Regulations dealing with quarantine, pest control, fishing, slaughtering dairy cattle and experimental dairy cattle, egg labeling, and meat inspection shall be formulated by the Department and approved by the Director. If the Governor approves such regulations, he shall promulgate them as Executive Orders. Regulations, including any amendment or repeal thereof, shall be issued as follows:

(a) Approval and promulgation by Executive Order of the Governor.

(b) Filing of the original Executive Order with such officer of the Executive Branch of the government as shall be designated by the Governor by Executive Order. Such officer is hereinafter referred to as the filing officer.

(c) The filing officer shall indicate on the original of the Executive Order promulgating regulations the date and time of receipt thereof and affix his signature thereto. Such regulations shall thereupon become effective as of such date and time unless a subsequent date and time are provided in such regulations.

SOURCE: GC § 12007 amended by P.L. 9-247.
CROSS-REFERENCES: See 5 Guam Code Ann., Chapter 9, Administrative Adjudication Law, for the present procedure for promulgating rules and regulations.

NOTE: While 5 Guam Code Ann. § 9312 repeals all laws inconsistent with the Administrative Adjudication Law, of which that is the final section, please be aware that this section was last amended after the enactment of the initial 5 Guam Code Ann. § 9312. Section 9312 has been amended since the last amendment to this Section.

Note further that, under 5 Guam Code Ann., Chapter 9, the filing officer within the Executive Branch is the Compiler of Laws.