(a) The Guam Ethics Commission may employ such persons as it deems necessary for the performance of its functions. It shall submit an annual budget request to the Legislature for its required operations.

(1) The Executive Director shall submit an annual fiscal year budget to the Guam Ethics Commission for its review and approval no later than January 31 of each calendar year.

(2) The Guam Ethics Commission shall review and approve a fiscal year budget necessary to meet all of the Commission’s statutory requirements and abide by all policies and procedures set forth in this Chapter and corresponding rules and regulations.

(3) The Guam Ethics Commission’s Executive Director shall submit to I Liheslatura an approved annual budget for each fiscal year, no later than the date prescribed by I Liheslaturan Guåhan, and shall include a detailed breakdown of the funding level necessary to meet all of the Commission’s statutory requirements and abide by all policies and procedures set forth in corresponding rules and regulations.

(4) The annual Guam Ethics Commission budgetary appropriations approved by I Liheslaturan Guåhan and
signed into law by the Governor of Guam shall be exempt from the Bureau of Budget and Management Research, Office of the Governor of Guam, budgetary allotment control as generally provided in 5 Guam Code Ann. § 1303.

(5) The Guam Ethics Commission may draw against its respective appropriations as needed to meet its obligations in accordance with a drawdown schedule that the Guam Ethics Commission submits to the Director of Administration. If the Guam Ethics Commission fails to submit its drawdown schedule by October 31, the Director of Administration may withhold a drawdown request for the current fiscal year until such time the Commission submits its drawdown schedule for the entire fiscal year. The Director of Administration shall not, for any reason, withhold any amount appropriated by I Liheslaturan Guåhan to the Guam Ethics Commission.

(b) The Commission shall appoint an Executive Director who shall:

(1) administer the laws under this Chapter and all Commission policies, and ensure that investigations and subsequent hearings are held in accordance with the procedures outlined in this Chapter ;

(2) manage the daily operations of the Commission and perform duties as assigned by the Commission or specified by law or rule or regulation ;

(3) be the ex-officio secretary for the Commission but shall not be a voting member thereof. As such secretary, the Executive Director shall keep the minutes of the Commission’s proceedings, preserve all reports made to it, keep a record of all examinations held under its direction, and perform such other duties as the Commission shall prescribe; and

(4) be a member of the unclassified service and shall receive an annual salary within a range of compensation to be prescribed by the Commission in accordance with the laws of Guam. Said Executive Director shall serve at the pleasure of the Commission; provided, however, that the Executive
Director may not be removed unless that person’s removal is ratified by a vote of four (4) or more Commission members.

(c) Staffing for the Guam Ethics Commission.

(1) With the consent of the Guam Ethics Commission, the Executive Director is authorized to hire and dismiss staff to support the operations of the Guam Ethics Commission.

(2) The Executive Director shall be supervised by the Commission, and staff of the Commission shall be under the direct supervision of the Executive Director.

(3) The Executive Director is responsible for developing, initiating, and implementing workplace policies..

SOURCE: Added by P.L. 23-105:1 (July 12, 1996). Amended by P.L.
36-028:3 (June 11, 2021).

2021 NOTE: This provision was fomerly entitled “”Staff”” and was renamed pursuant to P.L. 36-028:3 (June 11, 2021).