(a) Development of Training and Curriculum. Each board or commission shall have an educational program established to prepare its members for the duties of the board or commission to which they are appointed. Such educational program shall cover procurement laws, as applicable, applicable statutes, executive orders, and rules and regulations which govern the board or commission and their respective areas of purview. Each educational program shall be established, within ninety (90) days of the enactment of this Section, by the Director of the agency with which the board or commission is associated, or his designee; or, if there is no such agency, then I Maga’lahi (the Governor), or his designee. Each educational program shall be updated, as needed, no less than annually, to reflect any changes to procurement laws, applicable statutes, and rules and regulations. The Director of each agency shall report to I Maga’lahi (the Governor) within thirty (30) days when member(s) of an associated board or commission complete the applicable educational program. The Director, or his designee, shall conduct the training sessions at a time and location to be determined by the

Director, in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and other relevant statutes.

(b) Education of Current Board and Commission Members. Each current member of a board or commission shall complete the applicable educational program within thirty (30) days of the establishment of the program.

(c) Education of New Board and Commission Members. Each new member of a board or commission shall complete the applicable educational program within thirty (30) days of his election and qualification, or his confirmation by I Liheslatura to the board or commission.

(d) Continuing Education for Board and Commission Members. Each year, the members of each board and commission shall, as a form of continuing education, complete the applicable educational program for the board or commission on which they serve.

(e) Failure to Complete an Educational Program. Failure to complete an educational program within one hundred eighty (180) days of a board or commission member’s appointment shall result in the member’s removal and the appointment of a new member to fill the vacancy, pursuant to § 2101 of Chapter 2, Title 4, Guam Code Annotated. Actions of a board or commission shall not be invalidated by the failure of a member to complete the applicable educational program.

SOURCE: Added by P.L. 32-031:3 (May 10, 2013).

2013 NOTE: This section was added by P.L. 24-191:2 (May 6, 1998), entitled “”Development of Boards and Commissions Training Program.”” Repealed by P.L. 28-076:7 (Nov. 25, 2005), effective January 1, 2007 pursuant to P.L. 28-076:9.