(a) Creation of Fire, Life and Medical Emergency Fund (“”FLAME””). There is hereby created the Fire, Life and Medical Emergency Fund (“”FLAME””). Sixty percent (60%) of all monies deposited within the Fund shall be used for the purchase, critical maintenance and repair of essential emergency rescue and firefighting vehicles, emergency life support and medical equipment, and training for Emergency Medical Technician and Paramedic certifications. Forty percent (40%) of all monies deposited within the Fund shall be used to pay for emergency medical and paramedic certified firefighter salary adjustments required by 4 Guam Code Ann. § 6223 and § 6231 and 10 Guam Code Ann. § 72105.3. The Fund shall be under the control of the Guam Fire Department and the Director of Administration (the Director). The Director shall administer the Fund and release the necessary monies uponrequest by the Fire Chief for expenditures authorized by this Section. The Director shall report on a quarterly basis to the Speaker of I Liheslaturan Guåhan the revenues collected and expended from this Fund and post the same on the Department’s website.

(b) Authorization to Collect Fees for Services and Fines. The Guam Fire Department shall establish, in accordance with the Administrative Adjudication Law, no later than August 1, 2006, a schedule of

(1) fees for the following services: non-emergency use of an ambulance primarily for transportation as opposed to emergency medical care under circumstances where the person ordering the same does not reasonably believe that a bona fide medical emergency condition exists, making building inspections, or issuing burning permits; and

(2) fines for creating fire hazards, disobeying permit conditions, failing to correct hazardous conditions reported as a result of building inspections, or non-compliance with the Fire Code. All fees and fines collected under such approved schedule shall be deposited in the Fund.

(c) No Transfer Authority by I Maga’lahen Guåhan. I Maga’lahen Guåhan may not use his transfer authority to utilize any monies deposited in the Fund.

SOURCE: Added by P.L. 22-052:2 (Dec. 2, 1993). Amended by P.L. 28-
068:II:II:20 (Sept. 30, 2005). Subsection (a) amended by P.L. 30-133:1 (Apr. 30, 2010).

2013 NOTE: Numbers and/or letters were altered to adhere to the
Compiler’s alpha-numeric scheme in accordance to 1 Guam Code Ann. § 1606.