5 Guam Code Ann. § 1202
Terms Used In 5 Guam Code Ann. § 1202
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(d) Procedures. The Council shall, pursuant to the Administrative Adjudication Law, adopt rules, procedures, and regulations to govern its meetings, hearings, business and affairs.
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(e) Fees. Members of the Council who are not public officials shall be compensated Fifty Dollars ($50) per meeting not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100) per month.
(f) [Repealed by implication.]
Upon the termination of the Council, the remaining council funds as well as assets, equipment, copyrights, and any existing positions shall automatically be transferred to the Bureau of Statistics and Plans.
SOURCE: GC § 62012 reenacted by P.L. 20-147 (Mar. 21, 1990). Subsection (f) added by P.L. 23-128:III:32 (Dec. 12, 1996). P.L. 26-076:22 (Mar. 12, 2002) (uncodified) stated:
Repeal of GPC. All the powers, duties, responsibilities and jurisdiction of the former Guam Planning Council (‘GPC’) are hereby transferred to the Bureau of Statistics and Plans. All records, equipment, documents and otherwise any physical property in the possession of the GPC shall be transferred to the custody of the Bureau of Statistics and Plans. Any funds of any nature under the control of the GPC shall be transferred to the control of the Bureau of Statistics and Plans.
COMMENT: Since the powers, duties and responsibilities of the former Planning Council were transferred, not abolished, The Compiler has left those parts of this Article intact so that the Bureau of Plans & Statistics can refer here for its additional responsibilities.
AG OPINION: The Territorial Planning Council took over the functions of the old Central Planning Council created under the prior version of this Article. BOP 90-0628 (6/11/90)