The Library System is hereby authorized to actively solicit or purchase, if necessary, books and written matter authored by local residents which contain information of significant historical and cultural value to the people of Guam. The Library System shall

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insure that all materials so acquired will benefit the people of Guam and the Library System’s Guam collection. The Board shall establish and promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the Administrative Adjudication Law for the implementation of this Section. The Library System is authorized to request funds for the implementation of the provisions of this Section to be included in the Library System’s annual budget request submitted to the Governor for submission to the Guam Legislature.

SOURCE: GC § 42000.1 added by P.L. 22-092 (Mar. 7, 1994). Amended by P.L. 24-041:3 (June 20, 1997).

NOTE: The Legislative History accompanying P.L. 22-092, enacted as
Section 1, states:

For many years, local residents have written books and other documents about Guam, the Mariana Islands, Micronesia, and the Pacific region which contain valuable information beneficial to the people of Guam, pertaining to Guam’s history, culture, language or traditions. Such books and materials written by local authors should be collected by Guam’s major informational resource center, the Guam Public Library, for the benefit of future generations. This Act authorizes the Guam Public Library to solicit or purchase, if necessary, such materials for the Library’s informational collection.