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Terms Used In 4 Guam Code Ann. § 6201

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
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There is hereby established a unified pay schedule for positions identified in Volume III, Table II of the Hay Report, dated September 1990, and other such positions as may be subsequently determined, consisting of 19 Pay Grades A through V with Steps 1 through 10 per Pay Grade, and Pay Grades L6 through L1, an increment schedule consisting of at least Steps 11 through 20. The unified pay schedule identified as Attachment 1

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to the Executive Branch Budget Act of 1992 is hereby incorporated herein.

GOVGUAM UNIFIED PAY SCHEDULE

Step Step Step Step Step Step Step Step Step Step

GRADE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

A 13990 14865 15739 16614 17488 18188 18887 19587 20286 20986

B 14534 15443 16351 17260 18168 18895 19621 20348 21075 21802

C 15133 16079 17024 17970 18916 19673 20429 21186 21943 22699

D 15840 16830 17820 18810 19800 20592 21384 22176 22968 23760

E 16656 17697 18738 19779 20820 21653 22488 23318 24151 24984

F 17635 18737 19840 20942 22044 22926 23808 24689 25571 26453

G 18723 19893 21064 22234 23404 24340 25276 26212 27149 28085

H 19974 21223 22471 23720 24968 25967 26965 27964 28963 29962

I 21389 22726 24062 25399 26736 27805 28875 29944 31014 32083

J 22942 24376 25810 27244 28678 29825 30972 32119 33266 34414

K 24656 26197 27738 29279 30820 32053 33286 34518 35751 36984

L 26520 28178 29835 31493 33150 34476 35802 37128 38454 39780

M 28678 30471 32263 34056 35848 37282 38716 40150 41584 43018

N 31064 33006 34947 36889 38830 40383 41936 43490 45043 46596

O 33811 35924 38038 40151 42264 43955 45645 47336 49026 50717

P 36850 39153 41456 43759 46062 47904 49747 51589 53432 55274

Q 40352 42874 45396 47918 50440 52458 54475 56493 58510 60528

R 44242 47008 49773 52538 55303 57515 59727 61939 64151 66364

S 48680 51723 54765 57808 60850 63284 65718 68152 70586 73020

T 53720 57078 60435 63793 67150 69836 72522 75208 77894 80580

U 59277 62982 66686 70391 74096 77060 80024 82988 85951 88915

V 65620 69721 73823 77924 82025 85306 88587 91868 95149 98430

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GOVGUAM UNIFIED PAY SCHEDULE

Step Step Step Step Step Step Step Step Step Step

GRADE 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

A 21721 22481 23268 24082 24925 25797 26700 27635 28602 29603

B 22565 23355 24172 25018 25894 26800 27738 28709 29714 30754

C 23493 24316 25167 26048 26959 27903 28879 29890 30936 32019

D 24592 25452 26343 27265 28219 29207 30229 31287 32382 33516

E 25858 26763 27700 28670 29673 30712 31787 32899 34051 35242

F 27379 28337 29329 30355 31418 32517 33656 34834 36053 37315

G 29068 30085 31138 32228 33356 34524 35732 36983 38277 39617

H 31011 32096 33219 34382 35585 36831 38120 39454 40835 42264

I 33206 34368 35571 36816 38105 39438 40819 42247 43726 45256

J 35618 36865 38155 39491 40873 42304 43784 45317 46903 48544

K 38278 39618 41005 42440 43925 45463 47054 48701 50405 52170

L 41172 42613 44105 45648 47246 48900 50611 52383 54216 56114

M 44524 46082 47695 49364 51092 52880 54731 56646 58629 60681

N 48227 49915 51662 53470 55341 57278 59283 61358 63506 65728

O 52492 54329 56231 58199 60236 62344 64526 66785 69122 71541

P 57209 59211 61283 63428 65648 67946 70324 72785 75333 77969

Q 62646 64839 67108 69457 71888 74404 77009 79704 82493 85381

R 68687 71091 73579 76154 78820 81578 84434 87389 90447 93613

S 75576 78221 80959 83792 86725 89760 92902 96153 99519 103002

T 83400 86319 89340 92467 95704 99053 102520 106108 109822 113666

U 92027 95248 98582 102032 105603 109299 113125 117084 121182 125423

V 101875 105441 109131 112951 116904 120996 125230 129614 134150 138845

SOURCE: GC § 4103. Amended by P.L. 15-136:2 (Aug. 22, 1980). Amended by P.L. 18-029:7 (Jan. 10, 1986). Subsections (c) and (d) added by P.L. 18-042:13 (Aug. 29, 1986). Repealed and reenacted by P.L. 21-
059:7 (Sept. 27, 1991).

NOTE: P.L. 21-059:7 (Sept. 27, 1991) effectuated a complete reenactment
of the “”Hay Study.””

2014 NOTE: P.L. 32-068:XI:2 (Sept. 11, 2013) (FY2014 Annual
Appropriations Act), Government of Guam Competitive Wage Act of
2014, provided for funding and implementation of the Government-wide
Position Classification, Compensation and Benefits Study, and required transmittal of a final, implementable plan to the Guam Legislature. The Department of Administration (DOA) submitted a plan on January 15,

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2014, which included exhibits setting forth a General Pay Plan, Nurse Pay Plan, Educator Pay Plan, Attorney Pay Plan, and Executive Pay Plan. The Guam Legislature passed Bill 268-32 (COR) which amended the plan submitted by DOA. The Governor vetoed this bill and proceeded with implementation of the DOA plan, for employees in executive branch line agencies, effective January 26, 2014. At the time of implementation by DOA, none of the existing statutes in this chapter had been amended or repealed. The Judicial Council of Guam implemented the new pay plans for Judiciary of Guam employees pursuant to Judicial Council Resolution JC14-016 (July 17, 2014), subsequent to the amendment to Judicial Council authority effectuated by P.L. 32-166 (June 24, 2014).

The DOA plan was designated by the Guam Legislature as Doc 32GL-14-
1170, and is available on the Guam Legislature website. The pay plans included in the DOA plan are reproduced below:

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P.L. 32-136:2 (Mar. 5, 2014) addresses the positions covered by the
Executive Pay Plan, and states in its entirety:

Section 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, regulation, policy, or procedure, the salaries of all employees in the attached Exhibit A, which shall include, but not be limited to, I Maga’lahen Guåhan’s appointed cabinet members, shall be set at their respective salary rates that were effective on October 1, 2013. No appropriation or authorization from Fiscal Years 2014 and prior shall be authorized for the payment of salaries to the positions in Exhibit A at a salary rate above the salary rates that were effective on October 1, 2013.

The reference to “”Exhibit A”” in P.L. 32-136:2 is to the list entitled “”Positions Covered by the Executive Pay Plan (EXEC)”” which was included in the DOA plan; however, Exhibit A to P.L. 32-136 excludes the positions of Administrative Director of the Courts and Deputy Administrative Director of the Courts.

2015 NOTE: P.L. 32-208 (Nov. 21, 2014) effectuated several changes to P.L. 32-136: it repealed and reenacted Section 1, which addressed salaries of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Senators of the Guam Legislature, and the Public Auditor; and Section 2, which addressed the positions covered by the Executive Pay Plan. In addition, P.L. 32-208:3 repealed Section 3 of P.L. 32-136, which amended 2 Guam Code Ann. § 1106(a) regarding legislative salaries. See 2 Guam Code Ann. § 1106, 2014 Comment.

2017 NOTE: P.L. 34-009:1 (May 23, 2017) amended Section 1 of P.L.
32-208 (Nov. 21, 2014), and provided that the salary of the Attorney
General would be the rate set pursuant to the Competitive Wage Act of
2014; however, it did not repeal 5 Guam Code Ann. § 30116. This amendment also stated that the salary of the Public Auditor and the staff of the Office of
Public Accountability were set pursuant to 1 Guam Code Ann. § 1907. In addition, P.L.
34-009 addressed compensation of the governor, lieutenant governor, and senators: Section 2 addressed senatorial salaries by adding 2 Guam Code Ann. § 1106.1; Section 3 addressed the governor’s salary by adding 5 Guam Code Ann. § 1103 (which was renumbered by the Compiler to 5 Guam Code Ann. § 1517), and Section 4 addressed the lieutenant governor’s salary by adding 5 Guam Code Ann. § 2100.1 (which was renumbered by the Compiler to 5 Guam Code Ann. § 2106).

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