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Terms Used In 5 Guam Code Ann. § 42109

  • 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.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.
e Speaker of the Guam Legislature, acting as a temporary presiding officer, shall convene the organizational meeting of the Convention at 10:00 a.m., May 4, 1977, in the Session Hall of the Guam Legislature. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Guam, after receiving and verifying each person’s certificate of election as a delegate, shall administer the oath of office to the delegates. Immediately after the taking of their oath the delegates shall proceed to organize by:

(a) Electing a presiding officer, who shall be the President of the Convention;
(b) Adopting rules of order governing the procedure of the
Convention.

Immediately after the election of a presiding officer, that person shall assume the chair of the Convention. The Convention may meet for not more than five (5) days, which days need not be consecutive, in May for organizational purposes. Thereafter, the Convention shall recess until July 1, 1977, when it shall reconvene for its regular deliberations.
SOURCE: GC § 15200.8 added by P.L. 13-202:1.

2015 NOTE: Pursuant to an amendment to § 22A(b)(2) of the Organic Act of Guam by Pub. L. 108-378:1(b) (Oct. 30, 2004), references to “”Presiding Judge”” have been changed to “”Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Guam.”” See 48
U.S.C. § 1424-1(b)(2).

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