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Terms Used In 5 Guam Code Ann. § 1401

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
There is within the Office of I Maga’lahen Guåhan an Economic Planning Council to be comprised of nine (9) members. Of the nine (9) members, four (4) members shall be selected by I Maga’lahen Guåhan from among those who head the following agencies: the Department of Agriculture (‘DOA’), the Guam Economic Development and Commerce Authority, the Guam Housing and Urban Renewal Authority (‘GHURA’), the Guam Housing Corporation (‘GHC’), the Department of Labor (‘DOL’), the DOL Division of Workforce Development and Training, the Bureau of Budget and Management Research (‘BBMR’), the Department of Revenue and Taxation (‘DRT’), the Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport Authority, Guam , the Port Authority of Guam (‘PAG’), the Guam Community College (‘GCC’), the University of Guam (‘UOG’), the Guam Advisory Council of Vocational Rehabilitation, the Bureau of Statistics and Plans, and the Guam Visitors Bureau (‘GVB’).

In addition to the agency members, there shall be four (4) members from the business community and community-at-large chosen by I Maga’lahen Guåhan (the Governor) with the advice and consent of I Liheslaturan Guåhan (the Legislature). The ninth (9th) member of the Council shall be chosen by the other eight (8) members. The non-agency members shall receive the sum of Fifty

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Dollars ($50.00) for each attendance at a meeting of the Council, not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per month.

SOURCE: GC § 5250 added by P.L. 17-23 (Sept. 23, 1983). Amended by
P.L. 26-076:40 (Mar. 12, 2002).

2022 NOTE: Reference to the “”A.B. Won Pat Guam International Airport Authority (GIAA)”” replaced with “”Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport Authority, Guam”” pursuant to 12 Guam Code Ann. § 1102 (a).

2015 NOTE: Pursuant to P.L. 33-061 (Aug. 24, 2015), codified as 22 Guam Code Ann.
§ 1301 et seq., the reference to the Agency for Human Resources Development has been replaced with the Division of Workforce Development and Training of the Department of Labor.

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