An initiative must be approved by fifty percent (50%) plus one (1) of all voters who go to the polls to vote in the special or biennial general election at which the initiative was placed on the ballot. Any initiative so approved by fifty percent (50%) plus one (1) of all voters who go to the polls to vote at said election shall take effect no earlier than the first (1st) day of the month of February of the succeeding year after certification of its passage by the Commission; and after all requisite government rules, regulations, permits pertaining to the initiative are officially adopted and effectuated by relevant department and agencies of the government of Guam.

SOURCE: GC § 2960.9. Added by P.L. 14-023 (May 3, 1977). Reenacted by P.L.
17-025:III:8 (Oct. 7, 1983). Codified as 3 Guam Code Ann. § 17204. Repealed and reenacted by
P.L. 17-063:13 (Aug. 29, 1984). Repealed and reenacted to this section by P.L. 31-
255:2 (Dec. 11, 2012). Amended by P.L. 31-283:2 (Dec. 31, 2012).

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