The Board of Law Library established in § 9202 of this Chapter shall consist of nine (9) members and shall be constituted as follows:

(1) the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Guam may appoint himself or herself, or one (1) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court to serve ex officio as a trustee or, in the event a Justice chooses not to so serve, he shall appoint a Law Clerk in the employ of the Court or a member of the Guam Bar to serve as trustee for a term of three (3) years;

(2) the Judge of the District Court may appoint himself or herself to serve ex officio as a trustee or, in the event he chooses not to serve, he may appoint a Law Clerk in the employ of the District Court or a member of the Guam Bar to serve as trustee; provided, that if there be more than one (1) Judge of the District Court, such Judges may appoint one (1) of their number to so serve, they may appoint a Law Clerk in the employ of the District Court or a member of the Guam Bar to serve as trustee to a term of four (4) years;

(3) the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court may appoint himself or herself, or one (1) Judge of the Superior Court to serve ex officio as a trustee or, in the event a Judge chooses not to serve, the Presiding

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Judge shall appoint a Law Clerk in the employ of the Superior Court or a member of the Guam Bar to serve as trustee for a term of three (3) years;

(4) the Judicial Council shall appoint one (1) trustee who is a member of the Guam Bar for a term of four (4) years;

(5) the Chairman of the committee that has oversight of the judiciary of I Liheslaturan Guåhan shall appoint one (1) trustee who is a member of the Guam Bar for a term of two (2) years expiring no later than the last day of the legislative term in which the appointment occurred;

(6) the Director of the Guam Public Library System shall be a trustee ex officio;

(7) I Maga’lahi, the Governor, shall appoint one (1) trustee who is a member of the Guam Bar for a term of four (4) years expiring no later than the last day of I Maga’lahi, the Governor’s term in which the appointment occurred; and

(8) the President of the Guam Bar Association shall appoint two (2) trustees who are members of the Guam Bar for a term of two (2) years.

SOURCE: GC ‘28502. Subsection (e) amended by P.L. 24-135:3 (Feb. 20, 1998);
24-139:24 (Feb. 28, 1998). Repealed and reenacted by P.L. 27-31:36 (Oct. 31, 2003).

2016 NOTE: Subsection (6) formerly referenced the Territorial Librarian, a position established by GC § 42012. The position title was later amended to Director of Guam the Library System by P.L. 22-092 (Mar. 7, 1994). However this position was later eliminated pursuant to Reorganization Advisor No. 6 (Oct. 6, 2011), which merged the Guam Public Library System into the Department of Chamorro Affairs.