signed covenant between the Guam

Preservation Trust and the registered owners when part

of the proceeds of such commercial activity is used for

the general maintenance of such sites;

(4) Ethnography and oral history of Guam; and

(5) Archival and archaeological research and

investigations for locating, recording and protecting

sites of historic or prehistoric interest and value.

(d) To prepare a Guam Preservation Trust Master Plan

identifying, by order of priority, the buildings, structures and

sites which in the opinion of the Trust are deserving of

preservation and which shall be preserved. The Trust shall

hold a public hearing on the proposed plan and shall transmit

the plan to I Liheslaturan Guåhan sixty (60) days prior to its

implementation; and

(e) To support other activities directly related to

increasing the public appreciation of and benefit from

historical places including public interpretation and pre-

sentation.