Guam § 9117 - Grant Awards Fund and Authority to Award

§ 9117. Grant Awards Fund and Authority to Award

Grants to Organizations.

There is hereby created the Guam Visitors Bureau Grant

Awards Fund (Grant Fund) that is funded by sources that

include, but are not limited to, appropriations from I

Liheslaturan Guåhan, federal grants, and private donations. The

Board of Directors of the Guam Visitors Bureau shall, subject to

the availability of funds, solicit for and receive grant applications

and proposals from governmental and non-governmental

organizations and shall, subject to the availability of funds,

allocate the Grant Fund balances in each fiscal year to Categories

One and Two as follows:

(a) Category One (the total funds allocated to

Category One shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the

Grant Fund balance and revenues available each fiscal

year):

(1) the Department of Parks and Recreation;

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(2) the Mayors Council of Guam;

(3) individual Mayoral offices or Municipal

Planning Councils;

(4) the Guam Environmental Protection Agency;

or

(5) any other agency as determined by the Board.

(b) Category Two (the total funds allocated to

Category Two shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the

Grant Fund balance and revenues available each fiscal

year):

(1) Påʹå Taotao Tånoʹ;

(2) Historic Inalåhan Foundation;

(3) Pacific War Museum Foundation;

(4) Håya Cultural Preservation Foundation;

(5) Guam International Film Festival;

(6) Humåtak Foundation;

(7) Åmot Taotao Tånoʹ;

(8) Huråo Academy, Inc.;

(9) Inetnon Gefpaʹgo Cultural Arts Program,

Inc.;

(10) Humanities Guåhan;

(11) Guam Symphony Society;

(12) Guam Unique Merchandise and Arts

(GUMA);

(13) Duk Duk Goose, Inc.;

(14) Ayuda Foundation;

(15) Traditions Affirming our Seafaring Ancestry

(TASA);

(16) Traditions About Seafaring Islands (TASI);

(17) Guåfi, Inc.;

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(18) University of Guam Press;

(19) Ulitao;

(20) Micronesia Conservation Trust;

(21) Inadahen I Linaʹla Kotturan CHamoru, Inc.;

or

(22) any other non-profit organization as

determined by the Board.

(c) The Guam Visitors Bureau shall adopt rules and

regulations for the Guam Visitors Bureau Grant Awards

Fund program prior to the implementation of the provisions

of this Section in accordance with the Administrative

Adjudication Law.

(d) Reporting Requirements. The Guam Visitors

Bureau Board of Directors shall prepare a report with full

statements of all funds received and expended out of the

Grant Fund and shall transmit such report to the Speaker of

I Liheslaturan Guåhan no later than thirty (30) days after

the end of each fiscal year.