(a) (1) A corrections officer or a parole officer or any employee of the government who performs the duty of guarding prisoners or supervising or counseling parolees, shall be entitled to hazardous pay, calculated at the rate of his or her regular wage, plus ten percent (10%), for all periods he or she is on such duty. The differential shall be applicable only during time of exposure.

(2) A corrections officer or a parole officer who performs a duty outside of the direct supervision of the Department of Corrections, that if performed by another law enforcement or public safety officer would entitle such officer to hazardous pay, shall be entitled to hazardous pay, calculated at the rate of his or her regular wage, plus ten percent (10%), for all periods he or she is on such duty. The differential shall be applicable only during time of exposure.

(b) Any marshal, probation officer, or alternative sentencing

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officer of the Judiciary is eligible to receive hazardous pay for any duty considered to be under hazardous conditions as specified by the Superior Court of Guam’s Personnel Rules and Regulations, provided that “”hazardous conditions”” shall not include the customary, ordinary, or routine duties of marshals, probation officers and alternative sentencing officers, except for the following:

(1) providing security for a Justice, Judge or Referee so long as such Justice, Judge or Referee and the Administrator of the Courts certify that such duty exposed the employee to potentially dangerous circumstances;

(2) providing security at a Family Visitation Center; or

(3) performing work-related duties involving exigent circumstances resulting in

(A) imminent danger of bodily injury to the employee or others; or

(B) exposure to potentially dangerous circumstances.

The existence of such circumstances must be certified by the Marshal of the Courts and the Administrator of the Courts as to Marshals or by the Chief Probation Officer and the Administrator of the Courts as to Probation Officers and Alternative Sentencing Officers.

SOURCE: Added by P.L. 17-053:24 (June 4, 1984) as § 6221; renumbered by Compiler; amended by P.L. 20-132:2 (Jan. 24, 1990), and P.L. 28-068:V:6 (Sept. 30, 2005). Subsection (b) amended by P.L. 28-150
V:24 (Sept. 30, 2006). Subsection (a) amended by P.L. 30-071:2 (Nov.
27, 2009).

2016 NOTE: Subitem designations added in Subsection (a) to adhere to the Compiler’s codification and alpha-numeric schemes pursuant to authority granted by 1 Guam Code Ann. § 1606.