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Terms Used In 7 Guam Code Ann. § 6112

  • 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.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
Any Judge holding office at the time of enactment of this Act who resigns after serving at least twenty (20) years, continuously or otherwise, as a Judge, or after attaining the age of sixty-five (65) and after serving at least fifteen (15) years, continuously or otherwise, as a Judge, shall continue during the remainder of his or her life to receive ninety percent (90%) of the salary he or she received when he or she relinquished the office. For purposes of calculating the number of years of service, a Judge in office on the date of enactment of this Act shall receive one (1) year of credit for each year of service with the government of Guam not as a Judge, up to a maximum of five (5) years.

SOURCE: Amended by P.L. 22-2 (3/25/93). This amendment was made to correct technical errors in the original enactment in P.L. 21-147.

NOTE: While this section follows much of the former law, important conditions have been changed. Also, pursuant to § 1103 of this Title, this section becomes effective January 14, 1993 at midnight of that day.
§ 6113. Salary on Retirement for Disability or on Failure of
Reappointment.
(a) Any Judge holding office at the time of enactment of this Act, who is removed by the Governor upon the sole ground of mental or physical disability or who fails reappointment, shall be entitled, upon relinquishing the office, if his or her judicial services aggregated fifteen (15) years or more, to receive during the remainder of his or her life eighty-five (85%) of

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the salary he or she received when he or she relinquished the office. If his or her judicial service aggregated less than fifteen (15) years but not less than ten (10) years, he or she shall be entitled to receive, upon relinquishment of the office, during the remainder of his or her life fifty percent (50%) of the salary he or she received when he or she relinquished the office.
(b) Service at any time in any of the courts referred to in this section, or in any other court of Guam under appointment by the Governor or by the Legislature, shall be included in the computation of aggregate years of judicial service for purposes of this section.

NOTE: Likewise, this section contains significant changes. It, too, becomes effective on
January 14, 1993 at midnight.