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Terms Used In 5 Guam Code Ann. § 5675

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
In addition to the authority and duties of the Policy Office established under § 5101 of this Chapter, such office is hereby given the functions required under this Chapter with regard to non-employees and the Civil Service Commission is hereby given the functions required with regard to employees.

SOURCE: GC § 6982.

COMMENT: In the interests of continuing the employment structure already established and in not creating unnecessary commissions, the Civil Service Commission has jurisdiction over ethics violations by employees

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and the Policy Office has jurisdiction over non-employees. Change by
Committee on GGO.