Guam § 79303 - Powers and Duties of the Authority.

§ 79303. Powers and Duties of the Authority.

The Authority shall have all the powers necessary and convenient to carry out and perform the

purposes and provisions of this Chapter, except the power to levy and collect taxes or special assessments,

including the following, in addition to other powers granted in this Article, and may:

(a) sue and be sued;

(b) have a seal and modify it;

(c) enter into and execute contracts and instruments of every kind and nature, necessary or

convenient to the exercise of its powers and functions;

(d) make, and from time to time modify and repeal, bylaws, rules and regulations, not inconsistent

with this Article, providing for the internal organization and management of the Authority, for the

administration of its affairs and operations, and for carrying into effect the powers and purposes of the

Authority;

(e) borrow money from public and private sources and give such security therefor as may be

required;

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(f) apply for and accept advances, loans, grants, contributions, gifts, donations, appropriations of

funds and any other form of financial assistance from the Federal Government, the government of

Guam, or other public body of agency, or from any sources, public or private, for the purposes of this

Article, and enter into and carry out contracts in connection therewith;

(g) deposit funds in banking institutions which are members of the Federal Deposit Insurance

Corporation;

(h) invest funds in property or securities approved for investment by the Federal Government or

the government of Guam;

(i) therein, by lease, option, purchase, gift, grant, donation, appropriation, bequest, devise or by

the exercise of eminent domain or otherwise;

(j) own, hold, improve, clear or prepare for redevelopment any such property;

(k) sell, lease, exchange, transfer, assign, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of, or encumber

any real or personal property, or any interest or estate in such;

(l) acquire by condemnation any interest in real property, including a fee simple title thereto,

which the Authority may deem necessary for, or in connection with, any project under this Article;

provided, that as a condition to the exercise of the power of eminent domain to acquire any real

property or interest therein which the Authority may deem necessary for its purposes under this Article,

the Authority shall first adopt a resolution finding and declaring that the acquisition of such property

is necessary for such purposes;

(m) exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner now or which may be hereafter provided

by law for the exercise of such power by the government of Guam, except that the complaint in eminent

domain proceedings shall be brought in the name of and on behalf of the Authority as plaintiff and

title to the property shall vest in the Authority;

(n) notwithstanding any other provision of law, to establish zones and boundaries, after public

hearing, regulating buildings and structures and the nature and extent of their use, so that the Project

may be developed in an orderly manner in accordance with the Plan.

(o) provide or arrange or contract for the furnishing or repair by any person or agency, public or

private, of services, privileges, works, streets, roads, public utilities or other facilities of every kind

and nature, for and in connection with the preparation, planning, development, construction, operation

and disposition of the Project;

(p) install, construct and reconstruct streets, utilities, parks, playgrounds and other public

improvements;

(q) insure or provide for the insurance, in any stock or mutual company or any public or private

insurance facility, of any real or personal property or operations of the Authority, against any risks and

hazards;

(r) cooperate with, and participate in activities of local, regional or national agencies,

organizations, institutions or other official or unofficial bodies engaged in the same related fields;

(s) lease any dwellings, accommodations, land, structures or facilities embraced in the Project;

(t) clear or prepare any property owned by it for redevelopment, conservation or rehabilitation;

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(u) make such expenditures, subject to the provisions of this Article or any other applicable law,

regulation or restriction, as may be necessary for the activities and operations of the Authority and

carry out the purposes of this Article; and

(v) conduct examinations and investigation on any matters material to the functions or operations

of the Authority.