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Terms Used In 21 Guam Code Ann. § 17117

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
Notwithstanding the provisions of § 17103, § 17104 and § 17105, whenever any agency is required to make relocation payments under this Chapter, such payments shall not be less than the amounts the agency would

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21 Guam Code Ann. REAL PROPERTY
CH. 17 RELOCATION ASSISTANCE ACT

have been required to make under similar circumstances had the agency been subject to the Federal Uniform Relocation Act, as amended.
SOURCE: Added by P.L. 20-101:4.

§ 17118. Relocation Assistance: Conformity with Federal
Requirements.

(a) When any department, agency or instrumentality of the government of Guam, or other political subdivision, or any other public or private entity subject to the provisions of the federal Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as amended, Public laws
91-646 and 100-17 (Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation
Assistance Act of 1987, Title IV), herein the Federal Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987, undertakes any project which results in the acquisition of real property or in any person or persons being displaced from their homes, businesses, or farms, such territorial department, agency or instrumentality \, or any other political subdivision, or other public or private entity shall provide relocation assistance, and to make relocation payments to such displaced person and to do such other acts and follow such procedures and practices as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the federal Relocation Assistance Act.
(b) Any payment made or to be made under the authority granted herein shall be for compensating or reimbursing the displaced person or owner of real property in accordance with the requirements of the federal Uniform Relocation Assistance Act and such payments shall not for any purpose be deemed or considered compensation for real property acquired or compensation for damages to remaining property.
(c) The Guam Housing and Urban Renewal Authority is authorized to issue such regulations and procedures as may be determined to be necessary or appropriate to carry out the federal Uniform Relocation Assistance Act. Any territorial agency required to comply with this Act shall carry out its functions and duties in accordance with the regulations and procedures issued by the Guam Housing and Urban Renewal Authority.
SOURCE: Added by P.L. 22-101:5.

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