1 Guam Code Ann. § 1820
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Terms Used In 1 Guam Code Ann. § 1820
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
No office, department, instrumentality, agency, institution, board, bureau, commission, council, authority, committee of territorial government, or branch of the government of Guam may enter into any consent decree, stipulated order or other settlement agreement with any party seeking a claim against the government of Guam that requires the payment of cash, financing, or future financing by the government of Guam without the approval of I Liheslatura (the Legislature), or a specific appropriation for that claim. Any proposed settlement agreement, supra, that requires legislative appropriation or authorization, by an office, department, instrumentality, agency, institution, board, bureau, commission, council, authority or branch, purporting a consent decree, stipulated order or other settlement with the government of Guam shall be transmitted to I Liheslatura which, by statute, may amend, approve, or disapprove the plan or the action taken within forty-five (45) days, or said plan or action shall be deemed disapproved. This Section shall not apply to claims against the government arising from the provisions of the Government Claims Act (Chapter 6, 5GCA), the actions authorized by public law of the Civil Service Commission, or other settlements expressly authorized by public law. No settlement in legal proceedings or threatened legal proceedings concerning the government of Guam shall be sealed from public review.
SOURCE: Added as § 18201 by P.L. 30-020:1 (May 1, 2009). Recodified to this section by the Compiler in accordance with the authority granted by
1 Guam Code Ann. § 1606, to maintain numbering scheme of this Title. Amended by
P.L. 32-076:7 (Nov. 27, 2013).
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